Back in 1915, kids’ favorite activities — when they weren’t working in the mines or in textile factories — included shooting marbles, catching 7-cent movies, and playing with Raggedy Ann. And though ...

I was shocked to discover that my granddaughters, ages 13, 11 and 9, have no idea about the Raggedy Ann doll. Her name was in a story that one of them was reading, and she asked about the doll. I must ...

Johnny Gruelle, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, grew up in Indianapolis. The influential artists he grew up around undoubtedly inspired his own art. Learn more about the origins of this beloved doll ...

Raggedy Ann has endeared herself to young readers for a century – both as a rag doll toy with button eyes and red yarn hair and as the character of a bounty of stories by the late Johnny Gruelle (1880 ...

That’s right, the rag doll with the triangle nose and the “I love you” heart on her chest turns 100 this month. We thought there were a few interesting things you should know about the ginger dolly.

Raggedy Ann is 95 years old this year! She still looks so young and always has a cheerful smile on her face. She’s an icon of American childhood. Many of us had our own Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls when ...

When they were young sisters, Dawn Arnold and Wendy Shannon each received a Raggedy Ann from their grandmother, Ruth Toyfair. Sunday they took their daughters Amie Arnold, 16, and Evan Shannon, 9, to ...

Raggedy Ann is a simple and unpretentious doll with button eyes and a tender smile. Not bad for over 100 years old. You won't find her in many stores these days. Her old-fashioned rag-doll look of ...

I admit that I chose this week’s column topic in part for the nostalgia and in part due to the fun that the internet is having over the recent travels of the purportedly haunted doll, Annabelle, that ...

Orlando photographer Ben Van Hook was out for a stroll around Delaney Park when he noticed something that made him stop: a pair of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls sitting by a trash can. Like a tiny island ...

What does Barbie have that Raggedy Ann doesn’t? Besides the hourglass figure and all those accessories? How cuddly is a Tonka truck? Has anyone ever written the adventures of the Hula-Hoop? The fact ...

The possible birthplace of one of the country’s most beloved characters looks much less raggedy these days, and it could be yours for $895,000. This massive 20-room, 4,700-square-foot Lockerbie Square ...