![]() The features of the doll include red hair and a triangle nose. From thereon, started the creation of the Raggedy Ann dolls that gained great popularity in the U.S. ![]() He also sewed a shoe button in place of a missing eye. Gruelle decided to give the doll a face and drew some features on it. While there are many stories behind the origins of the raggedy doll, it is believed it all started when Gruelle’s daughter brought a faceless cloth doll from her grandmother’s attic. In 1910, he won the first prize in a comic drawing contest by the “New York Herald.” From thereon, he continued to illustrate children’s stories and seemed to possess a love for creating content for kids. ![]() ![]() Gruelle, who was the son of a painter, worked as a newspaper cartoonist. And the entire success of the franchise goes solely to the creator Johnny Gruelle. Raggedy Ann and Andy are characters that are now an essential part of American culture. ![]()
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