Betsy McCall goes to school
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McCall's magazines were one of the first things I hunted in antique stores. I knew the Betsy McCall paper doll from the magazines my mom bought in the 1970s and 80s. Looking for old magazines with the paper doll page intact became a good way to occupy myself when accompanying my mom and grandmother on their many antiquing excursions.
I still reflexively open all old McCall's magazines I see at flea markets and antique shops. If Betsy's there, the magazine goes into my pile.
Here's to Betsy -- my first proper antiquing fixation.
