Jane Arden, sportswoman, 1939

I posted this one three years ago, but couldn't resist reposting. (And couldn't find the Dolly Dingle paper doll with a tennis racket!) I can see the tennis and ice skating outfits, but less sure about the red suit and the outfit with one striped stocking. Hmmmm..... Maybe roller derby?

This paper doll is from an April 1939 newspaper, the year all hell broke loose in the world. Burt Bacharach was 11 years old. Hal David, who would one day become his lyricist, was 18. Maybe they were humming, "what the world needs now, is love, sweet love..."  They put it all together in 1965:




Click the Sepia Saturday logo (featuring Dinah Shore and Bacharach) for a nice return: