Maryellen Larkin, representing the Cold War and Postwar Baby Boom eras during the 1950s.
Maryellen (nicknamed Ellie) is an enthusiastic, optimistic, ambitious, and imaginative girl. She longs to stand out but often feels lost in the shuffle of her big, busy family. (She is often annoyed by the fact that when people meet her for the first time, they ask which sister she is in order, instead of treating her uniquely.) Her favorite TV shows include Davy Crockett and The Lone Ranger, and she dreams up episodes where she gets to be the hero. Maryellen is seen as cheerful and curious by people meeting her for the first time.Maryellen had polio when she was seven years old during the Polio Epidemic of 1952. This resulted in one of her legs being weaker than the other, and she also has cold-sensitive lungs. Despite her disability, she is a fast runner and excellent swimmer, and also enjoys roller skating. She is very skinny for her age[7] and has a nose like her sisters.
She's quite energetic, tends to take charge, and is quite the leader. Maryellen is always full of big ideas and imagination, though this often gets her into trouble. She uses most of her ideas to bring attention to herself; however, this often causes disasters wherever she goes, because she impulsively follows through with her ideas without much thought. Maryellen is often considered "wild and tomboyish" by her sisters; some of her closest friends are boys and she's always playing the same things they do. She secretly wishes people would take her ideas seriously. She really wants to impress her parents, especially her mom, and wishes she was seen as a responsible woman with great clothes, like her sisters; to her, her older sisters have much more glamorous lives than her. Maryellen is used to receiving hand-me-downs due to being in a large family, and since she has two older sisters she often ends up having to do everything after they have. She is interested in fashion and wants clothes and outfits that are "chic and grown-up looking". She is not very tidy or organized, a contrast from her two older sisters.
Love, Sissy Princess Annie
I love taking sissy annie to pretty gardens for "Pansy" photos among the lovely flowers! She always takes a dolly with her because she loves her sweet dollies!
ReplyDeleteMaryEllen is one of my favorite historical girls. She has of pretty outfits and accessories. I love her Seaside Diner. Annie, hope you come to visit us this fall!
ReplyDeleteI adore your childish Disney Princess dress! Your mommy told me you got lots of compliments and opportunities to curtsy to all the women and girls you met.
ReplyDeleteDid sissy forget her fairy wings for this visit to the fairy gardens? What a shame. Hopefully you will have some taken soon! I always think of you as a darling little fairy princess!
ReplyDeleteI love that pretty Disney Princess dress! Are you wearing matching diapers too?
ReplyDeleteIt truly pleases me to see you in your prettiest and sissiest dresses with your dolly safe in your arms. So darling and dainty.
ReplyDeleteSuch a darling little sissy princess out in the gardens with her precious dolly! Happy to show everyone what a delicate little pansy she is.
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that new picture box with you on your knees totally engrossed in conversation with your pretty dolly! How proud she must me of her sissy mommy!
ReplyDeleteThe garden is beautiful and I liked all the information about Maryellen
ReplyDeleteI love going to the gardens to take picture with my dollies! Mommy calls them Pansy Pictures! Giggle
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