There were paper dolls for just about every 1960s TV series
Younger generations will never comprehend just how popular paper dolls once were. Put it this way: They were the Pokémon of the midcentury. These cut-out, cardboard clothing models were everywhere. And there were sets for seemingly every popular television show and actress of the era. You had to collect them all.
Everyone from Donna Reed and Patty Duke to Buddy Ebsen and Ricky Nelson were transformed into two-dimensional, underwear-clad models. We dug around to find some of our favorite paper doll tie-ins to hit shows of the 1960s — and a couple from the 1950s.
Do you remember all of these? Better yet — did you own any of these paper dolls?
Petticoat Junction
Image: Linda Paloma / Etsy
The Patty Duke Show
Image: The Paper Collector
The Beverly Hillbillies
Image: Pinterest / home-and-garden.webshots.com
That Girl
Image: Free-Paper-Dolls.com
My Three Sons
Image: Ruby Lane
The Munsters
Image: Ruby Lane
The Flying Nun
Image: Lynn McRae and Tim Cameresi / Pinterest
Ozzie & Harriet
Image: Lynn McRae / Pinterest
Bonanza
Image: The Wonder Years / eBay
The Brady Bunch
Image: iCollector
The Donna Reed Show
Image: mattsko
The Nurses
Image: Pinterest
I Love Lucy
Image: Library of Congress / Hollywood Yesterday
Margie
Image: popscreen and Tim Cameresi / Pinterest
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