The loss was devastating to the Gruelle family. Over the next few months, Marcella became progressively sicker and finally died in 1915 at the age of 13. Marcella was vaccinated for smallpox, but the school nurse said the vaccine didn’t “take” and gave Marcella a second vaccination without her parents’ consent. Raggedy Ann’s creator Johnny Gruelle, created the character after the death of his daughter Marcella. Raggedy Ann was actually a symbol for the anti-vaccination movement in the early 20 th century. Nonetheless, the anti-vaccination movement adopted Raggedy Ann as a symbol, though Marcella died from an infected vaccination, not from the side effects of the vaccination itself.Īnother source, the blog Epidemic Facts, also uses Hall as a source and states this. Patent office on September 7, 1915, the same month as Marcella’s death.
Patent D47789 application for the design of the prototype that became the Raggedy Ann doll was already in progress around the time that Marcella fell ill, and the artist received final approval by the U.S.
Gruelle did not create Raggedy Ann as a tribute to his daughter following her death at 13 from an infected vaccination Hall notes Gruelle’s May 28, 1915, U.S. “User-edited” Wikipedia is more bold in its denial and explains the spin this way: Raggedy Ann’s creator, John Barton “Johnny” Gruelle (born on “Christmas Eve” in 1880) had already submitted for a patent months before his daughter died of a “tainted” vaccine in 1915. “Snopes”, the sycophant syndicate for the Satanists, calls the contention “ Mostly False”. A.I looked it up and the internet is filled with denials that yet weren’t definitive. Binding: Hardcover, Illustrator: Johnny Gruelle, Special Attributes: Illustrated, Author: Johnny Gruelle, Publisher: M. Very good condition especially for the age, in my opinion. Any flaws will be shown in photos, the only writing noticed is in pencil on the last page. Vintage 1929 Marcella, A Raggedy Ann Story Book Johnny Gruelle Hard Cover 1st Ed.
Item: 266194050704 Vintage 1929 Marcella, A Raggedy Ann Story Book Johnny Gruelle Hard Cover 1st Ed.
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