Marcella & Raggedy Ann joins the R.John.Wright collection

Marcella & Raggedy Ann joins the R.John.Wright 2005 collection,

as a tribute to the daughter whose bed-side stories were Johnny Gruelle's inspiration for the foundation of the Raggedy Ann tales.

Johnny Gruelle created the tales for his daughter
centered around a old rag doll discovered in the attic of their home.
Tragically, at the age of 13, Marcella died of an infected injection of the smallpox vaccination,
just as the Raggedy Ann stories were released to the public.