Save the games for the girls on the tennis court

This paper doll appears to be illustrated by Ginnie Hoffmann, the well-known female artist of the no less famous Betsy McCall paper doll. This one comes from the inside pages of Esquire magazine in the 70s. The outfits and accessories to mix and match are spread in two pages.

Wanna play?

Paper doll by Ginnie Hofmann from Esquire Magazine,1976

Who was Gennie Hoffmann?

Virginia "Ginnie" Hoffmann(1920-2014) "grew up in Ohio during the years of the Great Depression. She decided early on to pursue a career as an artist and after graduating from high school spent four years at art school in Cincinnati training for her life's work. As a youngster she remembers cutting out Dolly Dingle paper dolls but admits she was more of a tomboy, into animals and typical boy activities like sports and building shacks. After graduating from art school in 1942 she worked briefly for Columbia Records in Bridgeport as an artist. She later married and began looking for work in New York and worked for a time with Seventeen, Fascination, and Mademoiselle. The work for which she would become best known, The Betsy McCall Paper Doll collection, began in 1958. Her association with the McCall company ended in in 1986 when the company decided to replace the paper doll pages in the magazine with puzzle pages. Ginnie also illustrated The Brides Recipe Page for McCall's. Ginnie had always wanted to illustrate children's books and while at McCall's she did a Golden Book with Selma Robinson which featured Betsy McCall. The art director at Golden Press, Olé Risom, later moved to Random House where he decided to publish Ginnie's book, Who wants An Old Teddy. She eventually did five teddy bear books for him, all about the same boy and his teddy. Ginnie was a long-time member of the society of Illustrators."  

in https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/906

The first ten years of Betsy MacCall paper dolls

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   Parece ser uma paper doll de Ginnie Hoffmann, a conhecida ilustradora da não menos famosa paper doll Betsy McCall. Virginia "Ginnie" Hoffmann cresceu em Ohio durante os anos da Grande Depressão. No início, ela decidiu seguir a carreira de artista e, depois de se formar no ensino médio, passou quatro anos na escola de arte em Cincinnati, treinando para o trabalho de sua vida. Enquanto jovem, ela  lembra-se de recortar as paper dolls Dolly Dingle, mas admite que era mais uma maria-rapaz, brincando com animais e divertindo-se com atividades infantis "típicas" dos rapazes, como desporto e construção de cabanas. Depois de se formar na escola de arte em 1942, trabalhou brevemente para a Columbia Records em Bridgeport como artista. Mais tarde, casou-se e começou a procurar trabalho em Nova York e trabalhou por algum tempo com a Seventeen, Fascination e Mademoiselle. A obra pela qual se tornaria mais conhecida, a coleção Betsy McCall Paper Doll, começou em 1958. Sua associação com a McCall terminou em 1986, quando decidiu substituir as páginas de bonecas de papel da revista por páginas de quebra-cabeças. Ginnie também ilustrou The Brides Recipe Page para a McCall. Ginnie sempre desejou ilustrar livros infantis e enquanto estava na McCall ela fez um Golden Book com Selma Robinson que apresentava Betsy McCall. O diretor de arte da Golden Press, Olé Risom, mais tarde mudou-se para a Random House, onde decidiu publicar o livro de Ginnie, Who want An Old Teddy. Ela acabou fazendo cinco livros de ursinhos de pelúcia para ele, todos sobre o mesmo menino e seu ursinho. Ginnie era um membro de longa data da Sociedade de Ilustradores. Esta paper doll vem das páginas internas da revista Esquire nos anos 70. Os trajes incluem roupas e ténis para diversos desportos. Queres brincar?