The Caroline Kennedy First Lady Dress-Up Book, Alene Dalton, Rolton House Publishers, 1963
called The Caroline Kennedy First Lady Dress Up Book which was scheduled to launch in November 1963. President Kennedy’s assassination brought an immediate halt to production and distribution. It is believed that fewer than 1,000 test copies were printed. The book showcased Caroline wearing various historical dresses of the former United States Presidential First Ladies, as drawn by Charlotte Jetter. The 1990s ushered in a resurgence of Jackie Kennedy dolls. Upon her death in 1994, Franklin Mint created several dolls in her image, including a 16-inch vinyl doll with accurate recreations of several of her famous garments from her 1000 days as first lady. The Madame Alexander Doll Company returned to the theme of first ladies in the mid-1970s, perhaps inspired by America’s bicentennial celebration. They introduced their First Ladies Series in 1976. The 14-inch dolls with the Martha and Mary Ann face molds were each dressed in a costume inspired by a first lady’s gown in the Smithsonian: Series One, 1976, Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Randolph, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe and 54 y William & Helen Taft
Louisa Adams; Series Two, 1979, Sarah Jackson, Angelica Van Buren, Jane Findlay, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, and Betty Taylor Bliss; Series Three, 1982, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Harriet Lane, Mary Todd Lincoln, Martha Johnson Patterson and Julia Grant; Series Four, 1983, Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Mary McElroy, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison and Mary McKee; Series Five, 1985, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson and Florence Harding; Series Six, 1989, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Jacqueline by Madame Alexander Doll Co. dressed in a replica of Mrs. Kennedy’s Bergdorf Goodman inaugural gown