My mother collects dolls made from the patterns created by Edith Flack Ackley, especially the dolls that Lucy Geist made and sold in this area. She had them as a child and now collects them as an adult.
In the picture below, the Doll on the left is a 50 year old Lucy Doll and the only one that my Mother has ever seen with pigtails. The doll on the right is one that my mother just finished based on the Ackley pattern.
My mother wanted me to take pictures and put these on the blog. She thinks that it is important that I do this.
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Love your mom's dolls. Tell your mom to go to yahoo groups Edith Flack Ackley Dolls. Lots of pictures of Edith's dolls
Lucy Geist was my grandmother.
Lucy was my great grandmother. You can tell on the face of the doll if it was an early doll or not. As Lucy got older the eyes and brows were placed together.
Hi, I’m trying to find out more about Lucy Geist, I think I have one of the dolls she made. Was she in the Nyack, NY area?