This image of skiers on a chairlift triggers many memories! Not only memories of chairlift rides, but also memories of Annalee dolls and their happy faces.
I wish I had visited the New England Ski Museum in time to see this winter's exhibition, "New Hampshire Ski History with Annalee Dolls." It closes tomorrow, so I know I won't get there.
In Danvers years ago I became familiar with Annalee dolls because my cousin Janet Nichols Derouin, who lived next door, admired them greatly and helped distribute them. Janet and her good friend Pat Poirier knew the woman who made the dolls. Many examples of the dolls, with different expressions and costumes, were at times in Janet's home as she fulfilled orders. It was fun to see them.
The image above comes from the Winter 2024 issue of the Newsletter of the New Hampshire Historical Society. I joined that society last fall after two very pleasant days using their library archives in Concord, N.H. I had no idea, then, that the society owned several Annalee dolls and would be lending them to the Ski Museum.
For more about Annalee Dolls, visit https://annalee.com/.
