with P. F. Volland Company, the primary publisher of his books, to manufacture, sell, and promote a mass-produced, commercial version of the Raggedy Ann doll. Early Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls were manufactured by different companies and not produced as matched sets. Between 1918 and 1926, the Non-Breakable Toy Company of Muskegon, Michigan made more than 75,000 dolls for Volland. By the late 1920s Volland's orders for Raggedy Ann dolls from its manufacturer had reached 4,000 per month. When Volland ceased operations during the Great Depression it had already sold more than 150,000 dolls and nearly 2 million Raggedy Ann books. In 1935 Gruelle granted permission to the Exposition Doll and Toy Manufacturing Company to manufacture and sell authorized versions of the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. From 1935 until 1937 Molly-'Es Doll Outfitters manufactured and sold unauthorized versions of the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls until a legal decision handed down in Gruelle v (Mollye) Goldman prohibited Molly-'Es Dolls from further manufacturing and sales of the dolls. Sewing patterns for homemade dolls McCall's pattern 1940 McCall's pattern #820, first appeared for a 19-in. dolls, Raggedy Ann doll comes with cape pattern ca. 1945 McCall's pattern #914, Raggedy Ann Awake/Asleep dolls plus camel with the wrinkled knees 1958 McCall's pattern #820, appeared with a slightly modified pattern for both dolls 1963 McCall's pattern #6941, Raggedy Ann pattern has lost her cape, dolls now come in three sizes 1970 McCall's pattern #2531, dolls come in three sizes, with a simplified pattern and different hair and face embroidery pattern, loss of button eyes 1977 McCall's pattern #5713, identical to previous #2531 pattern, different cover ca. 1980 new McCall's pattern # 7131, 36-in. dolls plus apron a child can wear 1982 McCall's pattern #8077, a re-issue of previous patterns, new cover, dolls with different hair color Late 1990s, Simplicity Patterns released a licensed doll pattern for a different design doll in four sizes. 2015 saw another Simplicity pattern (Pattern number 8043) for 3 different sized dolls of both Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. 15",26"and 36" are available. This pattern was called the Classic Raggedy Ann & Andy and copywritten by Simon & Schuster. In popular culture A Raggedy Ann balloon debuted at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1984, flying for two years. A girl can be seen holding a Raggedy Ann doll in the 1996 Disney animated film James and the Giant