Blog 1- My visit to Geppi's Entertainment Museum

When asked to go to a museum for a class assignment, you can imagine that people aren’t too thrilled about the whole idea of spending their free time in a “boring” museum. Well, I am happy to say that Geppi’s Entertainment Museum was anything, but boring. It was actually pretty amazing. It was probably the most fascinating and enjoyable museums I have ever been to. There were so many different things to look at and was truly a blast from the past. Almost all the toys I ever played with were in these glass shelves separated by rooms. It was like a toy store for an older generation. Some of the things that really got me excited were the generations of teddy bears, Felix the Cat, all types of pez dispensers, “That Girl,” everything having to do with the Beatles, New Kids on the Block, Ninja Turtles, Care Bears, all about Walt Disney, the Jetsons, Tiger Beat magazine, Aunt Jemima, 7 dwarfs, old television sets, and much, much more. I can’t talk about Geppi’s Entertainment museum with out mentioning at least a few of the remarkable things I saw. If I would have to choose one thing that had a special meaning to me, it would be the Cut out doll books or paper dolls. I was a big fan of dolls when I was younger. I used to play with baby dolls all the time. I wasn’t big on Barbie’s because my mom didn’t really buy them for me, but she did buy me tons of baby dolls. The first time I remember playing with paper dolls was when I was about 6. I stayed home from school one day because I was sick with some virus. My grandma came over to watch me and bought me a bunch of toys to play with. One being a baby doll and the other was a thick book of paper dolls. I really didn’t understand the concept until she explained it to me. They were paper dolls that you cut out and dressed by folding tabs over to make the clothes stay on. They were many different dolls and sets of clothing that you were able to put on the doll. They ranged from evening gowns to bathing suits. Thinking back on it, I really don’t know why playing with these paper dolls was so entertaining for me. I think that it was the combination of my love for baby dolls and knowing that whenever I played with them my grandma would always play with me. Having the paper dolls at the museum really made me realize exactly how long these paper dolls have been around. My grandma played with them when she was younger and now I finally know the reason why she seemed more excited to play with the dolls than I ever was. The museum taught me a lot about entertainment in the past. It was very influential and educated me as well as entertained me at the same time. For instance, Elizabeth Taylor was a model for Dixie’s Ice cream, which I found so unusual. These beautiful women, fully clothed from top to bottom were models for all types of advertisements. It just shows how different the advertising strategies were back then, compared to now. I enjoyed this museum very much. It really got me thinking about how many things I used to play with that are no longer sold in stores and are now surprisingly, collector’s items.

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