Thursday, January 27, 2022

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
U.S. Postage Stamp, 1940

Louisa May Alcott
portrait by G.K. Kendall, 1870

Little Women
U.S. Postage Stamp, 1993
"reading Father's letter"

Little Women
book illustration, 1893
"reading Father's letter"

Little Women
book illustration, 1915
"reading Father's letter"

 Little Women
film still, 1949
"reading Father's letter"

Little Women
film still, 1994
"reading Father's letter"

Little Women
film still, 2018
"reading Father's letter"

Little Women
The Orchard House, Concord, Massachusetts
ca. 1860

Little Women
The Orchard House, Concord, Massachusetts
ca. 1900

Little Women
front cover, 1878
London: Ward, Lock & Tyler

Little Women
title page, 1880
London: Walter Scott, Limited

Little Women
frontispiece illustration, 1869
(Amy and Laurie)
Boston: Roberts Brothers

Little Women
book illustration, 1869
(Jo in a Vortex)
Boston: Roberts Brothers

Little Women
book illustration, 1915
(Busy Bee Society)

Little Women
lobby card for silent film, 1918
Paramount Pictures

Little Women
silent film still, 1918
Paramount Pictures

Little Women
stage adaptation, 1919
(Katherine Cornell as Jo)

Little Women
stage adaptation, 1925
publicity poster

Little Women
film adaptation, 1933
lobby card
RKO Pictures

Little Women
film still, 1933
(Katharine Hepburn as Jo)
RKO Pictures

Little Women
film still, 1933
(Katharine Hepburn as Jo)
RKO Pictures

Little Women
dolls by Madame Alexander, 1933

Little Women
dolls by Eleanor Francis Dieck, 1935

Little Women
film adaptation, 1949
lobby card
MGM

Little Women
film still, 1949
(June Allyson as Jo)
MGM

Little Women
dolls by Madame Alexander, 1949

Little Women
title-page and frontispiece, 1950
Garden City NY: Junior Deluxe Editions

Little Women
paper dolls, 1950

Little Women
dolls by Madame Alexander, 1951

Little Women
dolls by Madame Alexander, 1966

 Little Women
television adaptation, 1978

Little Women
dolls by the Franklin Mint, 1985

Little Women
anime film still, 1987

Little Women
front cover, 1993
New York: Henry Holt

Little Women
film still, 1994
(Winona Ryder as Jo)
Columbia Pictures

Little Women
dolls by Ashton Drake, 1994

Little Women
paper dolls, 1994
Mineola, NY: Dover Books

Little Women
opera adaptation, 1998

Little Women
musical theater adaptation, 2005

Little Women
television adaptation, 2012

Little Women
front cover, 2013
New York: Simon & Schuster

Little Women
front cover, 2017
San Francisco: Chronicle Books

Little Women
film still, 2018
Pinnacle Peak Pictures

Little Women
television adaptation, 2018

Little Women
paper dolls, 2019
Mineola, NY: Dover Books

Little Women
film still, 2019
Columbia Pictures

Little Women
film still, 2019
Columbia Pictures

Little Women
film still, 2019
Columbia Pictures

Little Women
graphic novel adaptation, 2019
Boston: Little, Brown

Little Women
front cover, 2019
New York: Gibbs Smith BabyLit Storybook

Little Women
Jo March doll by Madame Alexander, 2019

Little Women
dolls by Madame Alexander, 2019

 As seen above, the Madame Alexander company has produced Little Women dolls since 1933, when they were first issued in conjunction with the first talking film version.  The current line of Little Women dolls by Madame Alexander retail for about $130 each.