#rebecca rubin

[agflashgamesenjoyer]

Transparent PNGs of the Historical Characters from American Girl's website, circa 2011-2012.

[manymanydolls]

*babbity kate voice* girls and their dolls

[the-spaced-out-ace]

Hey shoutout to these girls for making me feel so much normal throughout ages 5 to 15

[mia-st-clair-deserved-to-kill]

I may be misremembering some events but alas

[autisticmckennabrooks]

healing my inner child one matching fit at a time

[desertdollranch]

Rebecca can hardly contain her excitement. Tonight, she and her family are going to Times Square to see the famous illusionist Harry Houdini perform an escape act! He'll be hoisted upside down by a crane, hanging over the stage, with his arms and legs tightly bound together in a straitjacket, and he will have only a few minutes to escape his bindings using no tools or assistance. Houdini has amazed audiences all over the world with his daring escapes from chains, handcuffs, water tanks, and coffins. But will tonight be the night that he can't escape?

A man selling pickles from a pickle cart in front of Papa's shoe store told Rebecca that Houdini's real name is Ehrich Weiss, and he's a Jewish immigrant from Hungary. Rebecca is almost just as excited to share this information with her family! But then her older sister Sadie challenges Rebecca to a contest: which one of them can be first to figure out the secret to escaping from tied ropes? If Rebecca wins, Sadie will give Rebecca the pretty crystal she bought from a fortune teller. If Sadie wins, Rebecca has to give her their grandmother's painted brooch. Time for Rebecca to start practicing her own escape act!

In the year Rebecca's mystery story The Crystal Ball takes place, Harry Houdini was already very famous for his escapes, all the while emphasizing that no actual magic or supernatural power was used in his shows, just skill and sleight of hand. In the years to come, he would become equally well known for debunking psychics and spiritualists who claimed to have the power to speak to the dead. He even offered a large cash prize to any medium who could prove their supernatural abilities, but that was still unclaimed by the time Houdini died on October 31st, 1926.

Before his death, Houdini and his wife Bess came up with a secret code phrase to be used in the event that one of them died and communication with the dead was actually possible. Bess held many seances over the following decade after Harry's death, but none of the psychics was ever able to relay that phrase to Bess.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Femslash February 2025

011. Savor - Rose Krensky/Rebecca Rubin, American Girl: Rebecca Rubin, 1914

[samantha-and-nellie]

@flamesonthesidesofmyface absolutely! let's take a peek around the highlights of my collection. i've made little categories since i'd otherwise have a hard time deciding on what my favorites were:)

to start with, favorite outfits from american girl:

sam's middy dress and her bird-watching outfit are tied for my favorite ag pieces. the middy dress is actually one of two outfits i've added to my collection since childhood, since it was probably my favorite outfit ag has ever made but i never got the chance to own it as a kid. look, i'm obsessed with sailor suits and i blame this outfit for starting it all.

the bird-watching outfit, meanwhile, was something i got as a kid, and i'm just so charmed by it still. i love little jackets for dolls, and the hat is just so absurd (and looks kinda like one sam wears in saves the day when she's going through the attic with the twins) in the best way possible.

next, favorite handmade outfit (not made by me):

i bought this outfit from an etsy seller in the early 2010s, and it's just sooo stunning. i tried to figure out who had made it, but the order was not in my etsy history, so alas. i do remember the seller having different colored gowns in the same style, and if anyone happens to know who made this, please let me know! it's such an elegant dress. bonus for the snaps in the backs (velcro is my nemesis for how doll hair can get stuck in it).

now, my favorite outfit that i made as a child:

as a kid, one of the ways that i practiced sewing was using the pleasant company patterns. i got so used to them after a while that i used them as a basis to draft my own patterns, and this dress is a result of that! i love the sweetheart neckline, and i'm still pretty proud of younger me for creating this dress.

accessory time! first, favorite ag accessory:

the binoculars that came with the bird-watching outfit are AWESOME. you can articulate them, and they actually magnify things. need i say more?

next, here's my favorite non-ag accessory:

this doll-sized iron is so cool, and i have no idea where it came from. it's a pretty perfect size for ag dolls, and i loved playing with it as a kid (look, i had nellie and i needed to act out the child labor from the books). the iron definitely needs some tlc, so please excuse the rust, but even so, it absolutely remains one of the coolest pieces in my collection.

bonus for favorite ag girl-sized outfit that i had as a child (but we'll look at it on a doll):

oh, samantha's holiday coat. can't believe that someone in my family spent $89 on this coat for me, but i'm so, so glad that they did. i wore it for many years, since the adult who bought it was smart enough to get it in a larger size so it would grow with me. i had a little black cloche hat that i would wear with it, and it made me feel so elegant. guess i should now go make an aunt cornelia-style coat for adult me...

[oddball-n-the-dolls]

How have we not gotten a historical AG doll from Chicago yet?

It’s the third biggest city in the US, and the biggest in the Midwest

It’s the birthplace of many inventions, like the first skyscraper, and its played a crucial role in American history by its location being a crucial point for trading

Also I will forever find it hilarious that we’ve now had not 1, not 2, not even 3, but 4 New York City dolls. Which might not be so bad, but the real kicker is that their eras are back-to-back-to-back (1904 x2, 1914, 1922) And only Nellie of those 4 is officially retired

I don’t actually mind having 4 NYC girls. I love them all and I think they’re all important

It’s just. So much New York. I find it hilarious, not annoying

[americangirldollies]

Rebecca's Directors Set Title Cards

Scanned and edited (mostly) for your enjoyment!

"Title cards, which were used before movies had sound so audiences could read the dialogue on-screen"

[zoominag]

1900-1949

This is part of a series in which I am posting clips of my larger project by decade as I finish them. For more about this project, or to ask me to include your doll or OC, check out my pinned post.

Previous posts:

17th century

1700-1739

1740-1769

1770-1799

1800-1849

1850-1899

The OCs in this post that are mine are Hannah and Delia, He-Mei and Florence, Gertrude and Mabel, Hattie and Mattie, Diya and Medha, and Bernice and Lawrence (they're in pairs because I did the Best Friends series based on @americangirlstar's suggestions, and in the process created a Best Friend for each of my own characters). Aoife, Francesca, and Honoka belong to @autistickirstenlarson, Lilyann belongs to @kirstenlarsons, Violette belongs to @getintothesun, Charlotte belongs to @gardner-n-pardner, Hope belongs to @Lorsdolladventures, Francie belongs to @futuristicsaladparadise, Alice belongs to @mapleleagirls, and Adrienne belongs to @addywalkerstan. If you'd like your historical doll or OC included in this project, HERE'S THE LINK; more detail about that at the end.

While putting together previous installations I became aware that I have the birth dates wrong for several of the canon characters. I'm planning a redo for the canon character set, eventually, so please do let me know if I'm wrong about anyone. I might already know, but since I have pretty severe dyscalculia as well as ADHD it's not bad to have the info available in multiple places.

I also feel that I should repeat the statement I made before that I had a hard time finding accurate, non-exoticizing references for Kaya, Speaking Rain, and Singing Bird's wardrobes without embarking on a level of research way beyond the scope of this project. If someone is reading this who has familiarity with and access to visual references for 19th century Nimiipuu, Salish, and Dakota/Lakota clothing, and the time and patience to help me understand them, I would be very interested in learning.

1900s

Caroline Abbott: 99 Clara Montoya: 88-97 Josefina Montoya: 86-95 Hannah Kane: 76-85 Delia Freedman: 76-85 Violette Metoyer: 76-85 Aoife Callaghan: 64-73 Cecile Rey: 58-67 Marie-Grace Gardner: 58-67 Kirsten Larson: 56-65 Singing Bird: 56-65 Charlotte Devereux: 51-60 Addy Walker: 46-55 Sarah Moore: 46-55 He-Mei Hsieh: 35-44 Florence Coburn: 35-44 Lucy Morgan: 35-44 Gertrude Levy: 25-34 Mabel Kaplan: 25-34 Medha/Mahtab: 23-32 Diya/Nasreen: 20-39 Harriet Shapiro: 15-24 Matilda Greene: 15-24 Samantha Parkington: 6-15 Nellie O'Malley: 6-15 Rebecca Rubin 0-5 Ana Rubin 0-5 Alice McDougal 0-5 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 0-1 Francesca Vitale 0

The 20th century begins with some of Samantha's more iconic outfits, but I'm also a fan of the way Addy's school suit translated to 1905, and Kirsten's summer dress to 1908. I took a long break from drawing these because for a while there the world seemed to be improving and I didn't need the regulating effect of this project as much, but hey, looks like we're back. That means I don't have a lot of process comments about the first couple of decades of the 20th century, since I finished them more than a year ago. I'm finding my way back to this project now, and I'm planning on starting again from 1668 with the siblings collection soon.

1910s

Clara Montoya: 98-99 Josefina Montoya: 96-99 Hannah Kane: 86-95 Delia Freedman: 86-95 Violette Metoyer: 86-95 Aoife Callaghan: 74-83 Cecile Rey: 68-77 Marie-Grace Gardner: 68-77 Kirsten Larson: 66-75 Singing Bird: 66-75 Charlotte Devereux: 61-70 Addy Walker: 56-65 Sarah Moore: 56-65 He-Mei Hsieh: 45-54 Florence Coburn: 45-54 Lucy Morgan: 45-54 Gertrude Levy: 35-44 Mabel Kaplan: 35-44 Medha/Mahtab: 33-42 Diya/Nasreen: 30-49 Harriet Shapiro: 25-34 Matilda Greene: 25-34 Samantha Parkington: 16-25 Nellie O'Malley: 16-25 Rebecca Rubin 6-15 Ana Rubin 6-15 Alice McDougal 6-15 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 2-11 Francesca Vitale 1-10 Claudie Wells 0-6 Nina 0-6 Dinah Hope Bellini 0-5 Bernice Wright 0-4 Lawrence Ross 0-4

1916 is a unique moment in fashion and it was fun to adapt some of the more elaborate Victorian outfits like Marie-Grace, Cecile, and Violette's formal winter outfits. The 1910s in general are an underrepresented fashion era and I'm enjoying looking back at these.

1920s Hannah Kane: 96-99 Delia Freedman: 96-99 Violette Metoyer: 96-99 Aoife Callaghan: 84-93 Cecile Rey: 78-87 Marie-Grace Gardner: 78-87 Kirsten Larson: 76-85 Singing Bird: 76-85 Charlotte Devereux: 71-80 Addy Walker: 66-75 Sarah Moore: 66-75 He-Mei Hsieh: 55-64 Florence Coburn: 55-64 Lucy Morgan: 55-64 Gertrude Levy: 45-54 Mabel Kaplan: 45-54 Medha/Mahtab: 43-52 Diya/Nasreen: 40-59 Harriet Shapiro: 35-44 Matilda Greene: 35-44 Samantha Parkington: 26-35 Nellie O'Malley: 26-35 Rebecca Rubin 16-25 Ana Rubin 16-25 Alice McDougal 16-25 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 12-21 Francesca Vitale 11-20 Bernice Wright 5-16 Lawrence Ross 5-16 Dinah Hope Bellini 6-15 Kit Kitteredge 0-7 Ruthie Smithens 0-7

Finally, the 20s! I'm really disappointed that Claudie hasn't gotten much in the way of a collection yet. When I drew this decade a year or so ago I had put off adding Claudie and the Hoffman twins to this project because I was waiting for more outfits to be released for each of them, but that doesn't seem probable right now so I filled out Claudie's collection with a mixture of fashion plates and designs that AGblr members have made for their own Claudie's. Check out the real life versions by @futuristicsaladparadise (here) and @doll-princesse (here)! They're both really spectacular designs. I left my pre-Claudie 1920s Harlem OCs, Bernice and Lawrence, in the rotation as well.

1930s

Aoife Callaghan: 94-99 Cecile Rey: 88-97 Marie-Grace Gardner: 88-97 Kirsten Larson: 86-95 Singing Bird: 86-95 Charlotte Devereux: 81-90 Addy Walker: 76-85 Sarah Moore: 76-85 He-Mei Hsieh: 65-74 Florence Coburn: 65-74 Lucy Morgan: 65-74 Gertrude Levy: 55-64 Mabel Kaplan: 55-64 Medha/Mahtab: 53-62 Diya/Nasreen: 50-69 Harriet Shapiro: 45-54 Matilda Greene: 45-54 Samantha Parkington: 36-45 Nellie O'Malley: 36-45 Rebecca Rubin 26-35 Ana Rubin 26-35 Alice McDougal 26-35 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 22-31 Francesca Vitale 21-30 Bernice Wright 15-26 Lawrence Ross 15-26 Dinah Hope Bellini 16-25 Kit Kitteredge 8-17 Ruthie Smithens 8-17 Lillyann Bonney 0-9 Nanea Mitchell 0-8 Lily Suda 0-8 Emily Bennet 0-7 Molly McIntire 0-6 Honoka Oishi 0

In the 1930s skirts get longer again. I imagine Rebecca thriving on the romantic bias cut gowns and Samantha appreciating the freedom to experiment more often with trousers. Speaking of trousers, I'm glad I left Bernice and Lawrence in the mix despite how close they are to Claudie because now we get to celebrate Lawrence's move from knickerbockers to long pants! Very grown-up. One thing you probably can't tell at this scale is that Alice is very slightly taller than the other characters. As always, I love an opportunity to make small alterations to the model, especially since Charlotte is at an age where her using a cane doesn't make me change the model for her. Between AG having a lot of 20th century characters and AGblr having a lot of 20th century OCs, it's getting a little crowded in here, but it makes for a good party!

1940s

Cecile Rey: 98-99 Marie-Grace Gardner: 98-99 Kirsten Larson: 96-99 Singing Bird: 96-99 Charlotte Devereux: 91-99 Addy Walker: 86-95 Sarah Moore: 86-95 He-Mei Hsieh: 75-84 Florence Coburn: 75-84 Lucy Morgan: 75-84 Gertrude Levy: 65-74 Mabel Kaplan: 65-74 Medha/Mahtab: 63-72 Diya/Nasreen: 60-79 Harriet Shapiro: 55-64 Matilda Greene: 55-64 Samantha Parkington: 46-55 Nellie O'Malley: 46-55 Rebecca Rubin 36-45 Ana Rubin 36-45 Alice McDougal 36-45 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 32-41 Francesca Vitale 31-40 Bernice Wright 25-36 Lawrence Ross 25-36 Dinah Hope Bellini 26-35 Kit Kitteredge 18-27 Ruthie Smithens 18-27 Lillyann Bonney 10-19 Nanea Mitchell 9-18 Lily Suda 9-18 Emily Bennet 8-17 Molly McIntire 7-16 Honoka Oishi 1-10 Adrienne Davis 0-5 Maryellen Larkin 0-5 Davy Fenstermacher 0-5

All right, we're almost caught up with where I was when the project paused, so the next post in the series will have more to say about the fashions, since it'll be more recent in my mind.

As always, to get your historical doll or OC included in this project, HERE'S THE LINK. Obviously if your doll is from earlier than the 21st century they'll have to wait for the next round of drawings, but you're welcome to put them in the form and I'll include them in the next round, which will otherwise focus on the siblings of canon characters.

[girloftheisland]

This is the primary AG holiday decor in our house. Seemed unlikely that we could afford to collect all the historical holiday outfits, so this is the next best thing.

[manymanydolls]

Happy Hanukkah from Rebecca and Merry Christmas from Caroline! We hope you have a lovely winter holiday!

[alldolllove]

All of my winter break sewing in one place!

[l3v5ha]

...lowkey...

[pancreasnostalgia]

Rebecca is glad to have someone to celebrate Hanukkah with. She and Lindsey are sharing a variety of old-fashioned and modern treats.