#rebecca rubin

[agflashgamesenjoyer]

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

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

I may be misremembering some events but alas

[manymanydolls]

*babbity kate voice* girls and their dolls

[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.

[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"

[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.

[samantha-and-nellie]

the temptation to create a rebecca rubin side blog

[pancreasnostalgia]

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

[paperstarzz]

🦅 American Girl 🦅

My favorites were always Kirsten and Rebecca, although the only doll I have is Caroline (third favorite)

Linktree

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Historical Pets (Round 1)

This is a poll in the Duel of the American Girl Dolls. Other polls can be found here

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (2/?)

Samantha "Sam" Parkington, daughter of Hades

Nellie O'Malley, daughter of Hephaestus

Rebecca Rubin, daughter of Dionysus

Claudie Wells, daughter of Hermes

Margaret "Kit" Kittredge, daughter of Hermes

Ruthie Smithens, daughter of Aphrodite

Alice Nanea Mitchell, daughter of Ares

Molly McIntire, daughter of Nike

Emily Bennett, daughter of Athena

[manymanydolls]

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

[jarojagr]

did this painting of rebecca :)

[desertdollranch]

Spring has Sprung photo challenge Week 2: Theater

Rebecca Rubin is a natural on the stage. When her school puts on a performance of Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It, Rebecca plays the part of Rosalind, the brave heroine who flees to the forest after being dismissed from the king's court.

Dear Celia, I show more mirth than I am mistress of; and would you yet I were merrier? Unless you could teach me to forget a banished father, you must not learn me how to remember any extraordinary pleasure.

Costume made by me.