Hitty loves traveling by car, plane, boat, train, air lift, hot air balloon, tucked in a pocket or into a hat band photo by Andrew Tabbat |
HITTY THE TRAVEL DOLL A Non-Commercial, Educational Resource by Jean D. Lotz Copyright © 1996+ Jean D. Lotz Last Updated: 6/15/02 |
Peggy Millhouse's Hitty by Judy Brown with some of her travel souvenirs Also
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she also loves to travel with her owners Hitty traveled all over the world in the book. During her long life and adventures, Hitty met or was owned by a lot people and she was treated to gifts and travel souvenirs from most ofher travels. Many of these adventures were a direct result of being brought along for company as a companion ("travel doll"). You can consider your Hitty to be a "travel doll". She can keep you company on your travels and she should acquire her own set of travel mementos. This is one of the fun aspects of owning a Hitty! This doll could become especially valuable for a young person for whom she could acquire a life-time of memories and mementos. NOTE: The editor of the Friends Of Hitty Newsletter invites you to submit photos and a story about your Hitty's travels |
Lotz A10 Hitty "Little Lost Lotz Hitty" |
"Little
Lost Lotz Hitty", please come home!
A10 is lost in the mail! Jean and her intended owner are hopeful that she will tire of her adventures and make her way back home. She is welcome to travel to either house. We are both looking and hoping to find her! Jean asked the US Postal Service to check in their dreaded "Dead Letter File", but Hitty wasn't found. We know how tempting it is to look inside a package - even if it is addressed to go elsewhere. We hope that she is appreciated by whomever finds her and that they don't just think that she is just a "silly, ugly, wooden doll" and throw her away or worse - use her for fancy firewood! Perhaps a lonely child will find her and love her for a long time! |
Jean Lotz and "Sewing Hitty" have hiked many of the wonderful trails in the Smoky Mountain region of Tennesee and the "Garden of the Gods" Park in Colorado Springs, CO. Sewing Hitty also wandered about in New Orleans, LA during the recent ODACA and UFDC functions. We also met a lot of Hitty lovers and their travel Hitty dolls during the 10/98 Sirocco Hitty luncheon in Williamsburg, VA.
Sewing Hitty Hikes in the Great Outdoors
Foothills Parkway Smoky Mountains, TN 10/97 Hitty is at the foot of the sign |
Bald River Falls in Tellico Plains, TN - 6/98 |
"Garden of the Gods" Park Colorado Springs, CO 7/98 |
MORE LOTZ HITTY TRAVELS: |
Let's
Party and Socialize!
at
the
UFDC
Convention in New Orleans 8/98
MawMaw's Hitty dressed as a Voodoo Queen riding her pet! |
Hitty A11 dressed as a Mardi Gras Clown with a crow souvenir (crow by Brenda Rotmann) |
Hitty A11 with a Lotz Holly Nut dressed up as if she posed for a French Fashion illustrator for the UFDC travel / fashion show in New Orleans 8/98 |
"Sewing
Hitty" and "Allie's Hitty" go to
Williamsburg,
VA 10/98
Sewing Hitty, Allie's Hitty and BJ's Travel Hitty (by Judy Brown) at the entrance to the folk museum in Williamsburg, VA 10/98 |
Hitty dolls visiting "Sewing Hitty" and "Allie's Lauren Hitty" at the Sirocco Williamsburg Hitty Luncheon |
Fifer
Hitty Dolls Have a Boating Adventure
on
a Pensylvania Pond
Two Bill Fifer Hitty dolls dressed by Pat Fifer made especially for their granddaughters photo thanks to Bill Fifer |
Bill and Pat's granddaughters with their very special Hitty dolls photo thanks to Bill Fifer |
At a Mets Game Photo by Kay Demattei |
Is this THE ANTIQUE SHOP on MacDougal and Eigth Street? |
In front of the Metropolitan Musuem |
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beautiful sunset |
Oops! Help catch me! |
"Mal-Adventures" with animals
This Monkey Wants a Hitty Doll Too - but to EAT! Madagasgar - 1999 |
Hitty sitting on Curious George's lap at the Riverwalk in New Orleans 8/98 |
"Give me my Hitty back!" This time a goat wants to eat Hitty! |
OK this animal looks safe enough! Hitty at Hersey Park |
Hitty Lotzalove B5 in a lovely pink dress made by her owner |
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the Loch Ness Monster! |
Hitty at Stonehenge |
An early photo of Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen (before her coral necklace was complete) photo by Jean Lotz |
"Hitty
Lotzalove Sevashteen" is Andrew Tabbat's Hitty. She is getting famous as
the "little wooden doll in Andrew's pocket".
Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen (A17) was one of 3 Hitty dolls which I carved from a particularly dark, hard piece of white ash wood. I wanted these Hitty dolls to look like extremely old dolls who might have actually lived through all of the harrowing experiences in the Hitty book. The under paint was extremely distressed, but the facial features were clearly painted. Sevashteen's facial features are now almost worn off through natural wear even after a repaint because she lives a VERY active and exciting life riding around the world in Andrew Tabbat's pocket or tucked into the brim of his hat. 
Sevashteen on an African safari in 2000 |
Queen Hitty May 2000 photo by Andrew Tabbat |
Andrew's
Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen is spoiled rotten! She is a world traveller
who often attends fabulous social functions. As such, Andrew felt she needed
an appropriately grand wardrobe - fit for a queen!
Sevashteen has travelled or will be travelling to Kenya on an African safari, Canada, Czech Republic (Prague) for a very grand gala, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Turkey (Istanbul), Spain, and many more. As well she travels to several exciting states and cities in the US: California, Illinois, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Washington, and etc. Andrew set up several Internet photo albums to share even more of his fabulous Hitty photos. Visit Sevashteen's and Andrew's travel photo albums = http://www.picturetrail.com/hitty |
Las Vegas - 1999 |
Yucatan Mexico - 2000 |
Greece - 2000 |
Japan - 2001 |
Africa - yr? |
Hitty and Raggedy Ann
Andrew and a friend in Los Vegas Andrew Tabbat is on the right with Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen in his pocket |
Andrew
Tabbat is an authority on Raggedy Ann. He travels to many doll functions,
often as a guest speaker. He has written several books and magazine articles
about Raggedy Ann and Andy. Lately he has been traveling to these functions
with a little wooden doll in his pocket - a white ash Hitty by Jean Lotz.
Andrew and Hitty have also been invited to functions celebrating other famous characters: "Little Prince", "Alice in Wonderland" and Becassine. The
Collector's World of Raggedy Ann and Andy (vol. 1)
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Andrew Tabbat's Hitty Dressed to Honor Raggedy Ann - September 1999 photo by Andrew Tabbat |
Andrew's Hitty dressed as Raggedy Ann was a very special ODACA artist collaboration. "Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen" is a white ash Hitty doll carved by ODACA artist, Jean Lotz. She was dressed as Raggedy Ann especially for Andrew Tabbat by ODACA artist, Ruth Brown |
Hitty People |
Andrew lectured on Raggedy Ann at the Modern Doll Convention in 1999. Sevashteen wore her very special "Raggedy Hitty costume" by Ruth Brown for the occasion. She sat right on the speaker's podium as Andrew talked, otherwise she was found in Andrew's pocket. "Hitty Lotzalove Sevashteen" met some Famous Hitty People |
Japan - 2001 |
Ready to go to Arcola, IL for a Raggedy Convention in 2001! |
