Nanea Mitchell (doll)
The Nanea Mitchell doll was released in 2017.
- Face Mold: Nanea Mold (debut)
- Brown painted eye corners. Brown painted lashes around each eye.
- Skin: Medium
- Hair: Brown (fine red highlights), left side part, no bangs, mid-back
- Nanea comes with a small part of her hair banded off for her hair clip.
- Eyes: Hazel (dark version)
Meet Outfit
Nanea's meet outfit reflects the more tropical, informal wear allowed in the Hawaii territory as opposed to the Midwest white suburban propriety of her near-contemporary, Molly McIntire.
Blouse
Orange printed sleeveless shirt. High mandarin collar. Print of white and blue accented tropical huts and white palm tree silhouettes. Buttons up the front with three functional orange two-hole buttons.
Shorts
White cotton Bermuda-style wide-legged shorts. Front has two seams trimmed with three navy four-hole buttons. The buttons are sewn above two pointed functional pockets; pockets are trimmed with three lines of light blue ribbon horizontally. Elastic at back waistband for ease in pulling on. American Girl plastic logo on left bottom hem. Shorts fall just above the knee.
Underwear
White knit long-legged "brief" underwear.
Sandals
Brown crossed slip-on sandals. Brown plastic soles. Clear strap at back to keep on doll's foot.
Hair Clip
Red hibiscus flower clip. Yellow center pistil. Green clip base.
Meet Accessories
First Edition
Released in 2017.
Necklace
Five-shell necklace. White linked chain with spaced shells. Seashells are white spiral-style shells with added blue dots. Heart-clasp at back.
In Hula for the Home Front, Nanea receives this shell lei as a birthday gift from Tutu Kane. He gathered the shells from Ni'ihau and saved them to make a special lei for each of his grandchildren. While he gave her older siblings their leis when they turned 13, he gives this to Nanea when she turns 10 because she has had to grow up faster during the war. He gives it to her with the wish that it grant her a "safe and peaceful journey" throughout her life.
Handbag
Blue and white plaid handbag with open top and single handle. Inner lining matches meet shirt fabric.
ID Pouch
Blue and white plaid ID pouch. White drawstring closure. In Growing Up with Aloha, Nanea makes this pouch for herself out of scrap fabric because she is required to carry her ID card wherever she goes.
Envelope
White Air-mail letter envelope with red and blue trim. Green airplane stamp overlined with postal stamp lines and stamp (San Francisco, CA; PM; Apr 1942) Front return and sending is as typed:
Donna Hill
325 Webster St.
San Francisco, CA[1]
Nanea Mitchell
8087 Fern Street
Honolulu, HI[1]
Letter
Handwritten letter from Donna to Nanea:
Meow, Nanea,
You aren't going to believe this! Sugar is going to be rationed all over the country. That means no more bubble gum for me! I'm rationing my last few pieces. And guess what? Our school is trying to earn a Minute Man flag, too. That makes me feel like we Three Kittens are doing something together.
Meow, your friend,
Donna
This is most of the text of a letter Nanea receives from Donna in Hula for the Home Front. However, it does not have Donna's birthday greetings for Nanea at the start of the letter, and it also has a couple of other small alterations. Additionally, it misspells "Minuteman."
ID Card
Yellow ID Card. (dimensions: 1.5" by 1"). Front printed (with simulated typing):
Territory of Hawaii
IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE
Issued: 1/8/1942
Name: Alice Nanea Mitchell
Residence: 8087 Fern St Honolulu
Citizenship Status: U.S.
Date of Birth: 4/11/1932
Hair: Eyes: Height: Weight: Age: Occ:[2] BRN[3] BRN 4'3" 62 lbs 9 Student
Back printed (with simulated typing):
Left Index Finger Right Index Finger (image of fingerprint) (image of fingerprint) Signature: Alice Nanea Mitchell
In Growing Up with Aloha, Nanea and her family members have to get fingerprinted and receive ID cards along with all other Hawaii residents.
Money
Two $1 Hawaii overprint notes.
Second Version
Nanea's second set of Meet Accessories in 2019 increased to $35 and later increased further to $36 and $40. It added the following items:
Kerchief
Square red, white, and blue Pearl Harbor remembrance scarf.
Book
United States Junior Citizens Service Corps booklet. This contains information about what children could do to help the community.
Third Version
In 2025, the letter, envelope, ID card, and ID pouch were removed. Initial retail cost was $32 and increased to $34 and $36.
2019 and 2024 Versions
With her debut in 2017, Nanea was sold with Growing Up with Aloha. Starting in 2019, Nanea was instead sold with Nanea: The Spirit of Aloha, which is an abridged version with added illustrations. In 2024, this book was replaced with with Nanea: My Diary, a journal-style graphic book. There were no updates to the doll during this time, and her abridged book remains available for separate purchase.
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The 2019 doll with Nanea: The Spirit of Aloha.
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The 2024 doll with Nanea: My Diary.
An outfit inspired by Nanea's Meet Outfit, the Hawaiian Print Dress, was available for $48. It retired in 2018.
A Nanea mini doll was released when she debuted in 2017.
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 While both addresses are written with the two-state abbreviation well known and used today, these were actually not implemented until 1963 with the implementation of the ZIP Code, making this anachronistic. More on State Abbreviations.
- ↑ Occupation.
- ↑ Brown.