[3] At the company's height, it filled over 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land, dotted with seven buildings containing 34,000 square feet (3,200 m2) of space, and had US$15 million in sales with 300 employees.

When her friend went off to college in the early 1930s, Annalee, as she was called, continued to create dolls and began to sell them through the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

[7][8] She soon moved to Boston and continued to sell her dolls, most notably to S.S. Pierce and Co.[9] In 1941, Annalee met Harvard graduate Charles "Chip" Thorndike.

Soon thereafter, the two married and moved to Meredith, New Hampshire, where they raised a family and opened Thorndike's Eggs and Auto Parts, which survived until 1950.

The Thorndikes sold off a section of the poultry farm and used the profits to create a small line of skier dolls.

[10] Over time, the factory expanded to eventually fill over fourteen acres of land dotted with seven buildings containing 34,000 square feet (3,200 m2) of space.

[4] In 1990, Annalee Dolls became the headgear sponsor for Christopher Pederson, a member of the United States Ski Team.

The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, a small 84-seat theater located in the Weirs Beach section of Laconia, purchased the Annalee Doll Factory site for 1.05 million dollars.

"[15] Annalee Dolls' creative director stated that "With all the construction going on around us for the Winni Playhouse, it was just time for us to make the jump to a new location.

"[17] These designers work in Meredith at Annalee Doll headquarters which also contains sales and marketing departments as well as an outlet store.

After design work is complete, the dolls are built by the Imagine Company of Hong Kong then shipped back to New Hampshire for distribution.

At the company's height, it filled over fourteen acres of land dotted with seven buildings containing 34,000 square feet (3,200 m2) of space.

At the same time, the museum moved online to a digital form where one can view the dolls in the collection without visiting New Hampshire.