Mrs. Hattie E. Bartholomay of Portland, Ore., accepted the challenge and designed an adorable little creature, light enough for a child to hold, yet of a size that appeals to ninety-nine out of every hundred little girls, whose maternal joy is in proportion to the cubic inches of their pet.

[6]Following her success at the New York Toy Fair Bartholomay’s kid dolls were sold all over the United States.

[1] As an adult she painted in oil and watercolor, displaying in Oregon galleries and winning numerous local awards.

However, during the early 1900s, she supported herself and her two children by selling paintings done in the style of the 17th century Dutch masters to clients who wanted a “Rembrandt” in their home.

In reality, her work in this genre is most reminiscent of the domestic scenes of Pieter de Hooch, the portraits of Frans Hals and the florals of Rachel Ruys.

In 1926, Sir Alexander Frederick Whyte was in Portland for a visit on his way back to England after serving five years as the president of the Indian parliament in Delhi.

He bought six of Hattie's watercolors of Native Americans, two of which were given to King Edward and hung in Buckingham Palace.

When he died in 1941 she married childhood friend Frederick A. Bruckman, inventor of the ice cream cone-making machine.

[8] In 1904, Claude Howard Mansfield homesteaded Breitenbush Hot Springs in the Cascade mountains of central Oregon and began development of a spa.

It was proceeds from Bruckman’s Real Cake Ice Cream Cone machine that allowed his son Merle to fulfill a dream of building a lodge there.

Through the years, Breitenbush was a place where Bartholomay enjoyed painting, and once, made a doll out of local clay and found materials for a blind girl who was visiting the springs with her parents.