Lunchboxes, dolls and other “Annie” memorabilia are on display in “Leapin Lizards! A Hundred Years of Little Orphan Annie,” an exhibition presented by the Lombard Historical Society.

But Annie’s story goes back to 1924 when "Little Orphan Annie" first appeared in a syndicated comic strip. It was the brainchild of a man named Harold Gray, who happened to live in Lombard.

The "Little Orphan" was dropped in the late '70s. And she finally traded her red dress with the white collar for sneakers and jeans. But Annie remained a plainspoken girl -- a favorite expression ...

There were parodies, too, most famously the misadventures of Little Annie Fanny, a voluptuous young woman who got in trouble — and often ended up naked. It first appeared in Playboy in the 1960s.

American Children Faced Great Dangers in the 1930s, None Greater Than “Little Orphan Annie” Advertisements for Ovaltine were just part of the problem ...

Annie later met Mr. Am, a bearded sage who could apparently enter other dimensions and bring the dead back to life. 7. SHE MADE A DIFFERENCE DURING WORLD WAR II.

Q–Where can I find dollhouse-size dolls or small figures of Little Orphan Annie and related characters such as Sandy, Daddy Warbucks and Punjab? A–Anyone having information can write to Joan ...

Ralphie from A Christmas Story gets his decoder ring from Little Orphan Annie. MGM/courtesy Everett Collection. In a scene from the classic film A Christmas Story (1983), the arrival of a lamp in ...