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Various dolls used to
advertise products:
Items
pictured here they are for reference only - not for sale.
| 1893-1923 Aunt Jemima
(Miss Nancy Green), Aunt Jemima pancake, flour and syrup by the Davis
Milling Company (bought in 1925 by Quaker Oats Company),
rag, oilcloth or composition, some are mama criers, her slogan was;
"I'se in town, honey". |
1893
Aunt Jemima
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| 1905-Present - Campbell
Kids doll, created by artist Grace Gebbie Weiderseim Drayton,
whose name never appeared on the drawings, for the Campbell
Soup Company, come in various sizes and materials and manufactured
by various companies over the years. |
1905
Campbell
Kids
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| 1918 Crackerjack©,
Sailor boy and dog, trademark of Borden Foods, Inc., now Frito Lay,
Inc. |
1918
Crackerjack
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| 1922-1952 Rastus, the
Cream O` Wheat Chef, came in 16" or (1930) 18" tall,
black African American cloth doll, was a premium boxtop offer that cost .10 cents by the Nabisco
Company. The chef image was originally an unknown black African-American
waiter in Chicago. |
1922-1955
Rastus |
| 1925-1970's Kellogg's Cereal company
in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA distributed more than 5 million dolls of
various kinds, here are some of their promotions: 1925 Goldilocks & Three Bears set
12-15" tall, cloth, Corn Flakes & Pep, 1928 Nursery
Rhymes: Little Bo Peep, Mary had a Little Lamb, Red Riding Hood, all
cloth, 1962 Linda Lou doll, 1964-1965 Calico Lassie doll, 1968
Snap, Crackle and Pop, and 1969
Mary Kate doll. |
Snap, Crackle and Pop
dolls 1968 |
| 1930's Eskimo Pie Boy,
(they used this trademark since the 1930's), 15" tall cloth doll,
was sold in 1961-1964, manufactured by the Chase Bag Company. |
1960's
Eskimo Pie Boy, 15" |
| 1936+ Gerber Baby doll,
from the Gerber Baby Products company located in Fremont, Michigan USA,
an 8" tall all one piece cloth doll with printed face and holding a can,
unknown maker. Several Mfg's made Gerber dolls over the
years; Sun Rubber, Arrow, Amesco, see below for photos. |
Photo
N/A
1936+ Gerber Baby |
 1940's Jolly Joan Restaurant
waitress doll, 12-15" tall, all composition one piece head and
body, composition limbs, jointed at the shoulders & hips, molded
curly short hair with hair bow, painted or sleep eyes, closed
mouth.
Wore a gingham dress with ruffled neckline and
an apron similar to those
worn by the waitress's in the Jolly Joan restaurant in Portland, Oregon,
USA. Doll is unmarked. |
Ad shown at left 1940's Jolly
Joan Restaurant waitress doll, 12-15" |
| 1946-1960's Eaton's
Beauty Dolls, were featured each year in their Fall/Winter catalog,
some were made by Reliable Toys of Canada and also could
be made by: Kestner, Marseille, Cuno & Otto Dressel,
Schoenau & Hoffmeister, Dominion Toy, S.F.B.J. and Dee
An Cee. They were only available in Canada.
Photo is of a Reliable Toys of
Canada doll in her original under clothes, socks and shoes,
and is courtesy of Heather.
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Eaton
Beauty doll 1940's
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1948
Dan River, maker of bedding and sheets, 17" tall doll
named Buttons, cloth doll with button eyes, think it's
yarn hair, and as you can see she came in different
dresses, the left add shows a red and white check dress
with buttons on placket and white apron, black shoes and
white socks, at right doll has a blue and white stripe
dress. |
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1948
Buttons Doll, 17" |
 1949 Eugenia Doll
Company, Inc. - Pam the Perm-O-Wave Doll, 14" tall, hard
plastic, human hair wig, with Perm-O-Wave curlers, ". . these
curlers can be used over and over again. These same curlers can
give mother and daughter a home permanent", plastic
make-up case, and barrette. This was the earliest of the home permanent
dolls. |
See
photo on left
1949
Pam, 14" |
| 1951 Colgate Fab Soap, Princess
doll, 5 1/2" tall. |
1951
Colgate Fab
Soap, 5 1/2" |
| 1953 Miss Curity doll,
by Ideal Novelty Toys, 7 1/2 or 14 1/2" tall, vinyl and hard
plastic, sleep eyes, saran wig with nurse outfit and first aid kit and
book. Trademark was of the Kendall Company.
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1953 Miss Curity,
14 1/2"
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| 1955-1958 Sun Rubber
Company, made the all rubber Gerber Baby doll, with molded hair and
open mouth 11-13" and 18" tall, all vinyl doll designed by
Bernard Lipfert, marked on head: Gerber Baby/©Gerber Products Co
and on back: Mfg. by/the Sun Rubber Co./Barberton, O., USA/Pat.
2118682/Pat. 2160739. |
1950's
Gerber Baby, 13"
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| 1956 Joy Dish Soap
Doll, 6
or 8" tall, walking, head turning doll, unknown manufacturer of
hard plastic walking dolls with molded on painted shoes.
Unsure who manufactured the doll,
probably a Dress Me type & lots of companies made these throughout
the 1950's-1960's. |
1956
Joy Dish Soap doll ad
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1956 Lifesaver
Candy Doll, 11" tall, Advertising Doll, all vinyl,
used the Betty one piece stuffed body jointed only at the
neck with the Ruthie
& Betty head mold, rooted hair in the pastel colors of: pink,
green, or blue,
sleep eyes, came with a miniature roll of lifesaver
candies attached at the doll's neck. Marked on neck: Horsman 20.
Doll shown has the pastel pink hair and is in her original
clothing. Photo courtesy of
Purple-peep. |
1956
Lifesaver Candy Doll, 11" |
| 1957 Starlet the Luster-Creme
Shampoo
Doll, 7 1/2" tall hard plastic doll, came with a wardrobe.
By Fortune Toys
Inc. who was connected with Beehler Arts, Ontario
Plastic, Kim Dolls and Virga.
1957 Inez Holland House
also sold Starlet the Luster-Creme Shampoo Doll and other dolls
made by various manufactures.
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1957
Starlet, 7 1/2"
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| 1950's Polly Ponds,
25" tall, hard plastic walker, advertising doll for Ponds
cold cream, wearing her original plaid jumper, made by the PMA - Plastic Molded
Arts Company I think? or possibly Robert Doll Co.,
don't know for sure, and can't find my original resource.
There is another doll 24"
tall with a soft stuffed body that was called Polly Pond's
Bride and Polly Pond's Bridesmaid, came with a beauty
kit - these were made by either Citro Manufacturing of New York
USA or maybe Deluxe Reading - but it is a different doll
altogether.
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1950's
Polly Ponds, 24" |
| 1960's Arthur Murray Dance
School, Let's Twist Dolls (pair girl & boy), 15"
tall, soft foam stuffed cloth body with wired aperture so body
is bendable, rubber hands and feet/shoes. Clothing is part
of the body, have applied felt facial features, she has yarn
hair and has a label that says "Let's Twist"
made by the Christy Manufacturing Company of Fayetteville N.C.
Chubby Checker released
the song 'The Twist' in 1959 and it debuted on the Dick Clark TV
Show in August 1960.
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Photo
N/A
1960's Arthur Murray
Dance School
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Jolly Green Giant |
1960's
Jolly Green Giant, 16" tall and Sprout was 10 1/2"
tall, lithographed rag doll by the Green Giant Company. |
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1960's
Sprout, 10 1/2"
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| 1960's Telephone Pioneers of
America 1893, Belle doll 15" tall, a commemorative
Belle doll for their 1960's? anniversary, made by A & H
Doll Mfg. Inc. |
1960's
Belle Doll
1960's, 15" |
| 1962 Kellogg's Cereal company
in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA distributed more than 5 million dolls of
various kinds, here is one of their promotions: 1962 Linda Lou
doll, 10" tall.
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1962 Linda Lou
doll, 10" |
| 1963-64
Knorr Soup (Danish Company) had a set of two dolls (male
& female) dressed in various country costumes 7 1/2" tall. |
1960's Knorr Soup, 7 1/2" |
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1964-1965 Calico Lassie doll,
12" tall, mail in premium thru Kellogg's Cereal
Company, also called by collectors; Ellie Mae Clampett, as
she looked like the character from The Beverly Hillbillies TV series, also
has additional fashions available for purchase
separately doll was made by the Elite Creations
company and is marked: Unique.
Photo's
courtesy of Chris |
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1964
Calico Lassie doll ad by Kellogg's Cereal Co. |
| 1967 Arrow Rubber &
Plastic Co., made the 14" tall, all vinyl Gerber Baby doll,
sleep eyes with lashes, molded, painted brows and hair, squeaker, drink
wet doll, same as prior doll but had no dimples on cheeks, doll was
discontinued after a short time, marked on head: Gerber Baby/©Gerber
Products Co 1966. |
1967
Gerber Baby, 14
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| 1970's
Texaco Cheerleader, 11
1/2" tall, vinyl doll with a wardrobe.
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1970's Texaco Cheerleader, 11 1/2" |
| 1979-1985 Gerber Baby
doll was made by Atlanta Novelty, made of vinyl and cloth,
17" tall. |
1980's
Gerber Baby
doll, 17" |
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