ca. 1916-1920s Averill Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl doll, 11-20" tall, description still to come.  Doll marks 34, 72, R. T. Mfg. Co, Trion Toy Co, and unmarked.  Averill also made dressed Cowboy dolls, WWI Yankee Doodle Kid doll and possibly others with this head mold - see next entry.

Different dolls were purchased from other doll makers, dressed in Dutch outfits and sold by Averill.  The 72 doll mold is the same face mold as the Effanbee Betty Bounce doll.

ca. 1916-1920s Dutch Boy doll, 12"

ca. 1916-1920s Averill Indian dolls, Native American dolls, Black dolls, Cowboy dolls,  13-20" tall, composition flared or shoulder head and cloth doll, partial or full composition limbs, usually with painted brown yes, closed mouth, black molded painted hair for boys, black mohair wig in braids some over molded hair for girls, dressed in felt Native American costume; tunic with fringe trimmed with beads, simple felt ribbon looped thru punched holes and tied for closure, pants or skirt with fringed, moccasin shoes, and headbands or feathered head dress as appropriate to the character or a felt fringed cowboy outfit with tunic and felt chaps.  They used several different dolls; some neck markings are; Trion Toy Co  1915 or none on doll, a three leaf clover with initials R F L inside each leaf, A.M. © Co.  Bodies may have the ink stamp; Madame Hendren's Life-Like Doll, Patented June 4th, 1918.   See below for the 1923 Black Rufus Indian dressed doll with Dolly Dingle face mold.

ca. 1920s Indian doll,

Native American doll, 13"

ca.1916-1920s Averill Indian, Native American, Papoose Baby dolls, 4-12" tall in their felt fringed carriers; German bisque, celluloid, all composition or composition and cloth dolls, painted eyes, closed mouth, painted molded black hair. Most of these dolls are unmarked, or it's unknown how marked due to the clothing and felt carrier that encloses them.  Most had a cloth tag attached;  Madame Hendren, Character Doll, Costume Pat. May 9th, 1916.

ca.1916-1920s Indian doll, Native American doll, Papoose Baby dolls

1916 Madame Hendren Preparedness Kid doll, 12" tall, composition flange head and arms, cloth body with outside disk joints and legs, dressed in a khaki two piece uniform, belt, and hat with black cloth sewn on shoes, Madame Hendren tag on sleeve.  Doll marked H.C.Q.

1916 Madame Hendren Black Boy in Blue Velvet doll, 12" about the same face mold as Preparedness Kid shown at right, same doll mark H.C.Q.  Composition head and hands painted brown, black human hair wig over brown molded hair, brown painted eyes, black human hair mustache and goatee, dressed in a blue velvet tunic with open sleeves, white long sleeve shirt, blue pants, black oilcloth boots, chain belt.

1916 Preparedness Kid doll, 12"

1918 Madame Hendren Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk doll, 17, 20, 24-25" tall, bisque or composition heads, hands and forearms, cloth stuffed body with a tailored heel, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open or closed mouth.  Dolls are unmarked.  Body has an ink stamp; Madame Hendren Life-Like Doll, Patented June 11th, 1918.  This is the first Baby doll created by Georgene, who is know to us today, as a Mama type doll.

1918 Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk doll, 25"

ca. 1918+ Madame Hendren Baby Georgene doll, 15-18 or 22-24" tall, Mama or baby dolls, composition head and limbs, full composition arms with clenched fists, cloth stuffed body with music box inside that plays "Lullaby Baby", molded hair and/or wigged, sleep eyes, closed mouth.   Doll is marked: Georgene Baby.

ca. 1920s Baby Georgene doll, 22"

ca. 1918+ Madame Hendren Baby Hendren doll, 15-18 or 22-24" tall, Mama or baby dolls, composition head and limbs stuffed cloth body, molded hair, sleep eyes, open mouth.  Doll is marked: Baby Hendren

ca. 1920s Baby endren doll, 22"

1922 Madame Hendren Dolly Reckord doll, 26" tall, composition shoulder head with a cloth body and a recorder, speaker mechanism in it's back, sleep eyes, wigged, open mouth.  Marked in ink on body: Genuine Madame Hendren Doll.

1922 Dolly Reckord doll, 26"

1923 Averill Black Rufus doll, dressed Indian doll, same face mold as Dolly Dingle or Bobby Dingle, 12 1/2-13" tall, brown composition shoulder head and limbs, jointed at the shoulders and hips, black or brown cloth body, painted side glancing eyes, pug nose, closed smiling watermelon mouth with indented cheeks, face is similar to the Campbell Kid dolls made by American Character  and Horsman.  Doll marked: G. G. Drayton ©.  Designed by Grace G. Drayton Weidersum.

1923 Black Rufus doll, dressed as an Indian, same face mold as

Dolly Dingle, 12 1/2-13"

ca. 1924 Averill Sis Hopkins doll, 13-14" tall, composition shoulder head and lower arms, cloth stuffed body upper arms and legs, stitched hips, molded hair with five rust colored yarn pigtails and tied with a green ribbon, black side glancing painted eyes, watermelon painted slight smiling mouth, designed by Grace G. Drayton Wiederseim.  Doll mark: G. G. Drayton ©.  Sis Hopkins was a character played by comedian Rose Melville (1873-1946).  Amberg also made a Sis Hopkins doll ca. 1912, who is marked with her name.

ca. 1924 Averill Chocolate Drop doll, 13-14", uses the same head mold as the Sis Hopkins doll, with a black or brown composition head with five black yarn pigtails, brown cloth body, rest of doll is same as the Sis Hopkins doll.  Doll mark: G. G. Drayton ©. 

ca. 1924 Sis Hopkins doll, 13-14"

1924 Averill Baby doll, 22, 24" tall, possibly other sizes, Baby Horsman look alike or competitor, composition flange head and lower arm and leg limbs or cloth arms with just composition hands with splayed fingers, cloth stuffed body and upper limbs, molded painted blond hair with curl on forehead, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth.  Doll head marked: A.M. Co.  Body Ink Stamp; Genuine Madame Hendren Doll, 424.

Doll shown has been restored.

1924 Averill Baby doll, 24"

1925 Averill Lullaby Baby doll,13, 16, 18" tall, possibly other sizes, Bye-Lo doll type, composition (mold 314, 316) or bisque flange head (mold 341 AM Marseille), tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, lightly molded painted hair, cloth body and limbs  with straight cloth legs, composition or celluloid hands. 

Head markings; AM © Co.,  or AM Germany 341 (bisque head only, by Marseille).  Body ink stamp; 13" size - Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 314 Made in USA or 16" size - Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 316.

1925 Lullaby Baby doll, 18"

1926-1929 Averill Whistling Dan doll, 14" tall, composition head and lower arms, cloth body - upper arms and legs, painted side glancing eyes, puckered open mouth with a hole for whistling, dolls are unmarked or marked: USA with an ink stamp on the cloth body. 

Other Averill whistling dolls are; Dan who also came dressed as a Sailor or Cowboy and Nell.

1926-1929 Whistling Dan doll, 14"

1926-1946 Averill Bonnie Babe doll, 12-24" tall, bisque or celluloid head with molded painted hair, cloth body, composition limbs - some have a composition body with bent limb arms, sleep eyes, open smiling mouth, with two lower teeth, marked: Copr. By Georgene Averill Germany  1005-3653 1386 or 1402 on head.  The bisque heads were made by ABG -  Alt, Beck & Gottschalck and imported from Germany, distributed through George Borgfeldt.

1926 Averill Bonnie Babe doll 5-7" tall, all bisque doll, jointed bisque body, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open mouth, molded painted shoes and socks.

1926-1946 Bonnie Babe doll, 18"

1927 Averill Little Sister doll, Little Brother doll or Kiddie Karakter doll, 14" tall, (all the same doll mold, dressed differently), composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed body, lightly molded painted hair, painted eyes and eye lashes, painted closed watermelon mouth, wearing clothes appropriate to the dolls name; a girl is Sister, boy is Brother and a nursery character is Kiddie Karakter.  Designed by artist and doll maker Grace Corry Rockwell.  Doll marked  © By Grace Corry.

1927 Little Brother doll, 14" 

1927 Averill Sunny Boy doll, Sunny Girl doll, 14, 17, 19, or 22" celluloid shoulder head with the turtle mark, a sunburst, + doll mold number,  Made in USA and the dolls name, a slender cloth stuffed body, composition limbs, molded hair, glass eyes.

1927 Sunny Girl doll, 17"

1928 Madame Hendren Baby Brite doll, 18 or 22" tall, composition flange head and limbs, stuffed cloth body, molded painted blonde hair, gray celluloid sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth, slight dimples on each side of mouth, can put it's right index finger in it's mouth, Effanbee Bubbles look a like or competitor (Bubbles can put her left finger in mouth, too).  Marked:  Madame Hendren Doll.

1928 Baby Brite doll, 22"

1928 Madame Hendren Snookums doll, 14" tall, all composition with jointed body, white doll or black doll, painted tin eyes, open smiling mouth with two upper teeth, the black Snookums does not have a hair tuff on the top of his head.  Marked: Madame Hendren Doll.

1928 Snookums doll, 14" black

1928 Averill Girl doll, various sizes, composition shoulder head with cloth body, composition limbs, molded blonde hair, sleep eyes, open mouth. 

1928 Girl doll, 17"

1929 Averill Jimmie doll (boy) or his girlfriend Dimmie doll, 14" tall, Patsy type look a like, socket head with all composition jointed body with/or without body twist ball joint waist, molded painted hair, large painted eyes, dolls are unmarked but had a wrist tag.  Dolls may have an ink stamp on body; Madame Hendren, Patent Pending.  We think both dolls are identical, but that the clothing determined the dolls name ie. dressed as a boy then it's Jimmie, dressed as girl then it's Dimmie.

Note: This doll was also called Boots doll by Horsman, Tootsie doll by Sears, both dolls are unmarked and the Maxine Doll Co. named their doll Mitzi and is marked with her name, 

To make a positive ID on the manufacturer, ink stamp on doll body, tagged clothing, original wrist tag, box or possibly some manufacturers may have had a marking on their doll.

1929 Jimmie doll or Dimmie doll, 14"

ca. 1930s Averill Baby Yawn doll, 19" tall, possibly other sizes too, composition flange head and hands, cloth stuffed body with straight legs, molded painted hair, squinting closed eyes, open yawning mouth.  Doll marked Georgene 49.  Looks like the Ideal or Horsman later dolls known as Squalling Baby.

ca. 1930s Baby Yawn doll, 19"

1930s Averill Peaches Doll Family, Patsy types, 14-19" tall, composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed body or all composition head and jointed Patsy type body, molded painted hair, some have a pin hole for a hair bow, all the Peaches dolls have two small curls just behind their bangs on top of the head, tin or glassene sleep eyes or painted eyes, small closed painted mouth. 

Averill Peaches doll, 16 or 19" tall, all composition doll with a jointed body or composition shoulder head, with a cloth body, tin or glassene sleep eyes, small closed painted mouth.

Averill Polly Peaches doll, 17", Bud doll 14", all composition doll with a jointed body, tin or glassene sleep eyes, small closed painted mouth.

Blossom Peaches 14" tall, all composition doll with a jointed body with painted eyes, small closed painted mouth, and is the doll shown at right. 

The largest size Peaches doll is sometimes marked: A.M. Co.,  Averill Manufacturing Co., other size Peaches could have a similar marking, ACO Inc., or all dolls can be unmarked.

1930s Blossom Peaches doll, 14"

Patsy type doll

Photo courtesy of Jazzyjewls

1934 Uncle Wiggily Longears doll, 20"

1937 Averill Little Cherub doll, 12 or 16" tall, designed by Harriet Flanders, all composition, jointed body, molded painted hair, blue painted eyes with three upper painted eyelashes, open O mouth with painted tongue, marked on neck: Harriet © Flanders 1937.

1937 Little Cherub doll, 12"

by Harriet Flanders

1938 Averill Snooks doll a brunette or Sweets doll a blonde, 12-22" tall, printed cloth doll with painted face, painted or yarn hair, big eyes with real lashes, closed smiling mouth, usually marked at the seam, doll mark MTF. Based on accurate reproductions of artist Maud Tousey Fangel (1881-1968) illustrations.

1938 Sweets doll 18"

by Maud Tousey Fangel

1938-1962 Averill Raggedy Ann doll, 15-50" tall, all cloth rag doll with orangish-red yarn hair.

ca. 1940s Raggedy Ann doll, 18"

1938-1962 Averill Raggedy Andy doll, 15-50" tall, all cloth rag doll with orangish-red yarn hair.

ca. 1940s Raggedy Andy doll, 16"

1940s Averill Little Lulu doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, black yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.

Other Comic Characters were: Alvin, Becassine, Nancy, Sluggo, Tubby Tom.

1940s Little Lulu doll, 14"

1944-1951 Averill Nancy doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, black yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.

Comic character from cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip distributed by United Feature Syndicate, as is the Sluggo Smith doll below.

1944-1951 Nancy doll, 14"

1944-1951 Averill Sluggo Smith doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.

Comic character from cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip, distributed by United Feature Syndicate, Sluggo is Nancy's best friend.

1944-1951 Sluggo Smith doll, 14"

1958 Averill Aver Baby doll, 18, 24, 26" tall, vinyl head with painted eyes, wide open smiling mouth with two lower teeth, dimples, molded hair, thin vinyl stuffed body and upper legs, crier, stitched hips, usually marked: Georgene Averill, may have a © 1958 on inside legs.

Items pictured are for reference

1958 Aver Baby doll, 24"