ca. 1930s Buddy Lee doll, 12 1/2',

The Genuine Jiffy Steamer outfit,

all composition doll.

Buddy Lee Dolls 1920-1962

Buddy Lee dolls were made for the H. D. Lee Company Inc. (Lee Jeans), a garment manufacturer in Kansas City, MO USA, originally from 1920-1962 as an advertising doll an in-store display doll wearing Lee clothing. 

Dolls can be composition (1920-1948) at 12 1/2" tall or hard plastic (1949-1960) at 13" tall, have molded lightly painted hair, painted side glancing eyes, painted upper eyelashes, painted closed  watermelon mouth, jointed only at the shoulders, have black painted boots, dolls were dressed in original Lee clothes depicting various occupations. Clothing should have a Lee label tag.

ca. 1930s Buddy Lee doll, 12 1/2",

Football Player outfit,  all composition doll

1920-1931 Gem Chubby Kid doll 12 1/2", all composition, jointed only at the shoulders, unmarked, molded painted hair or wigged, paper label on bottom of foot Gem Chubby Kid a carnival doll made by Gem Toy Company.

Identify a composition Buddy Lee doll by the mark on their back: Buddy Lee in a triangle or unmarked (with Lee labeled clothing) or hard plastic dolls are marked in raised letters Buddy Lee.

If doll is unmarked, wigged, without Lee labeled clothing, painted eye lashes a bit longer, its probably a Gem Chubby Kid doll.

Some of the Buddy Lee outfits are; Coca Cola (white with red stripes), Football Player, Gas Station; Phillips 66, John Deere outfit, The Genuine Jiffy Steamer Co., Train Engineer, U.S. Army Finance Corps. cowboy,  and there were surely others.

In the 1990's a reproduction Buddy Lee doll in a Coca Cola uniform was made in white with a green stripe and possibly other outfits, too.

1930s Buddy Lee doll, 12 1/2",

U.S. Finance Corps cowboy doll,

All composition doll, jointed only at the shoulders, with black painted cowboy boots