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American Doll Company. 1912-1926 - was owned and operated by Bayless Bros. & Company of Louisville, KY USA.  Not much is known of this doll maker, but the few dolls confirmed have rather distinctive features. 

Boy and Girl dolls have been found in various large sizes (18-25"), they both have molded hair (his hair is molded all over curls, hers is a Marcelled style), if hair is unpainted then it probably originally wore a mohair wig, composition shoulder head on a stuffed cloth body, partial composition lower short arms, cloth legs with cloth boots stitched on or papier mache body with papier mache legs with blue or pink painted on boots, all their dolls have decal eyes, closed slight smiling painted mouth.  American Doll company made both Mama and Baby type dolls.

A trade name of Honey Child was registered for them, that doll looks very similar to the Bye-Lo Baby doll. 

Other markings used by American Doll Company are: A.D.C., A.D. Co., Am. Doll Co., Am Doll Co. Copr. 1926 and Honey Child.

American Doll Company, Girl doll, 20" she will probably have molded Marcelled curls beneath her wig, composition shoulder head, with cloth body and legs, decal blue eyes, closed slight smiling mouth, short partial composition arms, black cloth stitched on boots over the cloth legs.  Marked: Am. Doll Co.

Art Craft Toy Products 1918-1920 then 1920-1921 Art Craft Playthings Corp. - not much is known about this short lived doll maker, they made dolly face or baby dolls in all composition with ball jointed bodies, sleep eyes with quality wigs, made to compete with German bisque head dolls.  Some markings used were: Art Craft USA (in an oval) or Art Craft in an oval NYC and ARTCRAFT PLAYTHINGS.

Photo courtesy of Ronsfancy, dress designed by Ronsfancy as well.

1918-1920 Dolly Face, 21"

Atlas Doll Company 1921-1922 - a USA manufacturer of composition dolls.  Dolls are of good quality, it is unknown if/how all dolls are marked. 

Toodles is Atlas's trademark and is the name in the doll marking.

Toodles, 11", all composition, molded hair, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll marked on back of neck in script: Toodles made by Atlas Doll Co.

Berwick Doll Company 1918-1925 - best known for their Famlee Dolls, 16" tall, composition doll heads and limbs, jointed legs, wigged, cloth body with shoulder plate, came with three to twelve interchangeable screw on heads of both boys and girls, had matching costumes for the character heads ie: black doll, Chinese doll, nurse, and others.  Dolls were patented by David Wiener.  Dolls are unmarked, cloth body may have an ink stamp.

ca. 1921 Famlee dolls, 16"

Cohen, Herman 1920s-1949 - House of Puzzy - they made composition character dolls; the Good Habit Kids, shown are both Puzzy and Sizzy.

1948 Puzzy, 15" tall, all composition jointed body, painted facial features with big eyes and freckles, open smiling mouth, molded painted orange hair.  Marked: H of P USA, Puzzy H of P USA.

1948 Puzzy doll, 15"

Cohen, Herman 1920s-1949 - House of Puzzy

1948 Sizzy doll, 14" tall, all composition jointed body, painted facial features, closed smiling mouth, molded painted orange hair.  Marked: H of P USA, Sizzy H of P USA.

1948 Sizzy doll, 14"

Dollcraft Novelty Company 1920s + - Lone Ranger & Tonto dolls 1937, 10 1/2, 15 1/2 or 20" tall, composition flange head and lower arms, stuffed cloth body upper arms and legs, stitched hip joints, molded painted hair, painted eyes, closed mouth.  The Lone Ranger and Tonto are dressed in faux buckskin and suede clothing and each has a holster with two guns.  Hi-Yo Silver!  Made by the Dollcraft Novelty Co. New York, USA.  (Used the head mold from Reliable Of Canada). 

Dollcraft Novelty Co. also made a Canadian Royal Mounty doll, again using Reliable's head mold.

1937 Lone Ranger & Tonto 20" dolls

Dollcraft Novelty Co. continued

Jeannine of Alsace-Lorraine 1939, 8" tall, World's fair International Dolls, Vocation Dolls & Storybook Doll series.  Some other names were:  Girl of the Golden West, Ermine of Turkey, Edith the Nurse, Little Bo Peep, plus others, all composition jointed body, molded hair beneath a wig, painted side glancing eyes, closed painted mouth.  Clothing is often stapled to the body.  Dolls are unmarked.  Made by Dollcraft Novelty Co. 1920s of New York, USA, and distributed by the Joy Doll Company.

Gem Toy Co. 1913-1931 NYC, USA  - by the 1920s Gem had changed their company name, what company name was used prior to this is unknown, they made 1914 Character dolls in composition, 50 different models Boy and Girl dolls, 1918 O-U-Kids doll, cherub like similar to the Chubby Kid doll shown below, 1922 Flossie Featherweight, also made Walking and Talking dolls, 1924 Baby's Voice, Mother's Choice dolls, 1925 Just Born an infant doll, Mama dolls and Chubby Kid (shown below). 

Many Gem Toy dolls, have the company name marked on the dolls back.

1930s Mama Doll, 29"

Gem Toy Company continued

1920-1931 Chubby Kid shown on right, 12 1/2" tall, a Buddy Lee look a like, cherub or kewpie like face, all composition, jointed only at the shoulders, long painted eyelashes, painted side glancing eyes, molded painted hair or mohair wig, slight smiling watermelon mouth, painted socks and shoes or painted boots for boy dolls.

Dolls are unmarked, but some may have had a paper label on bottom of foot that reads; Gem // Chubby Kid.  May have come in other sizes to 18" tall.

Both boy and girl dolls have been found in sizes 13-18" tall and possibly and other sizes. It's believed these were given as prizes at carnivals or fairgrounds, thus they are called Carnival Dolls by collectors. 

She's also been incorrectly called Betty Lee, sister to Buddy Lee, but no such doll was made for or sold by the H. D. Lee company.

Columbia Doll & Toys (1917-1922) also made a Chubby Kid doll.

1920-1931 Chubby Kid, 12 1/2"

Halpern, J & Co., Halco Dolls 1923-1951 a Pittsburgh, PA USA company made composition Mama dolls to hard plastic transition dolls to 1951.  Little is known about this doll manufacturer.  Most dolls are unmarked.

1930s Halco Quality Doll, 18 and 24"" tall, composition shoulder plate head, full composition arms and partial lower legs, cloth stuffed body and upper legs, brown tin eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth, mohair wig, sorta a Shirley Temple look a like LAL.  Doll is unmarked.

Late 1940s Fluffee, 30" tall, hard plastic head, mohair wig, sleep eyes, real upper eyelashes, painted lower lashes, open mouth with four upper teeth, cloth stuffed body, composition arms and legs.  Doll is a transition doll with both composition and hard plastic parts and is unmarked.  Sorta a Shirley Temple look a like LAL.

Late 1940s Lady Lee, 29" tall, hard plastic head, mohair wig, sleep eyes, real upper eyelashes, painted lower lashes, open mouth with four upper teeth, cloth stuffed body, composition arms and legs.  Doll is a transition doll with both composition and hard plastic parts and is unmarked. Same doll as above with another name, sorta a Shirley Temple look a like LAL.

1940s Halco Doll Fluffee 30"

Composition and hard plastic

Joy Doll Corporation 1920-1939+  a New York doll company, were officially licensed for the World's Fair named dolls, dolls are unmarked but clothing was tagged and doll had a hangtag.

World's Fair International Girl doll

20" by Joy Doll Corp.

Magic Light Products Co of New York, nothing is known about the company history, Patsy type doll, 9" tall, all composition jointed body, molded painted hair some with a wig over the hair, painted side glancing eyes, tiny painted closed mouth.  Iris Halsey was the owner or doll designer.  Doll has also been found in all cloth.

1930s-1940s Magic Light Doll, Lumia shown at right, is visible in total darkness, if you hold her for a few seconds by a light source she will glow, no phosphorus or aluminum is used in production, thus the doll is totally harmless.

Photo courtesy of littlemarz

Magic Light Lumia Doll, 9"

Metropolitan Doll Company 1924-1929 - a USA company that made composition dolls and parts, including: mama, baby, hair loop bow, and crier dolls.  Some of their dolls were designed by famous doll sculptor Ernest Peruggi.

Doll shown on right; Girl doll, 21" tall, composition shoulder head and partial lower arms, deeply molded wavy painted hair with hair loop for a bow, blue painted eyes, single stroke eyebrows, open mouth, cloth stuffed body and legs.

Marked; Metropolitan Doll

Mitred Box Company 1911-1917 - was a short lived doll maker in New York city, USA.  Only about four composition doll models have been found and some of these show characteristics of the same body construction to the Amberg dolls, thus it's assumed they may have shared suppliers.  Some of the dolls resemble the Gebruder Heubach head molds.  One of their composition dolls was Coquette, (Heubach's #7788, 7850 molds) 14" tall, molded hair with painted blue hair bow doll, closed smiling mouth, painted blue side glancing eyes, painted black molded boots.  Markings: unmarked.

Other dolls by this maker may have a marking of: Yankee Doll/Made in USA.

1911-1917 Coquette, 14"

Natural Doll Company 1915-1966 or National Doll Company 1923-1940s

Character Doll, 1920s, 14" tall, cloth jointed body and limbs, composition head with molded painted hair, painted facial features with open smiling mouth.  Marked on neck: N.D. co.

This marking was used by both; Natural Doll Company and National Doll Company, thus we are unsure which was the manufacturer.

1920's Character doll, 14"

Natural Doll Company 1915-1966 - Ritzy Chubby Baby Doll, 15" shown on right, (other sizes too), all composition jointed body, molded hair, wigged or both, sleep eyes, closed mouth.  Doll is unmarked. 

Ritzy Chubby Baby Doll seems to be Natural's trade name, which is found on doll hang tags - brand rather than a singular doll name.  The silver tag with navy writing reads; "It's a NATURAL", Ritzy Chubby Baby Dolls, by Natural Doll Co. Inc., Est. 1915, Made in USA.

Ritzy Chubby Baby Doll shown above, is all composition jointed body, molded hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth, has her hang tag, she is unmarked.

Ritzy Chubby Baby Doll, 15"

with molded hair and wig

Nibur Novelty Company 1914-1929 - a USA doll manufacturer, made composition dolls in various sizes, also sold doll heads and doll parts.  Marked:  NIBUR within a diamond.

ca. 1920's Baby Doll, 12" tall, shown at right, composition head & limbs, cloth body, painted facial features, closed painted mouth, molded painted hair.  Marked on shoulder plate: NIBUR in a diamond.

Nibur Novelty Co. 1920's Baby Doll, 12"

Perfect Toy Manufacturing Company 1919-1930s

1930's Marianne, 18" tall, composition shoulder head, arms & legs to above the knees, cloth stuffed body & upper legs, jointed shoulders & stitched hips.  Mohair wig in long cork screw curls, tin sleep eyes, open mouth with three upper teeth.  Came wearing an organdy dress with matching bonnet, socks and leather shoes.  Doll is marked; Perfect on the back shoulder plate. 

Doll shown is wearing a dress with a label that states:  Marianne an Arranbee doll.  Dress fits perfectly, appears original to the doll.  See also the Marianne on the Arranbee doll page.

                                        Photo courtesy of Tream

1930's Marianne, 18", by Perfect

Quan Quan Company - ca. 1930's Ming Ming Baby, 11" tall, Asian boy doll, all composition jointed body, molded hair, painted eyes and closed mouth, que hat (wisdom hat) with black braid, painted black bottom of feet for soles of shoes.

ca. 1930's Ling Ling Baby, 11" tall, Asian girl doll, all composition,  both came dressed in a two piece pants set made of taffeta with braid trim and matching hat.  Ling Ling has painted white bottoms of her feet for soles of shoes. 

Dolls were both produced by the Quan Quan Company of California and  are unmarked.

ca. 1930's Ming Ming Baby, 11"

1924-1930 M & S Shillman dolls - not much is known of this short lived doll company, they are best known as a supplier or jobber of dolls in trunk sets with clothing and accessories.

Shown at right, M & S Shillman, 1924-1930 Mama doll, composition flange head, arms and partial lower legs, cloth stuffed body and upper legs, molded and painted hair, flirty sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth.  Doll mark M & S.

1924-1930 Mama doll, M & S Shillman,

composition and cloth, doll mark M & S

Three in One Doll Corp, 3 IN 1 Doll Corp., 1946 + - multi-face Trudy doll - composition head with a knob to turn the face, which then shows trudy Sleeping, Smiling and shown at right, the Crying Trudy face.

Three in One Doll Corp, 3 IN 1, 1946 +   

multi-face Trudy doll - Crying Face