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Many doll companies made
hard plastic dolls during the era of 1948-1960's one of which is the Duchess
Doll Corporation. Dolls are often marked on the back
with; Duchess Doll Corp 1948 or 1949. Dolls are hard plastic,
slender
adult figured, 7-8" tall, painted or sleep eyes, jointed arms,
heads can turn, non-bendable legs, molded painted on low
heeled shoes, elaborate costumes are
stapled to dolls body. These are also called "Travel Dolls".
Dolls are commonly found and quite inexpensive, some can be
found in online auctions, still in their original box, with tags.
Some of
the doll names are:
Coronation
doll, Dale Evans, Dream Girl, May, Miss Hollywood,
Miss North
American Van, Miss Tastee-Freez - America's Sweetheart,
Miss
Valentine 1951, Scotch Girl, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.
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Duchess Doll face mold |
