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First known as the Jeanette Doll Company
from 1923-1929 at which time they changed the company name to Ralph A.
Freundlich, Inc. They operated out of New York and are best known
for their composition novelty dolls. Most of their dolls are unmarked so they can be a challenge to correctly identify.
Some dolls attributed to the Ralph A.
Freundlich company are: Feather Weight Doll, Baby Sandy, Baby with a Scale,
Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma & Wolf, Three Little Pigs &
Wolf, Dionne Quintuplets with a Nurse, Princess Doll, Little Orphan
Annie & her dog Sandy, Dummy Dan & Don, Goo Goo Eva & Topsy,
Sailor boy, Trixbe and Trixiette, Douglas
Mac Arthur & other military dolls.
Here are of the
Freundlich dolls we have found:
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1932 Trixbe,
11" and Trixiette, 9 1/2" tall, Patsy type, all composition five piece jointed body, straight
ahead facing painted blue eyes, rosey cheeks, painted molded
yellow hair with hair loop, doll shown is probably redressed
(looks like an original outfit for a Quiz-Kins doll by Alexander). Doll is unmarked. |
1932
Trixbe, 11" |
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1934 Little Red
Riding Hood, Grandma & Big Bad Wolf, 9 3/4" tall, all
composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece bodies, molded painted
hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm and
all dolls are unmarked & none came with shoes or
socks. Came boxed in a lithographed school
house box.
Little Red, 9 3/4" on the right, wears a
cotton dress with panties and a red hooded cape, white socks and
black shoes have been added and are not original to the
doll nor the basket,
Grandma, 9 3/4" in the middle, has
an interesting character face with sunken cheeks indicating that
she has no teeth, wears a long cotton dress with matching cap with
a tuff of white mohair attached and an apron.
Big Bad Wolf, 9 3/4", has painted brown fur
with a slightly open red mouth, painted eyes, wears a cotton
sleeveless jumpsuit.
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1934
Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma & the Wolf, 9 3/4" |
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1935 Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Pigs, 9 3/4"
tall, all
composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece body, molded painted
hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm and
all are unmarked. Came wearing a plaid day dress,
plain cotton shift or pants, Wolf is about the same as shown above.
Other
known animal characters are: Puss in Boots 11" tall
& a Rabbit 12" tall, both all composition as well
and unmarked. |
1935
Three Little Pigs, 9 3/4" |
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1935 Puss in Boots, 11" tall,
all composition, Patsy type jointed body, painted white cat head,
painted eyes, costume is felt. Doll is unmarked. |
1935 Puss in Boots, 11" |
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1937 Goo Goo Eva, 19-20
& 27" tall, composition flange head with yellow painted hair, big round
googly eyes with a moving disk pupil with painted upper lashes,
red rosebud closed mouth, pink cloth body and limbs, cloth arms
with no hands, dressed in a cotton flowered dress with matching
bonnet, doll is unmarked. Goo Goo Topsy is the black
version
and there were other versions as well. |
1938 Goo Goo
Eva, 20" |
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1937 Sailor Boy doll, 14"
tall, similar to above doll, composition flange head with yellow painted hair, big round
googly eyes with a moving disk pupil with painted upper lashes,
red rosebud closed mouth, pink cloth body and limbs, cloth arms
with no hands, legs have no feet, dressed in a blue one piece jumpsuit, legs are
stuffed cloth & wide so it stands by it
self, white collar with blue trim, stapled on white sailor cap
with red printing that says "U.S. Navy". Doll is unmarked. |
1937 Sailor doll 14" |
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1937 Princess,
22" tall, all composition, jointed body, sleep eyes, open
mouth with teeth & felt tongue, mohair wig, doll is unmarked. |
1937
Princess, 22" |
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ca. 1938 Dummy Dan,
15" tall, composition head & limbs, cloth body, painted
facial features, molded painted black hair, ventriloquist
doll, is unmarked. There was also a Dummy Don & a
Davy Crockett ventriloquist dolls, not shown. |
ca.
1938 Dummy Dan, 15" |
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1938 Little Orphan
Annie, 11 1/4" tall and her dog Sandy, 6 3/4"
tall, both are all composition, Annie has a jointed body, molded
painted blond with brunette highlights wavy short hair, painted
eyes, closed mouth. Sandy the dog is non-jointed
& painted. |
1938
Little Orphan Annie, 11 1/4" |
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1939-1942 Baby Sandy,
8-20" tall, all composition, jointed body, molded &
painted hair, tin sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth,
felt tongue, usually marked: Baby Sandy. |
1939-1942
Baby Sandy, 14" |
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ca. 1942 General
Douglas MacArthur, 18" tall, all composition, painted
facial features, molded hat, dressed in detailed military uniform,
doll is unmarked, had a hang tag.
There are also: WW II Soldier
dolls (one has been found with his hang tag that reads:
PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION), title of a song by Frank Loesser, a Sailor, female W.A.A.C.
and W.A.V.E
military dolls, 15-16" tall. |
ca.
1942 General Douglas MacArthur, 18" |
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