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1950s Sayco Cinderella doll 29" |
Schoen & Yondorf Doll Corporation
Sayco Dolls 1907-1960s
Schoen & Yondorf Doll Company of New York, NY USA - used the name
Sayco as a marking on their dolls. Sayco is believed to have made the 1925 Our Gang
dolls who are 12" tall; Mary
(short wig) Farina and Fatty (painted hair) by Hal Roach
who were comedy characters from the Our Gang movie, they are wind up dolls that
twirled and danced.
Sayco sold dolls thru mail
order as premiums to wholesale and jobbers. Sayco dolls
are made of wood, cloth, latex, hard plastic & vinyl. Ca.
1950 Irene Szor was employed as a clothing and doll designer, after seven years Szor left to work for the
Paris
Doll Corp.
See below for the Sayco dolls identified. |
Some Sayco doll marks are; © Sayco Doll Corp, Sayco, S, s, Made in
USA, PAT, 750 and
14R.
Antique to Vintage Sayco Dolls Identified
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ca. 1950s Sayco Cinderella doll, 29"
tall, Playpal type, hard plastic, sleep eyes, wigged, wearing what we have dubbed a
"Cinderella style dress, Princess or Flower girl" in pink
taffeta, short puffed sleeves, peplum short over skirt, doll marked Sayco. |
ca.
1950s Cinderella doll, 29 |
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ca. 1950s Sayco Girl doll, 14" tall, marked: Made
in USA, hard plastic, sleep eyes, blonde wig, original outfit in
blue and white dress, trimmed with white ric rack and red ribbon bow
at waist and found in her Sayco marked box. |
ca.
1950s Blonde Girl doll, 14" |
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ca. 1955 Sayco Bride doll, 20" tall,
vinyl head with rooted blonde hair, green sleep eyes, one piece
squishy body, marked Sayco on neck and dressed in her original Bride
gown.
Photo courtesy of
Jane Thorman, and is Jane's Aunt's Bride doll. |
ca.
1955 Bride doll, 20" |
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ca. 1950s Sayco Bride doll,
20" tall, vinyl
doll with rooted hair and sleep eyes, dressed as a beautiful bride in
gown and veil. |
ca.
1950s Bride doll, 20" |
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1955-1957 Sayco Dream Girl doll, costumes
for 8" tall hard plastic dolls, clothes are untagged but box is
marked Sayco, snaps have "Dot Snapper" on them. One would
assume they offered a doll that fit these as well.
The Sayco Dream Girl doll shown is 14", mint in
her box, so there must have been various sizes sold under this doll name, other
than the clothing noted above. |
1955-1957
Dream
Girl doll, 14" |
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1957-1959 Sayco Miss America Pageant Doll,
11" tall, hard plastic chubby body with vinyl head,
rooted hair, sleep eyes with molded upper lashes and lower lashes
painted, jointed at shoulders, hips and knees, dressed in her formal
Miss America gown, red cape, tiara and scepter, also came wearing a Wave
uniform with "USA" printed on her purse, 50 outfits could be
purchased separately, head marked: s, Sayco or unmarked. |
1957-1959
Miss America Pageant
doll, 11" |
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ca. 1960s Sayco Playpal
type doll, 36" tall, hard plastic jointed body, vinyl head with short
rooted hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll marked on back of neck: Sayco. |
ca. 1960s
Playpal type doll, 36" |
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1960s Sayco High Heel Fashion
doll, 10 1/2" tall, hard plastic body, vinyl head with rooted
hair and sleep eyes, Little Miss Revlon like, doll marked Sayco.
Other size Fashion dolls have also been found. |
1960s
Fashion doll, 10 1/2" |
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1960s Sayco Miss America
doll, 19"
tall, hard vinyl body, soft vinyl rooted head, jointed shoulders,
waist and legs, high heel feet, wore a white satin gown with red fur
trimmed cape, white heeled shoes, plastic silver tiara , jewelry and a
royal scepter, head marked: 14R. Came with an entry blank for
the Little Miss America Annual contest, closes July 27th,
entries received after this date will be automatically entered into
the next Miss America's contest, (however no year is listed, so I
guess there's still time to enter . . . lol). |
1960s Miss America doll,
19" |
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1960s Sayco Baby Coquette
doll, size unknown, Ideal Thumbelina
like baby doll, stuffed cloth body with vinyl head and limbs, rooted hair, sleep
eyes. Unsure how she was originally dressed. Doll marked on back of
neck; PAT. |
1960s
Baby
Coquette doll |
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