Quaddy Playthings
Manufacturing Company was begun in New York city in 1916. Shortly after Quaddy purchased a doll factory in Kansas City, Missouri and moved all their
equipment and skilled employees to the new location as well.
Quaddy made
composition dolls and figures plus other merchandise based on author and comic strip writer Thornton W.
Burgess's animal characters most notably Peter Rabbit, designed and illustrated by
Harrison Cady of Brooklyn, New York.

Red sash is the only marking Peter Rabbit Quaddy - Pat. Jan. 30, 1917
In
1920 Quaddy was succeeded by the Pan-American Toy Company. |