Alabama Baby Indestructible Dolls ca. 1899+ USA

Alabama indestructible baby doll 24" face by Ella Smith — Alabama indestructible baby doll 24″ face by Ella Smith

The Ella Gauntt Smith Doll Company produced the Alabama Indestructible dolls, also referred to as Alabama Baby dolls or Ella Smith dolls, began making her cloth dolls around 1899. Mrs. Smith was issued her first doll patent in 1905 and made the dolls until 1925 when the factory was closed in Roanoke, Alabama. The all cloth dolls are 8 to 36″ tall, have a molded face with oil painted hair and facial features.

Early Smith dolls have applied ears, painted hair, a sturdy body with tabbed jointed shoulders and hips, flat buttocks, most dolls have painted stockings and black, bright blue, brown or pink painted shoes.

and a few early dolls have been found with bare feet and stitched toes and some dolls have a wig. Later dolls the ears were molded or stapled to the head and some dolls have been found with a bobbed hair style. Alabama Baby dolls can be black or white, babies or children, boys or girls.

Ella Smith Alabama Baby Dolls Identified

Ella Smith black Alabama Baby doll — ca. 1905 Ella Smith Alabama Baby black doll with painted facial features

Ella Smith Alabama Baby white doll face — ca. 1905 Ella Smith Alabama Baby white doll with painted facial features

ca. 1905 Ella Smith Alabama Baby white doll body with blue painted boots

ca. 1920s Ella Smith Alabama Baby doll with bobbed hair — ca. 1920s Ella Smith Alabama Baby doll with painted faial features, bobbed hair style

Ella Smith Alabama Baby Doll Marks

alabama-indestructible-doll-mark-1905-mrs-s-s-smith — Alabama Indestructible doll mark Mrs. S.S. Smith Roanoke, Ala. Sept. 26, 1905

alabama indestructible doll mark 1905 sep 26 ella smith — Alabama Indestructible doll mark No. 1, Patented Sept. 26, 1905

alabama indestructible doll mark 1907 sep 26 ella smith — Alabama Indestructible doll mark No. 1, Patented Sept. 26, 1907

alabama indestructible doll mark 1912 nov 9 ella smith — Alabama Indestructible doll mark Pat. Nov. 9, 1912, Bo. 2, Ella Smith Doll Co.

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Cloth Dolls From Ancient to Modern a Collector’s Guide with values book in 1997 by Linda Edward, Cloth Dolls 1920s and 1930s identification and price guide book in 1990 by Polly Judd and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you .