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A – American USA Doll Makers Names, Date, Marks Information

American USA made dolls and toys, antique to vintage; company name begins with A, dates of operation, identifying doll marks, labels, symbols, letters or initials and trade marks when known, to help identify dolls. 

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A & H Doll Mfg. Corporation doll mark The Marcie Doll 1948-1960s
ABC Toy Company doll mark ABC TOY CO 1930s-1950s

APB company doll mark APB Co made in Boston, Mass USA

A.P.B. Co. doll mark APB Co made in Boston, Mass 1920-1928
– stoneware doll heads on a composition body

A.P.D. Manufacturing Company doll mark APD Mf Co 122

A.P.D. Mfg. Company doll mark APDM Co. 1911-1918
– doll mold 122, ceramic, stoneware heads on cloth bodies
Abraham & Straus Company doll mark Baby Violet 1903-1930+
Acme Toy Company doll mark ACME TOY 1910-1950s

Acorn Doll Company doll mark acorn symbol ADC. American Made

Acorn Doll Company doll mark acorn symbol ADC American Made 1920-1921
Active Doll Corporation hard plastic dolls 1950s-1966
Emma E. Adams cloth doll mark Columbian 1891-1910 Otwego, NY
J. Adler & Company papier mache dolls 1850-1890
Admiration Toy Company plastic dolls 1950s
Advance Doll & Toy Company walking dolls unmarked 1947-1956 CT
Advertising dolls 1893+ | 1950s | 1960s+

Aetna Doll & Toy Company doll mark FADF FR EIHc AD co Solomon Hoffman Aug 2nd 1892

Aetna Doll & Toy Company doll mark FADF FR EIHc AD co Solomon Hoffman Aug 2nd 1892 (1908-1925)

Allied-Grand doll mark AGDC

Allied-Grand Doll Company doll mark AGDC 1915+ NY
Aluminum Doll Works Company metal head dolls 1920-1921 NYC

Louis Amberg doll marks LA & S, Sis Hopkins, 1924 NY Germany

Louis Amberg & Son Company doll mark LA & S in 1878+ NYC, Germany

American Bisque Company doll mark ABC made in USA

American Bisque Company doll mark Made in USA ABC (in a circle) 1919-1921
– small all bisque pink tinted dolls

American Bisque Doll Company doll mark ABD Co USA

American Bisque Doll Company doll mark ABD Co USA 1919-1921 NJ
– also Mama doll mark American Beauty Doll with rose label

American Character doll marks Petite, Am Char Doll, Amer. Doll & Toy Co.

American Character Doll Company doll mark AM Char. in 1919-1968

American Doll Company doll mark AM Doll Co, A.D.Co.

American Doll Company 1912-1926 Louisville, KY
American Doll & Toy Company 1892-1909,  see Aetna / Horsman
American Girl Doll Company 1986-1998+, now Mattel
American Muslin Lined Head composition dolls 1870s-1880s
– doll mark American Muslin Lined Head
American Needlecraft Company cloth dolls 1930s
– mark Famous Artist Syndicate American Needlecraft
American Ocarina & Toy Company 1919-1921
   -1920 Karo Princess advertising doll, Karo Corn Syrup
American Rice Foods Mfg. Company cloth advertising dolls 1899-1900s

American Stuffed Novelty doll mark Life Like Line 1923-1930

American Stuffed Novelty Company doll mark Life Like Line 1923-1930
American Toy Company mechanical dolls 1867-1874 NYC
– George W. Brown, J. E. Stevens mechanical toys, walking dolls
American Toy Works Company 1871, see Clay & Clarke
Amsco Toy Company 1950s-1984, then Hasbro
Joan Walsh Anglund Company pocket dolls, pocket pal dolls 1962+
– artist, children’s book author, illustrator, poetry
Anita Novelty Company cloth dolls 1929-1930s NYC
– merged with European Doll Mfg. doll mark EDMA
Annalee Mobilitee Company wired cloth dolls 1950s+
Apple dried head dolls made primitive to present
ARCO Atlantic Richfield Company dress me dolls 1950s+
Arcy Toy Company composition dolls 1912-1930+ (Bell Toy)
Maynard Arnett resin carved wood look black dolls 1982+

Arnold Print Works doll mark © 1892 by Palmer Cox

Arnold Print Works Inc. cloth dolls 1876-1925+
Arnoldt Doll Company 1879-1930+ Cincinnati, OH
– Blue Bird Doll clothes, sold thru Borgfeldt
Arranbee R & B Company dolls 1922-1961
Arrow Novelty Company Skookum Indian dolls 1920+

Arrow Rubber & Plastics doll mark arrow symbol

Arrow Rubber & Plastics Corp. doll mark arrow symbol 1940-1960s
Art Fabric Mills Company cloth dolls 1900-1910 NYC
– doll mark Art Fabric Mills NY Pat. Feb. 13,1900
(The) Art Metal Works Company metal dolls 1915-1923 Louis Aronson
– doll mark June 10, 1924, Sept. 9, 1924 MFDR in USA

Artcraft Toys Company doll mark Art Craft USA

Artcraft Toy Products 1918-1920 NYC, then Artcraft Playthings
– made composition head, jointed German like body dolls.
Artisan Novelty Company plastic dolls 1950s
Artistic Doll Company & Eastern Doll Corp. 1930+ NYC
 – see Allied Grand Doll Manufacturing Company

Ashton-Drake Galleries doll mark © ADG

Ashton-Drake Galleries doll mark © ADG 1985+

Atlas Doll & Toy doll mark ADT Co, Dec 25, 1920, Toddles

Atlas Doll & Toy Company metal, composition dolls 1917-1930 NYC
Aunt Jemima Mills Company advertising dolls 1908-1910
Georgene, Hendren, Averill Company dolls 1915-1965


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The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Dolls books, vol. I (1800-1925) in 1968, vol. II (1800-1930) in 1986 by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A. and Evelyn J. Coleman, Antique Trader’s Doll Makers and Marks, a guide to identification book in 1999 by Dawn Herlocher and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.

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