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A – American USA Doll Makers Names, Date, Marks

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. 

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A & H Doll Mfg. Corp. doll mark The Marcie Doll 1948-1960s
ABC Toy Co. 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 Co. 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 Corp. hard plastic dolls 1950s-1966
Emma E. Adams Columbian doll mark 1891-1910 Otwego, NY
J. Adler & Co. papier mache dolls 1850-1890
Admiration Toy Company plastic dolls 1950s
Advance Doll & Toy Company walking dolls unmarked 1947-1956 CT
Advertising dolls 1893-1949 | 1950s-1970s

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 mark AGDC 1915+ NY
Aluminum Doll Works metal head dolls 1920-1921 NYC

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

Louis Amberg 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 Company 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 Co. 1919-1921
   -1920 Karo Princess advertising doll, Karo Corn Syrup
American Rice Foods Mfg. Co. cloth advertising dolls 1899-1900s

American Stuffed Novelty doll mark Life Like Line 1923-1930

American Stuffed Novelty 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 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 Co. dress me dolls 1950s+
Arcy Toy 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 Co. 1879-1930+ Cincinnati, OH
– Blue Bird Doll clothes, sold thru Borgfeldt
Arranbee R & B dolls 1922-1961
Arrow Novelty Skookum Indian dolls 1920+

Arrow Rubber & Plastics doll mark arrow symbol

Arrow Rubber & Plastics Corp. doll mark arrow symbol 1940-1960s
Art Fabric Mills cloth dolls 1900-1910 NYC
– doll mark Art Fabric Mills NY Pat. Feb. 13,1900
(The) Art Metal Works 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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