Averill, Hendren, Georgene Dolls 1915-1965

Averill, Hendren, Georgene Dolls Identified

ca. 1916-1920s Averill Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl doll, 11-20" tall, description still to come.  Doll marks 34, 72, R. T. Mfg. Co, Trion Toy Co and unmarked.  Averill also made dressed Cowboy dolls, WWI Yankee Doodle Kid doll and possibly others with this head mold - see next entry. Different dolls were purchased from other doll makers, dressed in outfits and sold by Averill.  The doll mold 72 is the same face mold as the Effanbee Betty Bounce doll.	ca. 1916-1920s Dutch Boy doll, 12"
ca. 1916-1920s Averill Native American Indian dolls, Black dolls, Cowboy dolls,  13-20" tall, composition flared or shoulder head and cloth doll, partial or full composition limbs, usually with painted brown yes, closed mouth, black molded painted hair for boys, black mohair wig in braids some over molded hair for girls, dressed in felt Native American costume; tunic with fringe trimmed with beads, simple felt ribbon looped thru punched holes and tied for closure, pants or skirt with fringed, moccasin shoes, and headbands or feathered head dress as appropriate to the character or a felt fringed cowboy outfit with tunic and felt chaps.  Averill used several different dolls; some neck markings are; Trion Toy Co  1915 or unmarked on doll, a three leaf clover with initials R F L inside each leaf, A.M. © Co.  Bodies may have the ink stamp; Madame Hendren's Life-Like Doll, Patented June 4th, 1918.   See below for the 1923 Black Rufus Indian dressed doll with Dolly Dingle face mold.	ca. 1920s Native American Indian doll, 13"
ca.1916-1920s Averill Indian, Native American, Papoose Baby dolls, 4-12" tall in their felt fringed carriers; German bisque, celluloid, all composition or composition and cloth dolls, painted eyes, closed mouth, painted molded black hair. Most of these dolls are unmarked, or it's unknown how marked due to the clothing and felt carrier that encloses them.  Most had a cloth tag attached;  Madame Hendren, Character Doll, Costume Pat. May 9th, 1916.	ca.1916-1920s Indian doll, Native American doll, Papoose Baby dolls
1916 Madame Hendren Preparedness Kid doll, 12" tall, composition flange head and short arms, cloth body with outside disk joints and cloth legs, dressed in a khaki two piece uniform, belt, and hat with black cloth sewn on shoes, Madame Hendren tag on sleeve.  Doll mark H.C.Q.   1916 Madame Hendren Black Boy in Blue Velvet doll, 12" about the same face mold as Preparedness Kid shown at right, same doll mark H.C.Q.  Composition head and short arms painted brown, black human hair wig over brown molded hair, brown painted eyes, black human hair mustache and goatee, dressed in a blue velvet tunic with open sleeves, white long sleeve shirt, blue pants, black oilcloth boots, chain belt.	1916 Preparedness Kid doll, 12"
1918 Madame Hendren Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk doll, 1st Mama doll, 17, 20, 24-25" tall, bisque or composition heads, hands and forearms, cloth stuffed body with a tailored heel, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open or closed mouth.  Dolls are unmarked.  Body has an ink stamp; Madame Hendren Life-Like Doll, Patented June 11th, 1918.  This is the first Baby doll created by Georgene, who is known to us today, as a Mama doll.    Other Life-Like baby dolls are; 1928 Baby Brite doll marked Baby Brite, Val-Encia, Mariana and a Mama doll marked RFL inside a 3 leaf clover.	1918 Life-Like doll or Lyf-Lyk 1st Mama doll, 24"
ca. 1918+ Madame Hendren Baby Georgene doll, 15-18 or 22-24" tall, Mama or baby dolls, composition head and limbs, full composition arms with clenched fists, cloth stuffed body with music box inside that plays "Lullaby Baby", molded hair and/or wigged, sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll mark Georgene Baby.	ca. 1920s Baby Georgene doll, 22"
ca. 1918+ Madame Hendren Baby Hendren doll, 15-18 or 22-24" tall, Mama or baby dolls, composition head and limbs stuffed cloth body, molded hair, sleep eyes, open mouth, doll mark Baby Hendren.	ca. 1918+ Baby Hendren doll, 22"
1922 Madame Hendren Dolly Reckord doll, 26" tall, composition shoulder head with a cloth body and a recorder, speaker mechanism in it's back, sleep eyes, wigged, open mouth, doll mark in ink on body: Genuine Madame Hendren Doll.	1922 Dolly Reckord doll, 26"
1923 Averill Black Rufus doll, dressed native American Indian doll, same face mold as Dolly Dingle or Bobby Dingle, 12 1/2-13" tall, brown composition shoulder head and limbs, jointed at the shoulders and hips, black or brown cloth body, painted side glancing eyes, pug nose, closed smiling watermelon mouth with indented cheeks, face is similar to the Campbell Kid dolls made by American Character and Horsman.  Doll mark G. G. Drayton ©.  Designed by Grace G. Drayton Weidersum.	1923 Black Rufus doll, dressed as a native American Indian doll, same face mold as Dolly Dingle, 12 1/2-13"
1924 Averill Pinky Winky doll, 18" tall, flat narrow head of cloth with a celluloid mask face and molded painted hair on front of face, large googly like celluloid disk eyes, closed mouth with dimples in each cheek and chin, cloth body and limbs, mitt hands.  Dolls are unmarked or marked M1S.    Designed by Averill for the Pinky Winky Products Company.	1924 Averill Pinky Winky doll, 18"
ca. 1924 Averill Sis Hopkins doll, 13-14" tall, composition shoulder head and lower arms, cloth stuffed body upper arms and legs, stitched hips, molded hair with five rust colored yarn pigtails and tied with a green ribbon, black side glancing painted eyes, watermelon painted slight smiling mouth, designed by Grace G. Drayton Wiederseim.  Doll mark G. G. Drayton ©.  Sis Hopkins was a character played by comedian Rose Melville (1873-1946).   About 1912 Amberg also made a Sis Hopkins doll marked Sis Hopkins.   ca. 1924 Averill Chocolate Drop doll, 13-14", uses the same head mold as the Sis Hopkins doll, with a black or brown composition head with five black yarn pigtails, brown cloth body, rest of doll is same as the Sis Hopkins doll, doll mark G. G. Drayton ©.	ca. 1924 Sis Hopkins doll, 13-14"
1924 Madame Hendren Baby doll, 22, 24" tall, possibly other sizes, Baby Horsman look alike or competitor, composition flange head and lower arm and leg limbs or cloth arms with just composition hands with splayed fingers, cloth stuffed body and upper limbs, molded painted blond hair with curl on forehead, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll mark © A.M. Co.  Body Ink Stamp doll mark Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 424 Made in USA. Doll shown has been restored.	1924 Averill Baby doll, 24"
1925 Madame Hendren Lullaby Baby doll,14, 16, 18" tall, possibly other sizes, Bye-Lo doll type, composition doll mold 314, 316, 318 or bisque flange head doll mold 341 AM by Marseille, tin sleep eyes, closed mouth, lightly molded painted hair, cloth body and limbs  with straight cloth legs, composition or celluloid hands.    Head doll mark AM © Co.,  or AM Germany 341 (bisque head by Marseille).  Body ink stamp,  Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 314 Made in USA, Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 316 Made in USA, Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 318 Made in USA	1925 Lullaby Baby doll, 18"
1926-1929 Averill Whistling Dan doll, 14" tall, white or black doll, two different head molds one with side glancing eyes the other looking straight forward, composition head and lower arms, cloth body, upper arms and legs, painted side glancing eyes, puckered open mouth with a hole for whistling, doll heads are unmarked, an ink stamp mark on the cloth body of Genuine, Madame Hendren, Doll, Patented Feb. 2, 1926, Made in USA.  Dan came dressed in a long sleeve shirt with bib front pants, also came dressed as a Dutch boy, Police man, Sailor or Cowboy.   Other Averill whistling dolls are; Whistling Nell a white girl doll and Whistling Rufus used the same head mold as Dan with molded hair as a Black doll or with three tuffs of hair.	1926-1929 Whistling Dan doll, 14"
1926-1946 Averill Bonnie Babe doll, 12-24" tall, bisque or celluloid head with molded painted hair, cloth body, composition limbs - some have a composition body with bent limb arms, sleep eyes, open smiling mouth with two lower teeth, doll mark Copr.  By Georgene Averill Germany 1005-3653 1386 or 1402 on head.  The larger bisque heads were made by ABG -  Alt, Beck & Gottschalck and imported from Germany, distributed through George Borgfeldt.     There is also a Bonnie Babe doll mold 1393 probably made by the merged successors of ABG now named Carl Beck & Alfred Schultz, 7" tall, bisque head, sleep eyes, open mouth (no teeth), wigged with a jointed composition body, painted socks and shoes.  Other small Bonnie Babe doll mold 12386 were made by Gebrüder Heubach.    1926 Averill Bonnie Babe doll 5-7" tall, all bisque doll, jointed bisque body, molded painted hair, painted eyes, open mouth, molded painted shoes and socks.	1926-1946 Bonnie Babe doll, 18"
1927 Averill Little Sister doll, Little Brother doll or Kiddie Karakter doll, 14" tall, (all the same doll mold, dressed differently), composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed body, lightly molded painted hair, painted eyes and eye lashes, painted closed watermelon mouth, wearing clothes appropriate to the dolls name; a girl is Sister, boy is Brother and a nursery character is Kiddie Karakter.  Designed by artist and doll maker Grace Corry Rockwell, doll mark  © By Grace Corry.	1927 Little Brother doll, 14"
1927 Averill Sunny Boy doll, Sunny Girl doll, 14, 17, 19, or 22" celluloid shoulder head with the turtle mark, a sunburst, + doll mold number,  Made in USA and the dolls name, a slender cloth stuffed body, composition limbs, molded hair, glass eyes.	1927 Sunny Girl doll, 17"
1928 Madame Hendren Baby Brite doll, 18 or 22" tall, one of the Life-Like baby doll line, composition flange head and limbs, stuffed cloth body, molded painted blonde hair, gray celluloid sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth, slight dimples on each side of mouth, can put it's right index finger in it's mouth, Effanbee Bubbles look a like or competitor (Bubbles can put her left finger in mouth, too), doll mark  Madame Hendren Doll.	1928 Baby Brite doll, 22"
1928 Madame Hendren Snookums doll, 14" tall, all composition with jointed body, white doll or black doll, tin eyes, open smiling mouth with two upper teeth, the black Snookums does not have a hair tuff on the top of his head, doll mark Madame Hendren Doll.	1928 Snookums doll, 14" black
1928 Averill Girl doll, various sizes, composition shoulder head with cloth body, composition limbs, molded blonde hair, sleep eyes, open mouth.	1928 Girl doll, 17"
1928 Hendren Val-Encia doll, 14 or 20" tall, part of the Life-Like baby doll line, composition shoulder head with a felt like finish, composition arms and lower legs, cloth body and upper legs, voice box in tummy, body jointed at shoulders, stitched hips, mohair wig over unpainted molded hair, painted blue eyes with heavy eye make up, open mouth with painted upper teeth, came in a sheer cotton dress with felt appliqué trim in various colors; blue, pink and orange have been found, matching bonnet, socks and oilcloth felt shoes with a felt flower accent.  A Lenci like competitor doll.  Doll marked on body with an ink stamp; Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 1714 Made in USA or Genuine Madame Hendren Doll 1720 Made in USA.	1928 Hendren Val-Encia doll, 14 or 20" tall
1929 Averill Jimmie doll (boy) or his girl friend Dimmie doll, 14" tall, Patsy type look a like, socket head with all composition jointed body with/or without body twist ball joint waist, molded painted hair styled like Patsy with straight across bangs, large painted pupils comic like eyes, dolls are unmarked but had a wrist tag, dolls with the body twist waist may have an ink stamp on body; Madame Hendren, Patent Pending.  We think both dolls are identical, but that the clothing determined the dolls name ie. dressed as a boy then it's Jimmie, dressed as girl then it's Dimmie.   Note: This doll was also called Boots doll by Horsman, Tootsie doll by Sears, both dolls are unmarked and the Maxine Doll Company named their doll Mitzi and is marked with her name,    To make a positive ID on the manufacturer, ink stamp on doll body, tagged clothing, original wrist tag, box or possibly some manufacturers may have had a marking on their doll.	1929 Jimmie doll or Dimmie doll, 14"
ca. 1930s Averill Baby Yawn doll, 19" tall, possibly other sizes too, composition flange head and hands, cloth stuffed body with straight legs, molded painted hair, squinting closed eyes, open yawning mouth.  Doll mark Georgene 49.  Looks like the Ideal or Horsman later dolls known as Squalling Baby.	ca. 1930s Baby Yawn doll, 19"
1930s Averill Peaches Doll Family, Patsy types, 14-19" tall, composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed body or all composition head and jointed Patsy type body, molded painted hair, some have a pin hole for a hair bow, all the Peaches dolls have two small curls just behind their bangs on top of the head, tin or glassene sleep eyes or painted eyes, small closed painted mouth.    Averill Peaches doll, 16 or 19" tall, all composition doll with a jointed body or composition shoulder head, with a cloth body, tin or glassene sleep eyes, small closed painted mouth.   Averill Polly Peaches doll, 17", Bud doll 14", all composition doll with a jointed body, tin or glassene sleep eyes, small closed painted mouth. Blossom Peaches 14" tall, all composition doll with a jointed body with painted eyes, small closed painted mouth, and is the doll shown at right.    The largest size Peaches doll is sometimes marked: A.M. Co.,  Averill Manufacturing Co., other size Peaches could have a similar marking, ACO Inc., or all dolls can be unmarked.	1930s Blossom Peaches doll, 14" Patsy type doll Photo courtesy of Jazzyjewls
1934 Averill Uncle Wiggily Longears and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy dolls, 18-21" tall, animal character dolls, all stuffed cloth toy with painted facial features.  The Uncle Wiggily character is a rabbit dressed as an elderly man with top hat, overcoat, shirt, tie, vest and pants, the stuffed toys are usually unmarked, but originally had a hang tag that said: Georgene Averill.  Nurse Jane wore a long gown and is a muskrat.   The Uncle Wiggily character is based on the Uncle Wiggily's Adventure story book's, newspaper columns, comics, board games, radio show and more, all created by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) beginning in 1910.  The 1920s radio show was sponsored by Ovaltine.    Photo's courtesy addicted*to*vintage	1934 Uncle Wiggily Longears doll, 20"
1937 Averill Little Cherub doll, 12 or 16" tall, designed by Harriet Flanders, all composition, jointed body, molded painted hair, blue painted eyes with three upper painted eyelashes, open O mouth with painted tongue, doll mark on neck: Harriet © Flanders 1937.	1937 Little Cherub doll, 12" by Harriet Flanders
1938 Averill Snooks doll a brunette or Sweets doll a blonde, 12-22" tall, printed cloth doll with painted face, painted or yarn hair, big eyes with real lashes, closed smiling mouth, usually marked at the seam, doll mark MTF. Based on accurate reproductions of artist Maud Tousey Fangel (1881-1968) illustrations.  Also a Maud Tousey Fangel cloth Peggy Ann doll, 14" tall	1938 Sweets doll 18" by Maud Tousey Fangel
1938-1962 Averill Raggedy Ann doll, 15-50" tall, all cloth rag doll with orangish-red yarn hair.	ca. 1940s Raggedy Ann doll, 18"
1938-1962 Averill Raggedy Andy doll, 15-50" tall, all cloth rag doll with orangish-red yarn hair.	ca. 1940s Raggedy Andy doll, 16"
1940s Georgene Girl Scout Brownie dolls 18" tall, all stuffed cotton, yarn hair, side glancing painted eyes, closed mouth, mitt hands, cloth sewn on boots or shoes, dressed in a Brownie uniform, dolls marked with a hangtag; Art in Cloth Dolls, Georgene Novelty, Brownie.   Other Georgene cloth Character dolls were;  Bride, Bridesmaid, Flower Girl, Ring Bearer, Hawaiian Girl, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Patricia and International dolls dressed in their particular countries costume; Czechoslovakia, Dutch, England, French, Ireland, Miss America, Russia, Spain, Sweden,  plus others.	ca. 1940s Girl Scout Brownie doll, 18"
ca. 1940s Georgene Miss Chex doll, 18" tall, black cloth doll with black yarn braids with red ribbon ties, painted facial features with brown side glancing painted eyes and closed mouth, came wearing a red and white checked jumper with short sleeve attached blouse, purple ribbon neck bow, attached black cloth shoes, doll comes with a hangtag that says A Georgene Doll Miss Chex, Georgene Novelties. Photo courtesy of cheriedolls	ca. 1940s Miss Chex doll 18"
1940s Averill Little Lulu doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, black yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.   Other Comic Characters were: Alvin, Becassine, Nancy, Sluggo, Tubby Tom.	1940s Little Lulu doll, 14"
1944-1951 Averill Nancy doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, black yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.   Comic character from cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip distributed by United Feature Syndicate, as is the Sluggo Smith doll below.	1944-1951 Nancy doll, 14"
1944-1951 Averill Sluggo Smith doll, 12 or 14" tall, all cloth doll with swivel head and painted mask face, yarn hair, applied ears, closed mouth, usually unmarked but came with a hangtag.   Comic character from cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip, distributed by United Feature Syndicate, Sluggo is Nancy's best friend.	1944-1951 Sluggo Smith doll, 14"
1958 Averill Aver Baby doll, 18, 24, 26" tall, vinyl head with molded hair, painted or sleep eyes, wide open smiling mouth with tongue and two lower teeth, cheek dimples, cloth body with stitched hips, cloth upper arms and upper legs, vinyl lower slightly bent arms and vinyl lower legs with slightly bent knees, may have a crier, doll mark Averill, may also have © 1958 on inside of legs.	1958 Aver Baby doll, 24"