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1942 Freundlich General
Douglas Mac Arthur doll 18"
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Ralph A. Freundlich first worked for the Jeanette Doll Company
from 1923 to1929, he also formed the Silver Doll & Toy Manufacturing Company
in 1923 until 1924 which made Mama dolls.
Ralph A.
Freundlich, Inc. operated out of New York City from
1929 until 1934, then moved to Clinton, Massachusetts and are best known
for their composition novelty dolls.
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It appears all of Freundlich's dolls are unmarked so they can be a challenge to identify.
Freundlich operations ceased in
1945 when they filed for bankruptcy. |
Antique to Vintage
Freundlich Dolls Identified
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 1932-1934 Freundlich Nursing Doll, 8" tall, Drinks N Wets, Like Real Babies,
all composition white or black doll with a one piece head and body jointed at the shoulders and
hips with baby bent limbs, molded hair, painted blue eyes on white doll, painted
brown eyes on the black doll, open hole for a mouth
with a round red insert and another hole in
dolls bottom with a rubber tube connecting them, doll came in a trunk with three
white cotton diapers, tee shirt, a sponge and baby nursing bottle. Doll is
unmarked.
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1932-1934 Nursing Doll, 8" |
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1932
Freundlich Trixbe doll or Trixie doll,
11" or 14" and Trixiette doll, 9 1/2" tall, Patsy type, all composition five piece jointed body, straight
ahead facing painted blue eyes, rosy cheeks, yellow or brown hair molded painted
hair, some dolls with a with pin hole for a hair ribbon, doll shown is in an
outfit for Alexander Quiz-Kins doll, dolls in all sizes are unmarked.
Trixbe the doll that does a Million Trix, as
stated on her original box.
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1932
Trixbe doll or Trixie doll, 11" |
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1934 Freundlich Little Red
Riding Hood, Grandma & Big Bad Wolf, 9 3/4" tall, all
composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece bodies, molded painted
hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm and
all dolls are unmarked and all dolls came without shoes or
socks. Dolls came in a lithographed school
house box.
1934 Freundlich Little Red Riding Hood doll, 9 3/4" on the right, wears a
cotton dress with panties and a red hooded cape, white socks and
black shoes have been added and are not original to the
doll nor the basket,
1934 Freundlich Grandma doll, 9 3/4" in the middle, has
an interesting character face with sunken cheeks indicating that
she has no teeth, wears a long cotton dress with matching cap with
a tuff of white mohair attached and an apron.
1934 Freundlich Big Bad Wolf doll, 9 3/4", has painted brown fur
with a slightly open red mouth, painted eyes, wears a cotton
sleeveless jumpsuit.
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1934
Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, Wolf dolls, 9 3/4" |
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1934 Freundlich Big Bad Wolf doll and Freundlich Three Little Pigs dolls, 9 3/4"
tall, all
composition with jointed Patsyette type five piece body, molded painted
hair and painted facial features, all have a bent right arm and
all are unmarked. Little Pig dolls came wearing a plaid day dress,
plain cotton shift or pants, no shoes, Wolf is about the same as doll shown above.
Other
known animal characters are: Puss in Boots 11" tall
and a painted pink Rabbit doll 12" tall, both all composition as well
and unmarked.
Although we cannot find any reference source, a smaller Bear
doll with bent limb baby type legs appears to be from the nursery rhyme;
Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Uses the same head mold as the big bad
Wolf doll but has a closed mouth and is smaller, also is
unmarked. |
1934 Three Little Pig doll, 9 3/4" |
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1934
Freundlich
Puss 'N Boots doll, 11" tall,
all composition, Patsy type jointed body, painted white cat head,
painted eyes, costume is felt, doll is unmarked. |
1934 Puss 'n Boots doll, 11" |
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1937+
Freundlich Goo Goo Eva
doll, 19-20
or 27" tall, composition flange head with yellow painted hair, big round
googly eyes with floating plastic eyes with moving disk pupil, painted upper lashes,
red rosebud closed mouth, pink cloth body and limbs, cloth arms
with no hands, dressed in a cotton flowered dress with matching
bonnet, doll is unmarked.
Goo Goo Topsy is the black
version
and there were other versions as well.
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1937 Goo Goo
Eva doll, 20" |
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1937+
Freundlich Sailor Boy doll, 14"
tall, similar to above doll, composition flange head with yellow painted hair, big round
googly eyes with floating
plastic eyes with moving disk pupil, painted upper lashes,
red rosebud closed mouth, pink cloth body and limbs, cloth arms
with no hands, legs have no feet, dressed in a blue one piece jumpsuit, legs are
stuffed cloth & wide so it stands by it
self, white collar with blue trim, stapled on white sailor cap
with red printing that says "U.S. Navy". Doll is unmarked.
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1937 Sailor
Boy doll 14" |
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1937
Freundlich Princess
doll,
22" tall, all composition, jointed body, sleep eyes, open
mouth with teeth & felt tongue, mohair wig, doll is unmarked. |
1937
Princess doll, 22" |
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1938+ Freundlich Dummy Dan
doll, 20" tall, ventriloquist doll, composition head and limbs, cloth body, painted
facial features including eyes, molded painted black hair, vent doll is unmarked.
Same head mold also used on the Davy Crockett
ventriloquist doll, made of hard plastic head and hands, cloth body and limbs,
with painted brown hair, dressed in two piece fringed buckskin shirt and pants,
black belt, brown shoes, pin with dolls name, by The Leda Company.
Believe doll is unmarked.
Freundlich used the Dummy Dan head mold for a Cowboy
marionette puppet and a Clown marionette puppet, both about 17" tall,
possibly other marionette puppets too, sold through the early 1950s, perhaps as
old store stock, as the store ad is dated 1952 from Novelty Mart.
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1938+ Dummy Dan vent doll, 20" |
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 ca. 1938 Freundlich Dummy Don doll, 10" tall, (note; this is not, as the
name might imply, a ventriloquist doll), white or black doll, all composition,
molded lightly painted blonde hair, painted brown eyes, wide closed mouth, one
piece head and body, jointed only at the shoulders and hips, came wearing a
black short sleeve shirt with white pinked edge bowtie, black and white checked
pants, doll is unmarked, came with a hang tag shown at left.
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ca. 1938 Freundlich Dummy Don doll 10" |
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1936 Freundlich Little Orphan
Annie doll, 11 1/4" tall and her dog Sandy, 6 3/4"
tall, both are all composition, Annie has a jointed body, molded
painted blond with brunette highlights wavy short hair, painted
eyes, closed mouth. Sandy the dog is non-jointed
& painted. |
1936
Little Orphan Annie doll, 11 1/4" |
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1939-1942
Freundlich Baby Sandy portrait doll,
8-20" tall, all composition, jointed body, molded &
painted hair, tin sleep eyes, open mouth with two upper teeth,
felt tongue, doll marked Baby Sandy. ]
Baby Sandy is a portrait doll of child
actress Alexandra "Sandy" Lee Henville born in 1938. |
1939-1942
Baby Sandy doll, 14" |
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 1940 Freundlich
Pinocchio doll, 16" tall, composition head
and jointed at neck, shoulders, hips and knees body, wooden limbs with stump hands
and molded black painted wooden shoes, molded painted
reddish orange hair, painted blue eyes, painted cheeks and end of his
pointed nose, closed red painted smiling mouth, doll is unmarked, came
with a paper hangtag; Original Pinocchio as portrayed by C. Collodi
Manufactured by Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc. 200 Fifth Ave. New York City. |
1940
Freundlich
Pinocchio doll, 16" |
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1942 Freundlich General
Douglas Mac Arthur doll, 18" tall, all composition, painted
facial features, molded hat, dressed in detailed military uniform,
doll is unmarked, had a hang tag.
There are also: Freundlich WW II Soldier
dolls (one has been found with his hang tag that reads:
PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION), title of a song by Frank Loesser, a Sailor
doll, female W.A.A.C.
doll
and W.A.V.E
military dolls, 15-16" tall. |
ca.
1942 General Douglas Mac Arthur doll, 18" |
Additional Freundlich Dolls not shown
Feather Weight Doll, 9 1/2" Baby doll with a Scale, 12" Baby doll, dolls in trousseau trunks,
Little Red Riding Hood doll, Mama dolls, Quintuplets (Dionne) with a Nurse doll
and other military type dolls,
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