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Plastic Molded Arts a
New Yok licensed plastic doll manufacturer or PMA as collectors refer to them, produced
thousands of hard plastic dolls and doll parts in the 1950s, both for
their own use, as well as sold to other doll makers.
PMA is best
known for their small Ginny look a like dolls and hard plastic walker type dolls.
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Vintage Plastic Molded Arts PMA Dolls Identified
1950s
Plastic Molded Arts Twinkle Toes doll, 10"
tall, all hard plastic, sleep eyes, saran wig, is also a
stepping stepper doll.
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1950s Twinkle Toes doll, 10"
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1950s
Plastic Molded Arts
Walking Girl
Doll, 14" tall, all hard plastic, walker, wearing
original clothing of a plaid with lace trim jumper over a
blouse with white socks and shoes, with her original hang tag,
doll mark on back Plastic Molded Arts Co. L.I.C New York.
Photo courtesy of
Jane.
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1950s Walking Girl Doll, 14"
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1950s
Plastic Molded Arts Miss Babbitt doll, 20" tall,
Big Sister doll of Little Miss Babbitt,
20" tall, hard plastic, sleep eyes, rooted bubble cut
hair style, high heel feet; came wearing a cotton sun suit
with high heel shoes. Separate wardrobe was available for
purchase, doll is unmarked.
Big
Sister Miss Babbitt doll is an advertising doll for the
Bab-O-Cleanser Company.
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1950s Miss Babbitt doll,
20" |
1959
Plastic Molded Arts Little Miss Babbitt doll, 10" tall,
hard plastic
head with
sleep eyes, wigged, hollow plastic body (like a Dress Me doll) jointed at the neck and shoulders only, straight legs
with high heel feet; came
wearing a yellow, green and orange floral print sleeveless dress with a sheer white apron, white plastic open
toe shoes. Separate
wardrobe of seven outfits were available for purchase.
Doll is unmarked.
Little Miss Babbitt doll is an advertising doll for the
Bab-O-Cleanser Company.
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1959 Little Miss Babbitt doll, 10"
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1950s
Plastic Molded Arts Bride doll, 11" tall, hard plastic, sleep
eyes, wig of mohair, straight non-jointed or bending legs,
came dressed in bride outfit with veil. Looks like the same
face mold used for Miss Joan but without the jointed knees.
Doll is unmarked.
There is also a molded haired doll similar to this
Bride dolls face, with stationary
non-bending legs and sleep eyes.
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1950s Bride doll, 11"
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1950sPlastic Molded Arts Molded hair girl doll,
11" tall, all hard plastic, molded hair, stationary eyes, closed mouth, straight non-jointed or bending legs.
Photo courtesy of Startlightstarbright.
Doll mark PMF inside a circle, on back of the Molded hair girl doll
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1950s Molded hair girl doll, 11"
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1950s
Plastic Molded Arts Chubby Girl
doll, 10 1/2" tall, all hard plastic, wigged, sleep eyes, closed mouth,
jointed body, head turning walker, doll marked
Plastic Molded Arts Co. L.I.C
New York. |
1950s
Chubby Girl doll, 10 1/2"
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1952
Plastic Molded Arts Colgate-Palmolive Fab, Incline Walking doll,
6" tall, all hard plastic, jointed at the hips, painted molded blonde hair,
blue side glancing sleep eyes, closed mouth, dressed in a sleeveless red and
white polka dot dress, painted white socks and black shoes, doll marked on
bottom of foot PMA. The Incline walking doll was made by
Plastic Molded Arts
as an Advertising doll for Colgate-Palmolive
Fab soap detergent.
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1952 Colgate-Palmolive Fab Incline Walking doll,
6" |
1953
Plastic Molded Arts Joanie Pigtails doll, 8" tall, is a head turning walker,
saran wig, sleep eyes with heavy painted lashes, molded on
slippers by PMA Doll Company.
Joanie Pigtails
also came
as a Joanie
Travel wardrobe doll,
Joanie Wedding Belle
with a Bridal wardrobe and a
Joanie Walker doll
that has much more pointed eyebrows than the regular
Joanie Pigtails doll.
Niresk Industries also sold
a similar doll named Janie Pigtail 8" tall, also unmarked.
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1953
Joanie Pigtails doll, 8" |
1956-1957
Plastic Molded Arts Miss Joan doll,
12" tall, all hard plastic, 1956 saran wig or 1957 vinyl head with rooted
hair, sleep eyes with painted
lower lashes, jointed at neck, shoulders, hips and knees, high heel feet, walker doll, wore a lace teddy, stockings.
Plastic Molded Arts
Miss Joan doll mark Pat's Pend.
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1956-1957 Miss
Joan doll, 12"
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1958
Plastic Molded Arts Little Miss Joan doll,
8-9" tall, all hard plastic, wigged, sleep eyes with painted lower
lashes, jointed at neck, shoulders, hips and just above the
knees, high heel feet, walker doll, same as the above Miss Joan doll only
smaller, came with a wardrobe that could be purchased separately
including a mink stole. Unknown how
Little Miss Joan doll is marked, may be like the above doll.
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1958
Little Miss Joan doll, 8-9"
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1959-1961
Plastic Molded Arts Linda Williams doll,
14, 18 & 30" tall, the largest size 30 is a walker
doll,
Angela Cartwright character from the Danny Thomas TV show "Make Room
For Daddy", a 14" doll was made by Plastic Molded Arts
Company, and the
Natural Doll Company
also made the Linda
Williams doll. Was possibly a mail-in-premium from the
General Foods Company. 14" size doll is marked on head:
Linda Williams.
Thank you
Andrea Nowlin!
for sharing that
Plastic Molded Arts
also made this doll, Andrea is the great-niece of
the owner of the Plastic Molded Arts Doll Company of Long Island, NY
USA.
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1959
Linda
Williams doll, 14" |
1960-1961
Plastic Molded Arts Debby doll,
11 1/2" tall, Barbie like competitor,
uses the Uneeda or clone Bild Lilli doll head mold that is
marked
with a U, doll is not shown in original clothing, which was
probably a swimsuit.
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1960 Debby doll, 11 1/2" |
1960s
Plastic Molded Arts Fashion Doll,
10" tall, hard plastic jointed doll with vinyl head
and rooted hair, sleep eyes, high heel feet, doll marked
PMA. |
1960s Fashion Doll,
10" |
Plastic Molded Arts PMA Dolls Not Shown
1949+
Plastic Molded Arts
Dressed Dress Me type dolls,
7 1/2-8" tall, Dress Me type dolls
all hard plastic, boys with painted hair girls with glued on mohair wigs, sleep
eyes, painted eyebrows, some with molded eye lashes or painted, jointed at
the shoulders, stationary legs with painted shoes, original clothing is
stapled to the doll, so it is usually still on the doll today, dolls are
unmarked.
Dolls came in a square box with a clear cello on front to show the doll off.
Some of the Dress-Me dolls named outfits: Alice
in Wonderland,
Captain Hook, Crusader,
Little Debbie Cakes (advertising doll), Greenbriar Maid, Graduate, Bride, Lady Hampshire, Lady Ravencroft, Miss
1953, Miss America, Miss Valentine, Polish Girl, Priscilla Alden, Scotch Groom,
Sonya Sunshine, Suzy Walker, Undressed dolls to dress yourself and many, many others.
PMA also sold these small dolls and doll parts to other doll makers to dress and
sell.
1953
Plastic Molded Arts Stepping Steppers doll,
10" tall, head turning walker, all hard plastic, saran
wig, sleep eyes, closed mouth, jointed at
neck, shoulders and hips, straight legs with flat feet, doll mark PMA or
unmarked.
ca. 1960s
Plastic Molded Arts Tammy clone, 12" tall and
Plastic Molded Arts Peggy a
Pepper clone doll, 9" tall, Peggy is marked
SD for
Standard Doll Company
who made her for PMA.
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