Here are some of my 1950's fashion dolls displayed on two shelves. The top shelf is all Dollikin from Uneeda in 1958. To see more Dollikin photos, visit my Dollikin web page. The next shelf consists of Little Miss Revlon,, Uneeda Suzette and various 10 1/2" fashion doll clones from the late 50's. Little Miss Ginger is also shown here.
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my collection of vintage dolls with pink hair
Here is a pristine mint Horsman fashion Cindy trunk set from 1958. I found her untouched in her original fiberboard trunk with three extra outfits. Horsman made this glamourous Cindy doll in 1958 and 1959. This doll is 16" tall and comes dressed in her red gown.
Here is a catalog ad for this trunk set from the 1958 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog. It shows the exact doll and outfits as they were sold in 1958.
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A mint Little Miss ginger in her original box.
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Here are two mint fashion dolls by Uneeda from 1958. Suzette and Bob were made exclusively for the W.T. Grant stores. They are 10 1/2" dolls and were made to compete with Little Miss Revlon, Jill and Jeff. Suzette comes in her original box wearing her original leopard bikini. The sunglasses are not original. Bob also wears his original swim outfit and stands in front of his original box.
A Vogue 10 1/2" Jill doll from 1958 in her original outfit.
Jill wears red velvet slacks and blouse I made for her from vintage fabrics.
This is a lovely 10 1/2" Miss Ginger doll by Cosmopolitan. She wears her original signature slip, shoes and stockings and has her original box from 1958.
I finally found a 15" Miss Revlon doll and here she is! She is wearing a pants set that I made from a vintage Simplicity pattern. Her shoes are the new Hasbro "Shoezies" (that were meant for little girls to play with on their fingers) but they fit certain size fashion dolls.
Here she is again wearing a wedding gown I made for her from a Miss Revlon vintage Simplicity pattern and fabric from my mothers own wedding gown from 1949.
Another view of my custom bridal gown.
Here is a 15 1/2" vinyl fashion doll called Carol Brent. She was made in 1961 for Montgomery Wards by Ideal. She was an unusual large size for the times and has the most beautiful sculpted fingers on her hands. She is shown here wearing her original red dress with her hair in the original pony tail.
Here is Carol now wearing a reproduction of one of her original outfits shown in the 1961 Montgomery Ward catalog. I made the outfit for her as her original clothes are quite hard to find. This pic shows the doll wearing the replica outfit on the right and the catalog picture on the left.
Here is an interesting and somewhat overlooked fashion doll. She is Miss Joan a Plastic Molded Arts PMA doll, from 1956. Here she is mint in her original box. She is 12" tall, all hard plastic with a dynel wig. She is a walker with jointed knees.
Here is a catalog ad from the 1956 Sears catalog showing Miss Joan and her original outfits.
Another mint in box Miss Joan , this one from 1957. She is the brunette doll. This newer version has the same hard plastic body with jointed knees, but has a vinyl head with rooted hair. Again, she wears the original lace teddy, stockings and plastic hi-heel shoes. The box is also slightly different from the 1956 version, with no writing in the back of the box, just the blue bubble design.
Here is another 12" Miss Joan doll. I've had her for a while and she is identical to the examples above, except this doll has a mohair wig, so I think she may be an older version of the above dolls. The outfit is not original.
Here is the rather hard to find Little Miss Joan doll by PMA. She was made in 1958 as Miss Joan's little sister. She is 8" tall, about the size of Little Miss Ginger, but has a very different head mold. She has blue sleep eyes, a long full saran wig and is also a walker with jointed knees. She is all hard plastic, just as the original Miss Joan is.
Here is Little Miss Joan and her big sister together.
Here are all three Miss Joan dolls together, showing how well they sit with their poseable knees.
Here is an unusual 10 1/2" fashion doll. On the right is Little Miss Mannikin by Valentine. On the left is an Ideal Little Miss Revlon to show the differences in the body. Little Miss Mannikin has a hard plastic body with joints at the waist and knees as well as the arms and legs. Her feet are smaller and are styled in the "on point" ballerina position. Her head is soft vinyl with rooted hair and with the slimmer body, looks out of proportion.
This strange doll is a hard plastic 16" Mary Jane made by G H & E. Freydberg for only one year in 1953. She was supposed to be a look-a-like to the popular Terri Lee doll of that time. A lawsuit caused her very limited production. She has sleep eyes that "flirt" and move from side to side as well. She is also a walker. In the picture, she has her original hair style and hair pins, but I made the Christmas dress from a 16" Shirley Temple pattern.
Here is Mary Jane & the new replica Terri Lee 50th anniversary doll.
This is my very own Cosmopolitan Ginger that I've had since 1957. She is a rather unique platinum blonde Ginger with very white hair. She wears a Vogue Ginny outfit, the roller skating outfit that spells Ginny out in letters on the pink felt jumper.
This is my American Character Whimsey doll, also from my childhood. She is called Bessie the Bashful Bride and is all original. Whimseys are 24" tall, made of soft vinyl and have strange, fun-loving expressions. There were many styles from the Bride to a Monk, a little convict, an Astronaut, a 3-faced doll called Hedda Get Bedda and others.
Here is an Ideal stuffed greyhound from the late 1950's. Her name is Lady Greyhound and she is tagged Ideal and her collar has her name written on it. I believe her to be the mascot of the greyhound bus company from the 1950's early 1960's. A brochure showing a picture of this toy dog along with the "real" Lady Greyhound mascot is on my dog, Bob's web page.
I decided to add a vintage 1950's metal dollhouse to my collection. This is a tin dollhouse from the late 1950's made by T. Cohen company. I am furnishing it with Ideal Petite Princess furniture from 1964/65.
The front view of the above house.
This tin drive in is not from the 1950's, but it is a wonderful replica. It is made by Hallmark for the Kiddie Car collection and is all tin with a sign that really lights up! There is also a terrific accessory piece - a food station with two trays of hamburgers, hot dog, ketchup, mustard and drinks. Four Hallmark Kiddie Cars are parked in front.
The American Character Whimsey doll site
Sue's Wonderful World of Dolls, Lot's of great hard plastic dolls
8" Plastic Ginny-type dolls of the 1950's
