This lady's doll came from France in 1944. I doubt very much my girl is from France, but this looks like the almost exact same doll as mine. (Hers is blonde, but has the same hair style and face.) So while she may not come from France, she may be from around 1944.
***ANOTHER UPDATE*** She also looks a lot like Linda, a 1952 doll by Artistic Toy Company.
Different feet though.
***AND YET ANOTHER UPDATE*** I also found this picture online the was labeled as the 1940's, and there she is!
Well, it's awfully close. Same hair and feet, and maybe the face?
And Yet ANOTHER UPDATE! I found my girl's blonde twin! The only difference is the size. She's bigger than my girl. But she looks just like her, only blonde. She is listed as un branded.
https://picclick.com/Dance-With-Me-Doll-1940s-50s-Vintage-266392543779.html
Some of the plastic faced ones I have found were made by Doll & Toy Industries of New York, New York.
Today's doll is a mystery. She's this girl.
I bought her at a garage sale. The people selling her always have lots of antiques. I think they collect antiques and probably go to auctions,etc.
She's old. (No offense Girl.) But I can't find any other doll on the internet that is exactly like her. She's sort of like the Dance With Me dolls from the 1950's,like this one from a1955 Speigel ad.
That doll is described as a 45 inch Dance With Me doll called Rita. The face looks the same,but Rita and the other large Dance With Me dolls I have found online, have plastic 'mask' faces. My girl has a pressed cloth face.
Also, Rita, and the one other really close doll I found online,have stumpy arms without detailed hands. My girl has hands.
Of course,there's also the fact that the Dance With Me dolls have elastic on their feet to connect them to the child's feet for dancing. There's none on my girl's feet, and no sign that there ever was.
Her shoes are made of wool felt.
She also sort of resembles this doll from the 1940's,shown here with actress Natalie Wood.
Unlike the big Dance With Me dolls,who measured 44 or 45 inches tall,my girl comes in at a demure 30 inches..
She has yarn hair.
It's gathered in two bunches, with a loose bit in the back. I don't know if that's original or not.
Her face is painted.
I think this is probably part of her original outfit. I'm sure she originally had a shirt too. She does have bloomers that match her skirt though.
She has another feature that surprised me. It wasn't obvious from looking at her, and I'm not sure I even noticed it until I got her home. She has a bobble head!
Maybe it was so her head would move as she danced? But then where are the elastic strips that should be on her feet?
I like this girl a lot. She has lots of personality, and looks vaguely sad.
She lives in my glass case,but she takes up so much space that she's forced to have a bunch of dolls sitting on her lap and legs. So she was glad to get out of the case for a while!
That's the doll for today. Tomorrow we'll look at another doll.
I bought her at a garage sale. The people selling her always have lots of antiques. I think they collect antiques and probably go to auctions,etc.
She's old. (No offense Girl.) But I can't find any other doll on the internet that is exactly like her. She's sort of like the Dance With Me dolls from the 1950's,like this one from a1955 Speigel ad.
That doll is described as a 45 inch Dance With Me doll called Rita. The face looks the same,but Rita and the other large Dance With Me dolls I have found online, have plastic 'mask' faces. My girl has a pressed cloth face.
Also, Rita, and the one other really close doll I found online,have stumpy arms without detailed hands. My girl has hands.
Of course,there's also the fact that the Dance With Me dolls have elastic on their feet to connect them to the child's feet for dancing. There's none on my girl's feet, and no sign that there ever was.
Her shoes are made of wool felt.
She also sort of resembles this doll from the 1940's,shown here with actress Natalie Wood.
Unlike the big Dance With Me dolls,who measured 44 or 45 inches tall,my girl comes in at a demure 30 inches..
She has yarn hair.
It's gathered in two bunches, with a loose bit in the back. I don't know if that's original or not.
Her face is painted.
I think this is probably part of her original outfit. I'm sure she originally had a shirt too. She does have bloomers that match her skirt though.
She has another feature that surprised me. It wasn't obvious from looking at her, and I'm not sure I even noticed it until I got her home. She has a bobble head!
Maybe it was so her head would move as she danced? But then where are the elastic strips that should be on her feet?
I like this girl a lot. She has lots of personality, and looks vaguely sad.
She lives in my glass case,but she takes up so much space that she's forced to have a bunch of dolls sitting on her lap and legs. So she was glad to get out of the case for a while!
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That's the doll for today. Tomorrow we'll look at another doll.
