Doll-A-Day 2019 #196: Betsy Clark doll

  Today's doll is this little girl.

This sweet looking girl is The Original Betsy Clark doll.

She either has an orange stain on one cheek,or no blush on the other one.

She was made by Knickerbocker under license from Hallmark.

She was made in 1975.

She measures  14 inches tall.

Her head is vinyl,with rooted hair.

Her hands are vinyl too.

Her body is soft, stuffed cloth.

Her dress and apron are separate pieces and her clothes are removable.

There was a similar looking doll that came in a blue dress. But this little girl is all in pink and white.

Her shoes aren't.

I'm not sure which way the ruffles on her shoes go,and it seems, neither are they.

Her apron has a fake patch on it.

Betsy Clark was an artist known for her pastel pictures of sad, pointy headed children in patched clothes.

This one in particular looks like today's doll.

Betsy was thrown out of art school for not being able to follow the way she was 'supposed' to draw. Before being thrown out she worked briefly for Disney as part of her classes.

I have detailed some of Betsy's history in a previous post on a Betsy Clark doll. You can see that post HERE.

You can read the full history of Betsy HERE.

  That's all for today. Tomorrow we'll see another doll.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #26: Betsy Clark Babies

  Today's doll is this tiny guy.

He's a Betsey Clark baby.

He was made by Knickerbocker in 1976.

He's just under 2 inches tall if he stands on his toes,and even smaller sitting down.(And since he's made in a sitting position,he will be.)

The baby looked like this in package.

   Betsey Clark was an artist whose drawings of messy haired children in patched clothes got her thrown out of several art schools,but were licensed by Hallmark in 1962. Her art is sometimes confused with Precious Moments. I like Betsy Clark much better though.
 

Betsy's theory on her less than perfectly groomed children was, “Children don’t sit around all the time with every hair in place and big grins on their faces…They wear clothes with patches, they play, they get a little dirty.”

  Her art was very popular in the 1970's,appearing on Christmas ornaments,wrapping paper, books, plaques, puzzles, and any number of items. I still have a Hallmark datebook from when I was a kid in the early 70's,which I saved for the Betsy Clark cover. There were also several Betsy Clark dolls made. In addition to the 6" dolls that this baby came with,there were plush dolls with vinyl head and hands,all vinyl baby dolls,rag dolls,and small, cloth 'Little Bobby and 'Little Betsy' Hallmark dolls with bead eyes and thread hair. I have a pair of those I bought as a kid,which I'll pull out some day. There was even doll furniture and a dollhouse.
  I also have these other tiny babies,which seem to be made from the same body mold as today's guy.

The faces are different though,even from each other.
 

The bodies are so much alike, and yet there is a slight size difference in the arms. The one doll has noticeably smaller arms.

The ears are all different. 

 

The hair pattern is different too.

I'm not sure if they are other Betsey Clark babies, or babies from another line. I used to think they were Holly Hobbie babies,but as far as I can tell, the Holly Hobbie babies had straight,gingerbread man legs and less realistic bodies than these babies. Anybody know anything about them?
  See you tomorrow for another doll.