Doll-A-Day 2023, #2: Baby Ginger by Cosmopolitan

   Today's doll is one from my childhood, and my sister's. She's my sister's doll, Baby Ginger.

This is her original bonnet and shirt. She also had yellow pants. For some reason, my sister has her doll, but I have her doll's pants!  

 Ginger was made by Cosmopolitan in the 1950's. She began as an 8 inch hard plastic doll called Ginger, made to compete with Vogue's Ginny. (In fact, Ginger and Ginny were both produced by Commonwealth Plastics.) The next version was the 10 1/2 inch Miss Ginger, (You can see ones I have posted HERE, HERE, and HERE.). This version was a more mature lady, and intended to compete with Little Miss Revlon. There was also an 8 inch Little Miss Ginger, made to compete with the 8 inch Little Miss Revlon. My sister was born in 1956, and when she was small, she got this Baby Ginger. Baby Ginger was supposed to be a baby, and was a competitor to Ginnette, the baby version of Ginny. She is about 8 inches tall, and is all vinyl, with jointed neck, shoulders, and hips. This particular Baby Ginger was a Kellogg's promotion, available for $1 plus one box top from Rice Krispies or Raisin Bran. She came with her 'three piece corduroy playsuit', (Only the pants are corduroy.), white sandals, a bottle, and a diaper. That was 'offer B'. Offer C was a complete 15 piece set including a  6 piece bathtub and accessories set, a 5 piece christening outfit, a party outfit, a sun suit, and a two piece night outfit. The price for this massive set? The same $1 and 1 box top!

  She has a bottle mouth, and is a drink and wet doll.

She has sleep eyes, with those hard plastic lashes. In fact, the Baby Ginger booklet proclaimed her to be the 'first and only 8" all vinyl fully jointed drink and wet baby doll with rooted hair and moving eyes'.

Of course, if she missed any one of those things out, she may not have been the first. She may have been the first to have ALL those qualifications. Or maybe not.

  Her brown hair is rooted in a short style.

This one is a bit worn!

  She had an entire wardrobe. 

  Of course, we probably never knew that. When we got something, we never got anything to go with it. For example, we had a few generic Barbie clone clothes, but never any more real Barbie clothes, (until I got one Barbie, one Ken, and one Francie outfit when I was a kid.), extra clothes to go with our Penny Brite dolls, or any sets for our GI Joes, etc. This prompted my sister to start sewing and make doll clothes. Later she worked as a tailor, so I guess it did her some good.

  That's the doll for today. See you tomorrow for another doll.

  

Boopsie,Cutesy,and Ginger

  A few days ago I promised you a look at some recent Goodwill hauls. Well, here they are.

These guys all need some clean up.

These kids were in a bag together. I'm trying to fund a trip to England in the Spring,so I thought these kids might help. They aren't super valuable, but they are worth more than they cost.The tallest one is an 8" Ginger doll.

Ginger is marked on the back of her head.

Ginger was sold by Cosmopolitan in the 1950's. She looks similar to Vogue's Ginny because both were actually manufactured by Commonwealth Plastics.

This Ginger is a walker,and her head does still turn when her legs are moved. She has cloudy eyes,so I'll have to see if I can clean them,or if,like so many dolls of this era, the eyes are cloudy on the inside and can't be improved. I just haven't felt up to doing anything with her yet. They look like they might be ok though. Her sleep eyes open and close alright.

The big plastic baby is Boopsie.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #170: Ginger,Formerly the Mystery Prarie Girl

Update: I have found another of these online. She's called Ginger,part of a line called The Old Fashions, and she was made in 1979 by THH Corporation of New York,New York.
  Today's doll is a cute little girl.She's this mystery girl in a frontier dress.

She has a sweet face,with pretty brown eyes.

She measures about 10 1'2" tall.

Her only markings are 'Hong Kong' on the back of her head...

...and 'Made in Hong Kong' on her back.

I would guess her to be from the late 60's or early/mid '70's. (Ok,I was wrong. As I said,it was 1979.)

The snaps on the back of her dress prove she's older.

She only had one sock on when I found her,so obviously she had originally shoes and socks.

She has feet sort of like Fred Flintstone,and those little spread fingered hands that were really common in dolls of this era.

Her head is on a ball joint, so she can tilt her head any way she likes.
 

Down...

Up...

...or to the sides.

Another doll tomorrow? Of course.