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General

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Mr. and Mrs. Claus

These smaller 8.5 in. Mr. and Mrs. Claus were also created by the Annalee Mobilitee Co. and have similar features. I made the elves living in the toadstool house and also the girl in the center with her sister.

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Las Vegas Doll

Clearly this is a souvenir doll from Las Vegas, unidentified except for Made in China on the box.  At a height of 12 in., she is made of soft vinyl, is nailed to a stand, and wears a bonded glitter show girl suit. Tiny red heart earrings are all that is removable. She came out of the box in a cloud of flying feathers.

Los Vegas Doll

Dolls From India

Except for one, these dolls are all from India. The doll in front is a 7.5 in. seated musician with cloth mask face, and cotton body. L to R in back, we have a 7.5 in. celluloid Saudi; a 10 in. dressed in a rose brocade sari, gold and pearl jewelry, made of vinyl and fully jointed; a 12 in. dancer with plaster head, stuffed cloth body, and wire leg supports for standing, wearing a brocade skirt. Pearl jewelry and glitter trim; and a 9 in. doll, all cloth with mask face.

India Dolls

Betsy Wetsy Doll

The Ideal Doll Co. made this 16 in. Betsy Wetsy all vinyl drink-and-wet baby. The body is marked © 1983 CBS Inc. Ideal 7518. Doll makers during this time often made white-toned dolls such as this rather than skin-toned dolls.

Betsy Wetsy

1960 Suzy Playpal Doll

Ideal Toy Corp. B23 identifies this Suzy Playpal 24 in. baby doll, circa 1960. She has been redressed in a 6 to 12 month infant size Polly Flinders dress with knit booties. She is all vinyl, jointed, with strung arms, rooted hair, with a squeaker in her belly. Ideal made many such large babies and toddlers.

Suzy Playpal Doll

Furga Valentina Doll

The V pin on this doll’s sweater identifies her as Furga’s Valentina from Italy. She is holding baby Nana`. Her original box shows that it came from Milano, Italy. These dolls were among my daughter’s favorites.

Furga Valentina Doll