General
My daughter Elaine liked the Furga dolls from Italy. She played with this 14 in. Valentina doll and the 6 in. Furga baby Nana` that she called Angel. She also enjoyed playing with Furga’s 14 in. Vittoria doll, a dark-haired version, that she renamed Gina. According to their brochure, the large Furga dolls could pose in 15 different positions.
Glamour Dolls
This is Tammy’s family by Ideal. Mom, 1963, is a 12 in. vinyl doll with rooted hair, wearing her original dress. Little sister Pepper, 1963, is a 9 in. doll, made of vinyl with rooted hair. She is wearing her original outfit. Her brother Ted is a 12.5 in. 1963 vinyl doll with painted hair, shown wearing one of his original outfits. Missing is Tammy’s Father.
Ideal had been making full-figure fashion dolls since the 1950’s and other companies followed suit. This trend reached it’s peak with the introduction of Barbie in 1959. In 1962 Ideal Toy Corp. introduced 12 in. vinyl Tammy. She looked more like a teen ager than the 1959 Barbie. These three Tammys are in original outfits. In 1963 Tammy had a sister, brother, Mom and Dad. They were made from 1962 to 1965.
Jill by Vogue Dolls, 10.5 in. c. 1957, was presented as the big sister of Ginny, an 8 in. 1950’s Vogue doll. Jill had jointed knees and hi-heeled feet. Many tagged outfits were available.
By 1961 the Betsy McCall doll had a new look. She was 11.5 in., had no marks, but was made by the Uneeda Doll Co. Many different outfits were available. The 8 in. 1958 Teeny Betsy by American Character is standing beside her.
Elise Bride, a Madame Alexander 17 in. hard plastic/vinyl doll, was introduced in 1957 – 1961. My daughter Elaine found her at a yard sale. The face of Elise has changed from her former Cissy face look.
The 1881 bronze sculpture, Little Dancer of 14 Years (La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans), is the work of Edgar Degas. This is a doll-sized reproduction. The original actually wears a fabric knee-length tutu.
This trunk of clothes and accessories dates to the late 1950’s when 19 and 20 in. hi-heeled fashion dolls were popular. I have used some of the items to dress thrift shop/flea market dolls of the same vintage.
This 8 in. nurse doll from the 1940’s has a one-piece torso, movable arms, mohair wig, and painted face, marked on back, “Reliable – Made in Canada”. Her clothes are original and she is in excellent condition. It resembles the Chubby Kids dolls popular in the 1920’s.
