1940s Magic Skin Baby

Magic Skin BabyMy Dad made me a Craftsman style cabinet for the doll collection. He had already made a long drawer to fit under my doll crib, needed for supplies when I gave Magic Skin Baby a bath. Although the bodies of the first 1940’s Magic Skin dolls were of natural rubber, with the advent of WWII restrictions they turned to synthetic rubber. This was a thin skin of rubber stuffed with cotton or other materials to provide a soft-to-the-touch life-like feel. But with time, the pinkish skin color darkened or mottled, as it did with mine. The heads were usually hard plastic or composition. The body of my Magic Skin Baby was much like this one.