Antique/Vintage Doll Articles Bisque/Composition Dolls

These are articles and advertisements that I tore out of doll magazines, some of which I have kept in a notebook since they were published, from 1972-2004.  I do not collect these dolls, so they will make a much better reference for you than me! 

Included are

-- “Some Unusual Babies of the Patsy Family”; by John Axe; Doll Reader;June/July 1980

-- “American Military Uniform Dolls, Part 2”; by Pidd Miller & Opal Duthie; Doll Reader;June/July 1980; Freundich Novely Co., Effanbee Skippy and Suzanne.  (Also included as a continuation of the Uniform article is “Light Up Dolls”; by Margaret Groninger; Baby Lovelight.)

-- “Clowning Around”; by Betty Ann Axe; Doll News; Summer 1988.

-- “Charlie McCarthy, The Famous Ventriloquist Doll”; by Scott Wood; Doll Reader; August 2003; A smart aleck of the first order, Charlie McCarthy still makes the world laugh.

-- “Horsman’s Suck-A-Thumb and Two Molded Cap Dolls”; by Ursula R. Mertz; ; Doll Reader; March/April 2000American Doll Showcase-Learning about dolls made by U.S. Companies.

-- “Baby Lambkin”; by Rosemarie Culmer; Doll Reader; October 2003; Though not as famous ad Bye-Lo-Baby, Lambkin was just as loved by girls of the 1930s and 1940s.

-- “BobbyAnne, a Kiddie Pal Dolly by Regal”; by Ursula R. Mertz; Doll Reader; September 2002; American Doll Showcase-Learning about dolls made by U. S. companies.

-- “Horsman’s Blue Bird Dolls”; by Ursula R. Mertz; Doll Reader; June/July 2001; American Doll Showcase-Learning about dolls made by U. S. companies.

-- “Skookum Indian Dolls”; by Carolyn Mingus; Doll Reader; Feb/Mar 1987.

-- “Compo Corner”; by Patricia N. Schoonmaker; Doll Reader; March/April 2000; Learning about Composition Dolls—through question and answers; including Arranbee Debu-Teen and Nancy and compo baby.

-- “Visit to the Doll Doctor” by Joann Mathias; Doll Reader; February 2004; Joann explains how to clean dolls big or small.

-- “Incomparable Compos”; by Jan Foulke; Doll Reader; Aug/Sept 1981; Effanbee’s America’s Children by Deewees Cochran and other dolls.

-- “More on Composition Dolls from the 1930s”; by Ursula R. Mertz; Doll Reader; September 2001; American Doll Showcase-Learning about dolls made by U. S. companies.

-- “Price Guide-Antique German Play Dolls”; by Vicki Steensma; Doll Reader; October 2003;

-- “Compo Corner (Learning about Composition Dolls)”; by Patricia N. Schoonmaker; PLUS “Curious Collector (Modern Doll Treasures)’; by A. Glenn Mandeville; Doll Reader; February 2004; Learn through question and answers; including Horsman mama doll, Effanbee Betty Bee, Arranbee’s Dream Baby, Shirley Temple Baby, Remco’s Heidi, Ideals Bye-Bye Baby, American Character’s Sweet Sue, Uneeda’s Pollyanna and Alexander’s Portrait Doll.

-- “A Rare Discovery” by Patricia N. Schoonmaker—Plus—“Kewpies”; Doll News; November 1972; Kammer & Reinhardt boy doll.

-- “Johnny-the Philip Morris Pageboy”; by John Axe; Doll Reader; August/Sept. 1981; Number Four in a series of usual celebrity dolls.

-- “Two Sisters-Composition Dolls of 1920”; by Patricia L. Wilks; Doll Reader; February/March 1987; Artcraft doll and Amberg doll comparison.

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