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Beehler Arts, Fortune Toys
Inc., Ontario Plastics & Virga Doll Companies all seem to
have been connected, as well as Kim dolls which used the same address
as Beehler. They all produced similar Ginny type 7 1/2 - 9"
tall, hard plastic walking dolls in the 1950's. Many of these
dolls are unmarked and therefore, if out of box can be difficult
to clearly identify. Some of the other competitors for these
small dolls are; PMA -
Plastic Molded Arts, Roberta
Dolls both have their own web pages and these; Doll Bodies,
Grant Plastics, Kim Dolls, Niresk Industries, Norma Dolls & Stashin Dolls are on
the Hard Plastics page. See also the Hard
Plastic Marks page.
Here are some dolls made by; Beehler
Arts, Fortune Toys, Ontario Plastics & Virga Doll Co:
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 ca.
1950's Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring (Indian Princess), 14
1/2" tall, #1200, all hard plastic, fully jointed body (this is
not the puppet version), blue
sleep eyes, very distinctive facial paint & curved
eyebrows with a rosebud closed mouth. Dressed in her
original Princess outfit with crown & charm
bracelet. She is a character from the Howdy Doody
TV show from the 1950's an Indian Princess. There were
also smaller versions; one was a dress-me type doll 8" tall &
hand puppet versions. The doll
shown here is VHTF. She was made
by the Beehler Arts Co.
Special thanks to Irishmahony
for finding the information about this doll & DrBell21 who
shared her photo of this
lovely doll! She's a wowser!
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ca.
1950's Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring, 14 1/5" |
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ca. 1950's Pam, 8" tall,
hard plastic jointed body, sleep eyes, wig, closed mouth.
Pam Ballerina, 8" tall,
same as Pam but has pointed feet for ballerina toe shoes, by The Hart
Throb Doll and Fortune
Doll Co.
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1950's
Pam Ballerina, 8" |
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ca. 1950's Ninette and Jeanette,
8" tall, same as the Pam doll with different packaging, by Fortune Doll
Co. |
1950's
Jeanette 8" |
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ca. 1950's
Lollipop,
8" tall, all hard plastic jointed body, sleep eyes,
wigged sometimes with unusual
hair colors; aqua/blue, maize/yellow, mint/green, orchid/lavender,
peach, pink and silver by Virga Doll
Company/Beehler Arts LTD, NYC. |
Lollipop with
aqua/blue hair |
Lollipop with pink hair |
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Lollipop maize/yellow hair
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ca. 1950's Lucy, Play Mates,
8-9" tall, Penny
(10 1/2" tall), Storybook Characters, hard plastic jointed bodies,
sleep eyes, closed mouth, straight
legs, some are walkers by Virga Doll Co./Beehler Arts LTD, NYC.
The 9" tall Lucy,
hip pin walker doll was used as an advertising doll by Colgate
Palmolive for Fab detergent in 1957. The doll without
the hip pin walker was the 1957 Fab Picture Doll.
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1950's Lucy, Play Mates,
8-9" |
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ca.
1950's Toni Playmate, 8" tall, Storybook Characters, hard plastic jointed bodies,
sleep eyes, closed mouth, straight
legs, some are walkers by Virga Doll Co./Beehler Arts LTD, NYC.
The 1954 Toni 8"
tall has sleep green eyes, real lashes, and a saran blonde wig
in braids, is shown here wearing the outfit #505 Sunday Best,
an organdy dress trimmed with lace and braided embroidery,
matching bonnet and black suede slip on shoes.
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1954
Toni Playmate, 8" |
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 ca. 1950's Twinkle Ballerina,
8" tall,
(turns head when legs are moved, pointed toes),
Ginny look a like,
various colored wigs, sleep eyes, hard plastic jointed bodies, straight
legs, by Virga Doll Co./Beehler Arts LTD, NYC.
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1950's Twinkle Ballerina,
8" |
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ca.
1955 Paula Sue, 8" tall,
hard plastic, non-walking, sleep eyes with plastic upper lashes, no
painted lower lashes, wears a white dress with multi-colored ribbon
trim, marked: Ontario Plastic Inc., Rochester N.Y. |
1950's Paula Sue,
8" |
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1957
Kim 'teen, 8 1/2" tall, walker type, sleep eyes, molded
lashes, hi heel feet, jointed body, clothes are often sewn to doll, by
Kim Doll Co, NYC. Same as the Miss Hi Teen doll by Virga
Dolls, NYC.
Note: The Kim Doll boxes use the same
address as the Beehler Arts company.
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1957
Kim 'teen, 8 1/2" |
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1957 Coco,
Schiaparelli Doll, 8" tall, clothing is marked "Schiaparelli",
Ginny look a like, there were several outfits by the Virga Doll
Company. |
1957 Coco,
8" |
| 1960's
Pam, 10" tall, Ginger look a like, all vinyl, sleep eyes, rooted hair,
high heel feet, marked on head: E, by the Fortune Doll Company. |
1960's
Pam 10" |
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