A & H Dolls USA 1947+
The A & H Doll Manufacturing Corporation of New York City, are best known for their small hard plastic dolls sized 8″ to 12″ tall, made from 1947 until the 1970s. In 1952 hard plastic dolls were considered rather expensive to produce – a 12″ tall doll originally cost $8.95 for a consumer to purchase.
Today collectors enjoy A & H Doll Manufacturing’s historically dressed dolls; bride and groom dressed dolls, cowboy or cowgirl and space cadets dolls plus others, all on A & H dolls which today can be found at a reasonable value. When adding to a doll collection, a small sized doll takes up little room, so you can . . . collect them all.
A and H Dolls Identified
1952+ A & H Donna The Doll of Destiny is 12″, all hard plastic, head turning walkers, mohair wig, sleep eyes with molded lashes, jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips, have oil cloth shoes with ties, socks, removable detailed historical costume, usually with attached slip, petticoat, pantaloons and hat. The Donna, Doll of Destiny doll’s are similar to Dress Me dolls at 12″, are of better quality with non-removable clothing. Dolls are marked Pat’s Pend or Pat’s Pending on back, clothing or the box has Doll of Destiny and dolls name on it, these are the first known hard plastic dolls that were dressed in authentic historical costumes. Donna dolls were also sold as brides and other outfits.
1952 Molly Pitcher doll, 12″ tall (shown). There were twelve dolls in The Doll of Destiny series; Priscilla Alden, Marie Antoinette, Empress Eugenie, Empress Josephine, Elizabeth Woodville Grey, Mary Todd Lincoln, Molly Pitcher, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Isabella, Queen Victoria, Betsy Ross and Martha Washington.
1950s A & H Marcie Nancy and Sluggo Smith doll, 8″ tall, box front names the dolls “Sluggo and Girl Friend, designed by Marcie“, dolls were a promotional from Post Grape-Nut cereal and represent the comic characters of Nancy & Sluggo from Ernie Bushmiller’s comic strip.
All hard plastic dolls with jointed body, sleep eyes, Nancy has a short curly dark caracul wig, Sluggo’s hair is painted black, she wears a black felt vest with three white buttons on front, white blouse and orange skirt, orange hair ribbon and has tiny painted black slip-on type shoes, Sluggo has a black jacket, red and white knit shirt, pale blue jean type pants with a patch on his knee, painted shoes and red cap. A & H Sluggo, Nancy dolls are unmarked.
1953 A & H Gigi doll 8″ tall, all hard plastic, head turning walker, Ginny look a like, sleep eyes, dressed in a pink organdy dress, bonnet, purse, shoes and socks, fashions available separately, Gigi dolls are unmarked. 8″ Gigi’s Lil Sister baby doll has molded hair and a nursing mouth.
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1957+ A & H Julie walking doll, 8″ tall, I walk, I sit, I sleep, dress me, curl my hair Julie’s box reads. Julie is 8″ tall, all hard plastic jointed walker body, sleep eyes, glued on wig, came with separate fashions that fit other 8″ tall walking dolls. Gripper snaps have “Rau Sklits” on them. A & H Julie doll is unmarked.
1961+ A & H Marcie dolls, 8″ tall, Belles in Bells, Birthstone Bell dolls, Teens in Bells, Gigi in Bells, Lil Sister in Bells. *Winner of 1961 Silver Award for original bell packaging. Dolls are jointed at the neck and shoulders only with stationary straight legs, molded painted shoes, sleep eyes, painted lower lashes, mohair glued on wig. These are basically a Dress Me Doll. On the bottom of the bell is the company name, A & H and A Marcie doll on it. Some dolls have a tag sewn into a dress seam.
1961+ A & H Marcie Birthstone Belle dolls, 8″ tall, (shown left in red January Garnet Birthstone Belle), each doll was named after a month and the associated birthstone ie. January – Garnet, February – Amethyst and so on, each dressed accordingly. A & H Marcie Belle dolls are unmarked
A & H Doll Labels, Marks or Slogans
A & H doll mark symbol of a dressed doll label, text on The Marcie Doll, The Doll of Destiny, A & H Manufacturing doll mark This is a Marcie Doll ® A & H doll slogan label from Ken Murray TV glamour Cowboy (Ken Murray television TV show 1950-1953), I like the wide open spaces, song sheet music title by Ken Murray and Laurie Anders.