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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Old61 on March 06, 2010, 01:08:28 pm
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Maybe this article and the dolls it is referring to can help!
http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-Wash-Saran-Doll-Hair-Revlon-Sweet-Sue-Toni_W0QQugidZ10000000003564679 (http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-Wash-Saran-Doll-Hair-Revlon-Sweet-Sue-Toni_W0QQugidZ10000000003564679)
Saran wasn't invented by Dow until 1933 and wasn't implanted into doll's heads until 1952.
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1051666 (http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1051666)
Couldn't find any reference to the company in Brooklyn.
Are there any numbers on the doll, box? Does the doll have bendable joints?
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Old61, you may want to remove her from her box to check here for a name.....which should lead you to more info.
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old61 I can tell you that your doll is dated sometime between 1943 & 1963. On the tag the address states One Chester Street Brooklyn 12, New York. The 12 in the address is what was called a postal zone , The United States Post Office Department implemented postal zones for large cities in 1943. For example: 3256 Epiphenomenal Avenue Minneapolis 16, Minnesota. These postal zones can date major manufacturing centers, such as New York City, as being with in a twenty year period. If your toy has a postal zone number following the city in the address, it dates between 1943 and 1963.
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No markings on her anywhere. :( I Think she's from the 50's as my research shows that to be the "Saran" hair era.
There is a hand written "#504" on the label on the box.
Her head, arms & legs are movable, eyes open and close. Her hair is a wig.
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So strange that the "N" letters are backwards. Is that a mistake or some sort of weird intentional thing?
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Guess my eyes are missing it, where are the n's backwards?
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Guess my eyes are missing it, where are the n's backwards?
On the back of Sapphires doll.
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Okie dokie! Yep...must have been foreign made!!
I laughed so hard when I was in Russia on my many trips there. Misspelled tshirts were all over the place - but they were proud wearing them! I guess the manufacturer has to sell them somewhere!