1920's 1930's American Character Doll Co. (Petite) Composition 6" Open Dome Head

Description: Circa 1920's - 1930's American Character Doll Co. (Petite) Composition 6" Open Dome Head Head In Good vintage condition (With Some Professional Repairs) - No Eyes or Hair Included - In original and in "as found" condition - No Original Box - Sold As Is - What You See Is What You Get - See Photos & Video for any Issues! Additional Item Information American Character composition dolls illustrated in the 1928 Sears catalog. Extremally Rare Vintage Circa 1920's - 1930's American Character Doll Co. ( Petite ) Composition 6" Open Dome Doll Head! ( Head Has Had Some Professional Repairs - No Eyes or Hair Included - See Photos ) Antique American Character Doll Co. (Amer. Char. Doll Co.) "Petite" Composition Open Dome 6" Doll Head, 1920s - 1930s This is a great example of the American Character Doll Company's "Petite" or "Mama" line that they produced from the 1920s through the early 1930s. This doll head originally had a cloth body, eyes, hair and composition limbs. - Comes With Some Bonus Doll Parts - Composition doll A composition doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of composition, a composite material composed of sawdust, glue, and other materials such as cornstarch, resin and wood flour. The first composition dolls were made in the 19th century. Composite dolls were marketed as unbreakable, compared to earlier more fragile dolls. However, over time the composite material deteriorated, leaving many older dolls with small cracks and flaked surfaces. Some dolls were given a protective coating of varnish to delay deterioration. Notable composition dolls include Bleuette of France, Marilú of Argentina and Mariquita Pérez of Spain. In the United States composition dolls were hailed as an improvement in doll making from the fragile bisque and china material previously used. Two types of composition manufacturing processes were used: cold press and hot press. The cold-press composition manufacturing process was invented by Solomon D. Hoffmann in the 1890s. Hot-press composition began around 1920 and was an improvement in the processing. Horsman secured the rights from Hoffmann, whose company was the American Doll Company. Product Details Total length of the item is approximately 6” inches. Width at the widest part is approximately 4” inches. About this item Age: For Adult Collectors Contents: (1) Doll Head ONLY! - Comes With Some Bonus Doll Parts Box Measures: No Original Box Weight: 0 Lb. 8.2 Oz. Total Brand: Petite Manufacturer: American Character Doll Company MPN: Unknown UPC: N/A Made In: USA Year: Circa Early 1920's - 1930's Condition: Head In Good vintage condition (With Some Professional Repairs) - No Eyes or Hair Included - In original and in "as found" condition - No Original Box - Sold As Is - What You See Is What You Get - See Photos & Video for any Issues! Freshwater Creek Pickers takes great care to provide you with high-quality items in the best possible condition. While many of our beautiful pieces have had charmed lives, some are well loved and may exhibit some wear, or a manufacturing blemish. This is typical of vintage and antique treasures. We will mention any major imperfection to the best of our ability. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or to request more images. Photographs are also part of the description & at times can cause items to appear larger than they are. The color on the item may vary slightly from the color on your screen due to monitor color restrictions. NOTE: Due to the nature of antique and vintage items, all items are sold "AS IS" and sales are final, we do not accept returns. If you are unsure about an item and need additional photos or have any questions, please notify us prior to making your purchase. We would be happy to hear from you. Thanks again for looking! WARNING: Freshwater Creek Pickers sells adult collectable products for purchase by adults 18 years and over. If any product you are purchasing is intended for a child please assume the following warning may apply to that product. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. [Worker setting eyes in sleeping dolls, Paragon Rubber Company and American Character Doll, Easthampton, Massachusetts] American Character Doll Company The American Character Doll Company was an American toy company specializing in dolls. Their most popular dolls included "Tiny Tears," "Tressy," "Butterball Doll", "Sweet Sue," and "Toodles." Founded in 1919, the company's fortunes peaked in the mid-20th century, as they sold millions of dolls exclusively to retailers and mail-order houses such as Sears and Montgomery Ward. The company was the first to produce mass-marketed rubber dolls in the United States. American Character Dolls went bankrupt in 1968, with their assets acquired by the Ideal Toy Company. History The American Doll and Toy Corporation was established in 1919 by Russian Jewish immigrant brothers Jacob and Max Brock, and their partner Ed Schaefaer, with many of the Brock relatives occupying key positions at the company. The company used the trade names "Aceedeecee" and "ACDC". American Character Dolls' factory was in Brooklyn; the company operated a store on East 17th Street in New York City in the late 1920s. By the late 1930s, the company's manufacturing plant, comprising 130,000 square feet, was in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The company made the news in 1937 when it was ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to stop claiming that its patented "paratex" (a hard rubber made from a "secret formula") was superior to composition dolls (popularly made by American Character's competitor the Ideal Toy Company). In 1951, American Character partnered with competitors the Ideal Toy Company and the Alexander Doll Company to establish the United States-Israeli Toy and Plastic Corporation, designed to produce material for toys in Israel and the U.S. The new corporation's offices shared space with American Character. In 1954, American Character Dolls established a $2,000 annual fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University, known as the Frances Horwich Graduate Fellowship in Early Childhood Education. In 1954, the company was awarded a patent for a doll that "breathes, sheds tears, drinks from a bottle, blows bubbles, and even smokes." By 1967 the company's fortunes were in decline, with unsecured claims of approximately $1.4 million. Settlements were arranged in March and June 1967, and the company continued to operate on a limited scale. Shortly after that, in 1968, American Character Dolls filed for bankruptcy and went out of business. Molds for some toys were sold to Mattel and Ideal Toy Company, which acquired the defunct company's dyes, patents, and trademarks. Product history American Character dolls were thought to be well-made, with good-quality costumes. Early dolls were made of composition; one of their first lines of mother and character dolls was introduced in 1923 and called "Petite;" they remained popular into the 1930s. The Puggy and Sally Campbell Kids children dolls were introduced in 1928; they were based on the cartoon characters designed by Grace Drayton. Photo Below: American Character released a limited number of celebrity dolls over the years, beginning with "Lucky Aviation Kid" in 1927, a Charles Lindbergh doll wearing a brown aviator suit and flight cap, with a Spirit of St. Louis model plane ribbon, white socks and brown shoes. In the 1930s, the company released the celebrity doll "Carol Ann Beery," based on the child actress of the same name. The Kathryn Grayson autographed celebrity doll was produced in the late 1940s. American Character switched their formula from composition to their branded "Paratex" in the mid-1930s. Celebrity dolls released in the 1950s included Alice In Wonderland (1952), "Annie Oakley" (1954), "Eloise," and a series of I Love Lucy dolls (1952), the most popular of which was the baby doll later known as "Little Ricky." The 14" vinyl doll came dressed in a flannel gown and cried "real tears." (In 1952 stars Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz were expecting a child.) American Character's most popular doll was Tiny Tears, introduced in 1950 and remaining in production throughout the company's existence. The baby doll's distinguishing feature was her ability to shed tears from two tiny holes on either side of her nose when her stomach was pressed after being filled with water from her baby bottle. Tiny Tears became one of the most popular dolls of the 1950s, due in part to television ads featuring a young Patty Duke that aired on popular children's shows such as the highly influential Ding Dong School with Frances Horwich. "Sweet Sue," introduced in 1951, was popular throughout the decade into the early 1960s. A pre-teen plastic doll, she came in a variety of sizes. In 1957, American Character marketed "Sweet Sue Sophisticate," a 14" or 20" fashion doll. The "Toodles" multi-jointed plastic doll — able to "kneel, sit, play and assume 1,000 different positions" — was introduced in 1955 and became a big seller for American Character, including its associated products like "Toodles Toddler" (1955-1959), "Teeny Toodles" (1959-1960), and "Tommy Toodles" (1959-1960). "Toni," released in 1958, was a fashion doll for Toni hair products, sold by Gillette. Toni, also marketed as "Cha Cha" or "High Society," was popular into the 1960s. Tressy, introduced in 1963, was a fashion doll with a feature to adjust the length of its hair. Modern furniture designer Jesse Dean and his wife, Diana, invented and patented the doll. It was first sold as an 11½" fashion doll similar to Mattel's Barbie. Tressy featured a long swatch of hair that could be pulled out of the top of the doll's head by pushing a button on the doll's midriff; that mechanism allowed children to comb the hair in various styles. American Character intended that Tressy's "growing" hair feature would give the doll a marketing edge over its blockbuster competitor, Barbie. Tressy was popular from the outset, selling into its retirement in 1965. Unlike Mattel, which maintained sole manufacturing and global distribution rights on its bestselling Barbie doll, American Character allowed the Regal Toy Company of Canada to manufacture and sell its version of Tressy, which had a heavier eye and facial makeup. There was also a Palitoy Tressy sold in the United Kingdom and a Bella Tressy made and marketed by Societe Bella in France. "Cricket" was marketed by the American Character Doll Co. in 1964 as Tressy's cousin. American Character focused on talking dolls in the early 1960s, with such models as "Little Miss Echo" (1962-1964), "Baby Babbles" (1963), and "Baby Says," (1963). The only celebrity dolls American Character released in the 1960s were the Cartwright Family (1966), based on Bonanza. The company's final big product launches were "Whimsies" (1960–1961), a line of dolls with names like Bashful Bride, Dixie the Pixie, Fanny (an angel), Hedda Get Bedda (a multi-face doll with three faces), Hilda the Hillbilly, Lena the Cleaner, Miss Take, Monk, Polly the Lady Raggie, Simon, Strong Man, Suzie the Snoozie, Tillie the Talker, Wheeler Dealer, Zack the Sack, and Zero the Hero (a football player); and "Tiny Whimsies" (1966), a line of 7-1/2" dolls with names like Lites Out (nightgown), I'm Yours (bride), Fly with Me (witch), Swing It (dancer), Love Me (red pantsuit), and I'm Hooked (groom); and a line of 6" dolls with names like Pixie, Swinger, Granny, Lites out, Minnie Mod, Jump'n, and Go-Go. Dressing and packing dolls at Paragon Manufacturing Company in Easthampton, Massachusetts (1937) Shipping Items will be bubble wrapped and secured in a cardboard box for safe shipping. We may use CLEAN recycled boxes/packaging.Batteries Not included if applicable. 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