My Dolls

Dolls in the rocker are:
1. An Ideal Baby Big Eyes in a yellow Polly Flinders dress (her original top is folded on the chair arm--can't find the pj pants) which was mine when I was little. My mom reminds me that I wasn't always very nice to her. I reset her hair and gave her a little cheek color to even that out.
2. A Chatty Baby. She doesn't talk any more and her face and arms have whitened a bit. Her hair came out really nice after a Downy soak.
3. A modern Berenguer baby I got at a yard sale for $1.50.

The dolls by the mirror are:
1. An Effanbee which I think is from the Grand Dames series. I don't know which and she's probably missing her hat. I gave her some makeup as she was faded. Otherwise she's complete and her hair was super nice after a wash and condition. I got her for $3 at the pigeon show.
2. A porcelain Dolley Madison by Brinn's. Nice shape. Got it at a yard sale.
3. Sun Rubber company doll with molded clothes. I've had it for awhile and don't remember where I got it. Probably Old Threshers.
4. A Danbury Mint Shirley Temple. Several years old and purchased at Target.
alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502010712285670418" />All my cornhusk dolls which will probably have to move. Most are Nan's dolls from Old Threshers but a few are from Jude at Deutsch Country Days.
And my old Francie doll. It's the only old Barbie I still have. She has a bad ankle so I'm hoping to find a vintage outfit online which would include socks or tights.

Penny Brite who has had a remarkable transformation since I paid about $1 for her at a flea market. Her hair looks like new after a wash and Downy rinse. I got the replacement dress and bow on ebay for about $2.
Madeline from Las Vegas--present from John C.
Another Sun Rubber Co doll in back.
A modern china head made from Iowa clay and wearing a yellow dress which I got at Old Threshers years ago.
In the center in blue and white is the little 70's Ginny I got at the Mennonite thrift shop. She was really dirty and her hair was a wild bush.
Seated, in the colorful costume, is a New Bright Industries Bookcase Collectible doll, also purchased at the Mennonite thrift shop for $1. She was very dirty and her red apron was shredded and will be replaced. She's a Ginny clone and the delicate pleated trim on her sleeves is almost identical to the trim used on Mexico Ginny.
In the white gown, probably bridal, is a ATC doll, one of the many Storybook doll clones. She may be from as early as the 50's. Another thrift store.

On the short upper shelf:
Dolly, my hard plastic, unmarked doll from the early 50's. She had a stuffed body with a crier and rubber arms and legs and a reddish blond mohair wig. I've seen one on ebay which is in very good shape--beautiful!
Large china head is from an antique store in IL. I got it relatively cheaply because it was mended. The smaller china heads, some of which you can't see well, were found in the garden at Dodgeville (not sure about the medium one).
At the back is a half doll, also purchased cheaply because the head has been glued back on. I need to redo it with some better china mend.
Russian dolls from John Wayne.
And lying in front is a carved doll found along the foundation of the house Grandpa and Grandma rented on Flint Bottom. The carved neck fits in a hole in the torso so it moves. There were unmoving legs and there were small holes where possibly arms were pinned on. Very unusual and interesting.
On the other shelf: Ginny's
Three were purchased on ebay as dolls to dress and play with with grandkids. One is dressed in blue print fabric left after I made Elizabeth's interview dress for Li'l Miss Burlington. The blue with the straw hat and teddy and the white with the crown (Josephine) were purchased as a treat to myself at an antique mall. The one in yellow was so dirty and dull but washed up so nicely. I got her for about $5 at an antique mall at Mt. Pleasant.

In the center is the Madame Alexander Marmee which I bought at the last pigeon show for $2.50. Her eyes caught the light. They're fine. To her left is Jo. I got her in the mail yesterday. I will have a long hunt for reasonably priced Beth, Meg, and Amy.
On the left is the china head doll John C bought me for our first Christmas. She's sitting in a white wicker chair set made by Great Uncle George. Vivian and Inez gave me the velvet to make her dress. I also made the body and used repro hands and feet. John C meant her to be a surprise and was coming out of our second bedroom (Pammell Court) after he'd hidden it looking pleased as punch and wearing the sticker on his flannel shirt. I shoudn't have said anything but he'd have realized soon enough so I laughed. Oh dear! Seems so many Christmases after that somehow I accidently (REALLY) found or had delivered to me the present or the box or the bill.....

The dolls in the smaller rocker were carved by John C. He sold a few years ago and I wish he had time to try them again. And the one in the chair in the blue and white is a Zapf.
I think no one checks this so it doesn't matter that it's been awhile. So, I'm going to put on photos of my dolls, as I've recently gotten them all together and put them in the old secretary desk in the green guest room.