Paper Dolls
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Coffee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: John Hoffmann & Sons Co., [1895]. A 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" uncut paper doll printed on card stock. Depicts a 5 1/4" self-easel paper doll and two (2) costumes and hats. Promotional info on body of the doll for Hoffmann's Old Time Coffee. Reverse is blank...
Price: $85.00
Paper Dolls, Supplements, Chromolithography, Forbes Dolls and Supplements
Boston, Massachusetts: Forbes Lith. Co., 1895. An uncut chromolithographed paper doll advertising Loose Bros. Portland Oyster Crackers, part of a "collect-them-all" type of marketing campaign: "A Novelty Picture Card in every Carton of LOOSE BROS. Crackers". When constructed a gent sitting on a bench, leaning on his hat while readying.....
Price: $90.00
Historical Paper Dolls, Advertising Paper Dolls, Newspaper Supplements
Brook's Spool Cotton, c.1900. An uncut paper doll, produced as an advertising premium for Brook's Spool Cotton. When assembled, the paper doll stands on its own. It is a young blonde man with three hats/wigs and four different outfits, all fancy 17th century dress. Measures 7.5" by 6.5", instructions printed.....
Price: $175.00
Paper Dolls, Supplements, Chromolithography, Forbes Dolls and Supplements
New York, New York: George Steck & Co., 1890s. A charming uncut and unassembled paper doll house piano with instructions for assembly. Produced as a supplement, it advertises Steck Pianos by George Steck & Co. Chromolithographed card (9.5" by 5"), with ink stamp of Ball & Speich Pianos on verso.....
Price: $100.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Women's History
New York, 30 Beekman St. McLoughlin, c1868. A hand colored two-sided paper doll on 5 3/4" x 3" card. An uncut thread-stitched booklet with six uncut costumes and hats. All with elaborate detail and hand colored embellishments. The inside of the folder includes printed Directions for Making. From the Paper.....
Price: $450.00
Lice, Hair care, Pest Control, Toxins, Strychnine
France: E. Rousseau, 1920s. Uncut paper doll advertising La Vendalice, a highly toxic strychnine-laced shampoo produced for killing lice. The paper doll itself depicts a very chic-looking girl with dark pageboy haircut, along with three outfits and matching hats. Measures 7.5" by 8.5"
Price: $200.00
Paper Dolls, Children's Illustrations, Watercolor, Toys
United States: 1930s. A particularly well-wrought and charming uncut paper doll booklet, "The Paper Doll Family", with wonderful original watercolor artwork featuring a paper doll baby with accompanying accessories and outfits. Oblong 12mo (3.5" by 6"), 4 unnumbered leaves secured with red ribbon.
Price: $450.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Health and Wellness
Ossining, NY: The Sterizol Co., [1920]. An 8" x 6 1/4" uncut advertising paper doll sheet with 6" "Happiness" with three (3) dresses and hair ribbons. A coupon at the base allows you to send for an extra sheet of Dresses, Rompers, Pajamas, Cloak and Hats for the doll for.....
Price: $75.00
Patriotism, Home Front, Advertising to Children, Paper Dolls
Clifton NJ: American Colortype Co., c1915. A 6 1/2" x 3 1/8" envelope with images of a sailor, a soldier and a military nurse on the front. Contents include two (2) 6" uncut paper dolls- No. 604 Nancy and No. 601 Henry, each with five (5) uncut costumes- all patriotic.....
Price: $150.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Circus
Stuttgart, Germany: J. F. Schreiber, Nro. 302, 1888. A 16 1/4" x 14" lithograph paper doll set printed on light weight stock It includes a women, three children and a horse The characters and costumes are two-sided and attach at the head or shoulders in the case of garments Each.....
Price: $450.00
Watercolor, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play
[1905]. Affluence abounds in this pretend play family of three (3) watercolor children with costumes and their governess or nurse. The infant has three (3) watercolor outfits. Note how the governess can securely hold the baby given the position of her arms. The older girls have four (4) and five.....
Price: $375.00
Made by Hand, Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Royalty
1890s: PM. Two (2) handmade watercolor paper dolls. The first is a 4 3/4" regal woman, the second a 3 1/2" page. Each with a single costume. The lady with a fine dress and hat with flowing scarf. The page or attendant has a hooded costume and walks a dog.....
Price: $425.00
Anthropomorphism, Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Dressed Animals
1922. A 13 1/2" die-cut rabbit paper doll withs a die-cut eye hole and grommeted ears- allowing both the eye and the ears to move. Easel back. Includes four (4) uncut costumes.-- US military, golfer, hunter and tennis player. Housed in a pressed board box with blue and white checked.....
Price: $120.00
Horoscopes, Advertising and Promotion, Advertising Premium, Women's History
Chicago: Cruver Manufacturing Co., 1913. 28 pp. booklet. Illustrated wraps. The cover depicts an astronomer gazing at the heavens. Designed with advertisments printed on the left and the introduction and horoscopes by sign printed on the right hand page. The horoscope pages are in color and present an overview for.....
Price: $55.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Chocolate Candy
Boston: Forbes Lith. [1895]. A 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" uncut Forbes multiple part interlocking paper doll depicting a little girl, her doll and a chair. Captioned at top "LOOSE BROS, Fine Chocolates have Flowing Cream Centers, a Novelty Picture Card in every Carton of LOOSE BROS. Crackers. Also includes.....
Price: $110.00
Social History, Popular Culture, WW2, SPARS, WACS, WAVES, fashion, historical fashion, costume
1987-2011. This collection of 28 paper dolls by the Jones Sisters, a pair of women, named Barbara Plummer and Barbara Barnett, who designed paper dolls. The majority of the collection are limited edition runs that were sold at the yearly Paper Doll Convention. The collection date from 1987-2011, with the.....
Price: $650.00
Costume Party, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Ethnicity and Culture, Jenny Lind
New York: Sam'l Gabriel & Sons Co. No. D137, [1940s]. Two (2) 8" die-cut paper dolls; one blond, Phyllis and one brunette, Patricia. with wooden bases (one lacking). The costumes for Blond Phyllis include American Costume of 1860 - "Betsy Ann" American Costume - "Jenny Lind" Czechoslovak Costume "Magda" Chinese.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Dolls, Gender Roles, Decorative Papers
Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., c.1935. Uncut paper doll book featuring two standing paper dolls (Mary and Madge) with 6 leaves of garment patterns ("School Dress", "Evening Cape", "Evening Dress", "Play Dress", "Garden Dress", and "Winter Dress"), along with 12 leaves of decorated paper to use as "fabric". Includes printed.....
Price: $125.00
Social History and Classes, Paper Dolls, Costume and Fashion, Pretend Play,Morality
Paris: H. Rousseau, [1855]. An untitled elaborate paper doll set with room setting. The litho on the cover depicts one lady admiring herself in a mirror with a second dresses the child and another lady looks on. Includes two identical 6.75" two-sided female dolls and a 4.75" child. The women.....
Price: $2,500.00
Paper Doll, Royalty, Pretend Play, Fashion and Costume, Social History
New York, NY: Frederick A.Stokes Co., 1895. This pressed board box with applied litho cover depicting all 7 of famous queens, along with Martha Washington. With applied label promoting G. A. Schwarz Toys, Phila. Each of the cut paper dolls is approx. 7 1/2" tall, single sided and identified on.....
Price: $925.00
Elizabeth S. Tucker, Paper Dolls, Queen Victoria
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1895. A single paper doll set with the same character and costumes as included in "Famous Queens and Martha Washington" a larger boxed set. Illustrated by Elizabeth S. Tucker. It includes Queen Victoria and three period costumes. The doll is wearing a white petticoat.....
Price: $500.00
Pretend Play, Fairy Tale & Fantasy, Paper Dolls
Springfield MA: Milton Bradley Co. No.4109. A 7" x 11 1/4" pressed board box with applied litho depicting Alice, the White Rabbit, the Mouse and the Mad Hattter at the tea party. Content includes four (4) die-cut dolls. The tallest is "big" Alice at 7 1/2" and the smallest is.....
Price: $100.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Social History, Women's History
1908-1913. Color newspaper paper dolls series of a good little girl who is always very careful about her dress. Printed on newspring. Each segment includes at least one paper dolls with costumes and accessories and a narrative promoting good behavior, caring and living in a perfect world. A segment captioned.....
Price: $375.00
doll, teddy bear, independence, anthropomorphic, adventure, friendship
New York: Margaret K. McElderry Book, 1979. 32pp. Dust jacket. Both written & Illustrated by Faith Jaques, the book tells the story of a doll named Tilly, who leaves the her doll house in search of a place of her own. Along the way she befriends a teddy bear named.....
Price: $60.00