Painted Eye Ginny Doll 1947-1950

by janie on February 6, 2007

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After World War II, many dolls were manufactured using a newly developed plastic material. This new material was superior to the previously used composition. It was virtually indestructible so dolls could survive lots of misuse and even be bathed! They could now really be play dolls. The Vogue Doll Company produced a cute little 8″ hard plastic doll with painted eyes. She would become known as the “Painted Eye Ginny” even though the name “Ginny” wasn’t really created until 1951-1952. This doll had a moveable head, arms and legs. She was adorned with a glued mohair wig. The wig was styled with bangs or a side part curled flip. These mohair wigs were very pretty, but could not be combed without losing the original set. It is difficult to find a doll today with an untouched wig and are highly sought after by today’s collectors! These sweet little dolls came dressed in lovely outfits which had two different tags.� The earlier dolls had the “inkspot tag”. It was a white tag with a blue cloud-like spot with Vogue written in white. It was attached to the back of the outfit. The second tag was know as the “wave tag”. It was also a white tag usually folded in half with two wavy blue lines and the words Vogue Dolls. It was sewn into a seam on the back of the outfit. These wonderful little dolls are getting harder to find and are prized by many Ginny collectors.

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