Vintage Walking Dolls
Price in 1954.....................................$19.95
Weight.................................................1.8 lb
Height..................................................16 in.
Color plastic.........................................Cauc
Hair Color.............................................Brown attached Mohair
Manufacture........................................Advance Doll and Toy Co.
Year of Manufacture...........................1954 only
City of Manufacture.............................West Haven, Connecticut
Motor Drive...........................................1st Gen - key Wound Coil Spring
Doll Classification.................................Talking only
Body.......................................................Cloth stuffed
Shoes.....................................................White plastic slip-ons
Internal Structure .............................Cardboard type voice box insert
Total Restoration...................................
This was Advance Dolls only soft bodied Doll in 1954 after taking over the company from Walkalon in 1953. These dolls were made by the Advance Doll and Toy Co. It was a Talking Doll only since the body was soft cloth possibly duplicating Effanbee's cloth Bodied dolls in the early 1950's. These are extremely rare dolls and are hard to find with the voice boxes that actually work. It was the later version of Winnies voice box. In good condition, voice working and with sash and original Tama box can fetch high dollar amounts.