RARE, HOWDY DOODY doll, EFFANBEE 1950s vintage sleep eyes, clean & all original

Description

It's
Howdy
Doody
Time
!
Memories of an
All
American
childhood favorite....
Here's
"Howdy Doody",
23" tall
, composition
doll
from 1949 to the early 1950s, a
childhood favorite
and just as you remember him from the cast of one of the most popular
children's television classic shows
starring,
"Mary Hartline",
"Buffalo Bob"
(Smith), "
Clarabell Clown"
and his puppet friends. With his molded red/brown hair,
big brown,
sleep eyes
,
h
appy, grinning mouth, perfect white teeth,
numerous brown freckles
and thickly molded reddish brown hair
he'll
make you feel like a kid again
!
Produced by Effanbee
he wears all his original, bright and clean, clothing: colorful
blue plaid cotton shirt with long sleeves and buttons and trimmed pocket flaps along with original heavy blue cotton twill jeans with side pockets,
original blue cotton
signature,
"Howdy Doody" neck scarf
and
original brown leather belt with silver buckle,
extremely hard to find, original woven straw, cowboy hat with chin ties
. He has a clean, soft stuffed, pink cloth body with shaped feet and large composition hands. His head can swivel and turn. His companions and other items are
not included
and listed separately. (loc 12)
See him in "
Collector's Encyclopedia of
American
Composition Dolls
", Vol. I-Mertz on page 219.
He is in very good overall condition with some slight eyelid roughness, (no missing paint, no cracks, no repairs or repaint and no odors, from a smoke free home) especially considering how much attention these toys were given. Give him a place to "hang out" near your desk or around your home.
He'll always
bring a smile to your face
! Bring back the "good old days"!
Please note:
nearly all of our items are
antique or vintage
(usually with some signs of wear due to usage and previous storage). We do our very best to describe and photograph them for you and do not repair, restring, repaint or enhance them in any way as most collectors prefer to find them in their original state. Please use the zoom feature on our photos as they are an important part of the description.
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