Sleep eye doll set of 2 produced by PMA Plastic Molded Art Company circa 1950s. Each is dressed in pvc/vinyl plastic clothing with a buckram underslip and painted black shoes.
Box info: Tiny - Teen Exquisitely styled in soil-proof plastic clothing
Movable eyes, head and arms! Real hair! Real eyelashes!
Height: 7 1/2"
Excellent vintage condition. Box has pencil writing and some edge / shelf wear, see photos.
Web info:
https://www.dollreference.com/plastic-molded-arts-pma-dolls-usa/
--- 1949+ Plastic Molded Arts PMA Dressed Dress-Me type display dolls, 7 1/2-8″ tall, Dress Me type dolls all hard plastic, boys with painted hair girls with glued on mohair wigs, sleep eyes, painted eyebrows, some with molded eye lashes or painted, jointed at the shoulders, stationary legs with painted shoes, original clothing is stapled to the doll, so it is usually still on the doll today, dolls are unmarked. Dolls came in a square box with a clear cello on front.
Some of the Dress-Me display dolls named outfits: Alice in Wonderland, Captain Hook, Crusader, Little Debbie Cakes (advertising doll), Greenbriar Maid, Graduate, Bride, Lady Hampshire, Lady Ravencroft, Miss 1953, Miss America, Miss Valentine, Polish Girl, Priscilla Alden, Scotch Groom, Sonya Sunshine, Suzy Walker, Undressed dolls to dress yourself and many, many others. PMA also sold these small dolls and doll parts to other doll makers to dress and sell.
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