Bingo

Name: Bingo

Made by and When: Horsman, 1910

Material: Composition head; brown velvet body, arms and legs; fingerless mitten hands

Height: 13 inches

Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Only traces of black painted hair remain/painted brown eyes/open mouth with molded tongue

Clothes: Redressed in a blue romper that has a red collar and red cuffs

Other: Bingo has a dimple in the right cheek. This doll is one of Horsman’s American Kids dolls from 1910 marketed as “Can’t Break ‘em composition dolls.”

Bingo is featured on page 73 of *Collector’s Guide to Horsman Dolls*… by Don Jensen.

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