Name: Newborn Thumbelina
Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corporation, 1968
Material: Vinyl head, arms, and legs; foam-stuffed brown-cloth body
Marks: (Head) ©1967 Ideal / TT-9-H108 / JAPAN
(Cloth body tag) IDEAL TOY CORP. / HOLLIS, NEW YORK, N.Y. / POLY-URETHANE FOAM/ MADE IN JAPAN
Height: 9 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Short brown straight-rooted hair with a side part, brown-painted eyes, closed mouth with pink lip color.
Clothes: Short-sleeve white knit top adorned with a yellow ribbon in the center, orange knit pants with enclosed feet
Other: Newborn Thumbelina is a mechanical doll with a pull string that activates the “wiggle like a newborn baby” movement of the head and body when the string is pulled. The doll has a copyright of 1967 and entered the market in 1968.
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