Name: Tiny Tubber
Made by and When: Effanbee, 1975
Material: Soft vinyl/rubber, synthetic hair, acrylic eyes, plastic, paint
Marks: (Head) EFFANBEE 19©66
Height: 10 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Rooted short brown hair, brown almond-shaped sleep eyes with attached rigid plastic upper eyelashes and painted eyelashes in the upper corners of the eyes, pursed lips with a center hole and sepia lip color
Clothes: White crocheted dress and booties, white cotton panties with a side snap closure
Other: Tiny Tubber is from Effanbee’s 1975 Crochet Classics Collection #2373. The doll’s head is marked 1966; however, Effanbee often used the same head sculpts for many years to update newer versions or for renamed dolls. The date, October 21, 1980, is handwritten on the front of the doll’s heart-shaped Effanbee hangtag. The curator acquired this doll during the 1990s from the late Pat Tyson, former owner of Cultural Accents in Detroit, Michigan.
Tiny Tubber’s hangtag reads, “I Am Tiny Tubber, an Effanbee doll that will touch your heart / Since 1910.” The back of the hangtag reads, “I am just one of the many members of the beautiful Effanbee Doll family, created by expert dollmakers who have been making exquisite dolls like me for over 60 years. Love me, take good care of me and I will love you. And because I am an Effanbee Doll, I’ll be your friend for a long, long time. Effanbee Doll Corp / 200 Fifth Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10010 / Made in U.S.A.” Effanbee is one of the earliest American doll makers of superior quality dolls, when manufacturing dolls in America was the norm.
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