Jody, an Old-Fashioned Girl

Name: Jody, an Old-Fashioned Girl

Made by and When: Ideal, 1975

Material: Vinyl with posable arms and legs, paint, and synthetic hair

Height: 9 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Floor-length black straight hair with a middle part, brown-painted eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes, closed mouth

Clothes: Wears a burnt-orange trumpet skirt, a high-collar puff-sleeve blouse with faux buttons on the front and snaps in the back, a black bow tie, a black belt, beige muslin bloomers with a pink bow on each leg and lace-trimmed ends; black ankle-length “button” boots complete Jody’s old-fashioned look.

Other: Ideal’s Jody doll represents an “old-fashioned” country girl from the late 19^th to early 20^th century. The doll was specifically marketed by Ideal as a wholesome, nostalgic alternative to the more modern and glamorous fashion dolls of the 1970s. Party Formal Jody and separately sold playsets were available: “The Country Kitchen,” “The General Store,” and “Jody’s Victorian Parlor.”

Gallery (Photos and description courtesy of Telisa Spain.)

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