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About Antique French Dolls

About 1850, French craftsmen dollmakers started a trend that all others would follow: the Bebe. Until that time, most dolls were made in the image of adults. But leading French doll makers like Jumeau, Steiner, and Bru revolutionized the business with their creation of high quality porcelain infant dolls.

About Antique and Collectible Dolls

People have been making and collecting dolls since the beginning of time. There are many varieties of antique and collectible dolls, ranging from early German, French, bisque, and cloth dolls, to early 20th century Kewpie, Shirley Temple, and Ideal dolls, to later 20th century dolls like Ginny, and of course, Barbie.

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Dollreference.com

Dollreference.com

This densely packed index of antique and vintage dolls claims to offer over 10,000 images of dolls from the 1800s …  [more]

Fashion Doll Guide

Fashion Doll Guide

This site is all Barbie, all fashion from 1959 to 1972. Suzanne Maxwell lays out hundreds of period wardrobe choice…  [more]

Vintage Dolls of the 50s

Vintage Dolls of the 50s

Rhonda Wilson's collection of 1950s dolls, organized by name (Ginny and friends, Littlest Angel and friends, etc.) …  [more]

Lorettas Shirley Temple Dolls

Lorettas Shirley Temple Dolls

Loretta McKenzie's tribute to the charming, singing, dancing, curly haired Shirley Temple. Click 'My Dolls' on the …  [more]

Japanese Antique Dolls

Japanese Antique Dolls

Stella Rajendran's fantastic collection of over 550 antique Ningyo (Japanese dolls) used in festivals, celebrations…  [more]

Vintage Barbie Vinyl Reference Guide

Vintage Barbie Vinyl Reference Guide

Barbie vinyl collectors, you've come to the right place: Janet Poff's visually stimulating gallery of Barbie vinyl…  [more]

Kaylees Korner of Collectible Dolls

Kaylees Korner of Collectible Dolls

Kaylee's extensive collection of vintage dolls from the 1930s to 90s. Click the balloons to browse. Though Kaylee s…  [more]

Celebration of Tressy and Toots

Celebration of Tressy and Toots

Sandra Cartlidge's colorful tribute to Barbie rival Tressy and her kid sister Toots (Cricket in the U.S.), produced…  [more]

Keeping Ken

Keeping Ken

Jef Beck's definitive reference site on Ken dolls, from Malibu Ken to Talking Ken to Spanish Ken. Includes the earl…  [more]

Barbiecollector.com

Barbiecollector.com

The official Mattel archive of vintage Barbie dolls and fashions from 1959 to 1975, with photos and detailed descri…  [more]


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