SUZIE
and FRIENDS
seated in front:
Nancy Ann's
"Debbie," and an unnamed Block Company doll.
middle row:
Block's
"Little Miss Addie," Vogue's modern
"Littlest Angel";
Suzie; an unmarked vintage celluloid, and a modern
Corolle doll.
back row:
modern Zapf doll;
vintage R&B's "Li'l Imp";
another Block doll, and Effanbee's "Sunday," by
Astry Campbell;
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"Li'l Susan" is a 10 1/2 inch bent-knee walker
with flat feet and toe detailing. She has the body of a
little girl. She was produced in the mid-1950s by the E.
G. Goldberger Doll Company, also known as
"Eegee." Her body, legs, and arms are thick
hard plastic; her head is vinyl, stuffed for firmness.
She has blue sleep eyes with brush eye lashes,
single-stroke painted brows, painted lower eyelashes,
blushed checks, painted lips, and a belly button. She
moves at the neck, shoulders, hips, and knees. Her body
has pin-jointed hips. Her arms are cross-strung with an
elastic band.
Eegee's "Li'l Susan" and
dolls of her genre (10" to 11" chubby
toddler dolls) are distinctly non-sexualized. For more
information about the chubby toddler dolls of the 1950s,
check the following pages at other web sites:
Chubbie Toddler Dolls of the 50s/60s
Arranbee's Littlest Angel
Hard Plastic Walkers of the Fifties
Littlest Angel, Debbie & Block
Walkers
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