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An Advertising Doll! 1920s-1960s Identification and Values Book
The Buddy Lee doll made it's way to store windows as an advertising doll for the H.D. Lee Mercantile Co. starting in 1920. Other dolls covered in this book include: the Betty Lee doll and the Lion Doll.
An Advertising Doll!, a 25-year project by the authors, documents the dolls and outfits from the beginning through the 1960s. Over 790 color photographs will surely delight both the novice and experienced collector. This book covering more than forty years includes seventeen chapters detailing the Union-Alls Playsuits; Zippers, Jiffy, Whizits; Sports; Coveralls; Sanforized (Color Matched); Engineers; Cowboys; Gasoline; Farming; Miscellaneous; Reproductions; Advertising; Counter Displays; Photographs; Drawing Book; Betty Lee Doll; and Lion Doll.
Companies represented include: Shell, Philgas, Texaco, Standard, Pure, Mobil, Gulf, Phillips 66, Minneapolis Moline, John Deere, Allis-Chalmers, Allied US1, Coca Cola, Colonial, the railroads, and others. This user-friendly book features color coded chapters, original product advertising, picture guide to Buddy Lee dolls (composition and hard plastic), and a value guide. Indexed. 2012 values.
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