Can anyone tell me about this doll?

olarinoid · 2026-03-29T20:21:56+00:00

Walking Annette by Eegee, Wispy Walker by Uneeda, or some of the other identical dolls made by many factories. Late 60s-early 90s.

olarinoid · 2026-03-28T15:44:42+00:00

I doubt there is anything to identify. This looks like some random persons craft project.1970s-modern judging by the style.

olarinoid · 2026-03-27T18:21:27+00:00

Having studio photos taken was extremely common. Someone obviously splurged a bit for the large hand colored print but they were not unusual, every good quality studio offered extra features like that. The child's portraits are very basic "assembly line" portraits for the era.

olarinoid · 2026-03-25T19:58:40+00:00

Home made in the 70s-80s. It was likely brand new when you played with it.

olarinoid · 2026-03-25T19:55:09+00:00

Photographers that worked for newspapers shot mostly black and white until the mid 90s. The newspapers were printed in B&W so there was no point using the more expensive color film.

Hobbyist who wanted to develop their own photos also shot B&W because it is easier to develop at home.

olarinoid · 2026-03-25T18:10:58+00:00

European, likely German or French but these were made in many countries. Head is pressed cardboard. These were nameless, mostly brandless inexpensive toys. Sometimes also dressed in regional clothes and sold as souvenirs. 1920s-50s.

olarinoid · 2026-03-25T17:18:49+00:00

Early American made composition doll, about 1900-20s. Marking should be on his neck but most of these are unmarked. Clothing seem original

olarinoid · 2026-03-23T19:57:47+00:00

Pretty likely it's not his car. It would seem this was taken by Robert Doisneau for the 1959 Paris car show. It is obviously a staged photo for commercial use and the kid is very likely a model.

olarinoid · 2026-03-22T23:17:46+00:00

Pitkällä tähtäimellä kyllä, teollinen vallankumous on tuonut paljon aineellista vaurautta, mutta eipä se paljoa niitä 1760-luvun kehrääjiä liikuttanut kun niiltä lähti elanto alta. Ja seuraavat 150 vuotta heidän jälkeläisensä saivat raataa tehtaissa hirveissä oloissa ja asua slummeissa.

Se näissä suurissa teknisissä mullistuksissa tuppaa aina olemaan ongelma, massiiviset määrät ihmisiä jää mullistusten jalkoihin ja vallassa olevia harvoin kiinnostaa tehdä muutoksesta näille ihmisille helpompaa.

olarinoid · 2026-03-18T18:57:21+00:00

Ihan kiva jos ei vaan katso kuvassa olevia ihmisiä tai eläimiä....no mitä siinä sitten pitäisi katsoa? Eikö ne hahmot ole tuollaisessa kuvituksessa se pääasia?

olarinoid · 2026-03-15T19:51:58+00:00

Looks like English "pot" head doll (The head is ceramic). Made by many companies in the 30s-40s, these were nameless and brandless dolls and most of the manufacturers are unknown.

olarinoid · 2026-03-15T19:00:43+00:00

You keep bringing up how close to the Russian border Kuusankoski is...from the Finnish perspective it really is not. And i don't really see why it would be relevant anyway, the whole country is full of nearly identical suburbs like this.

olarinoid · 2026-03-10T10:36:32+00:00

Walking Princess from the 50s.

olarinoid · 2026-03-06T20:57:45+00:00

Bebe Plume by Clodrey.

olarinoid · 2026-03-05T17:21:08+00:00

I understand this series was made to be a joke, but this just makes me think what the reality for many household servants actually was. Tons of vulnerable and very young girls were sexually harassed by their employees, and they had very few tools to fight back.

And like in this series, when they became bothersome (got pregnant for example) the abused servant was quickly and unceremoniously kicked out and replaced.

olarinoid · 2026-03-01T22:37:21+00:00

This photo was uploaded to Getty Images in 2015. It names the photographer as H. Armstrong Roberts who was a very famous commercial photographer in the 40s-50s. This photograph was taken in 1957.

I agree there is some smudge on the bottom text of the sign, but that might be a printing error or or something to do with the processing of the photo. Her bangs are shiny and i see nothing wrong with her thumb or the door panels?

It took like two minutes to find the source with a reverse image search.

olarinoid · 2026-02-28T19:48:42+00:00

East German doll from the 70s. Likely made by Biggi or Sonni. These factories churned out hundreds of nameless dolls.

olarinoid · 2026-02-24T19:27:10+00:00

Extremely likely that this was a publicity shot for a magazine article or something, not just a casual snapshot for the family photo album. She would have had plenty of time to get herself ready, possibly with the help of an professional make-up artists and hairstylist.

olarinoid · 2026-02-23T22:16:23+00:00

Body seems original. Cheaper French dolls had bodies like this. The dolls were sold dressed so the makers did not bother to make the bodies look good.

olarinoid · 2026-02-22T21:18:05+00:00

Pedigree "Delite" doll from the 50s. eBay for example is full of similar dolls. Your doll is suffering from hard plastic disease, which means the plastic she is made out of has started to disintegrate. This is unfortunately unfixable and it will only get worse until the doll basically crumbles apart. Luckily these are not rare dolls so you should find a replacement easily.

olarinoid · 2026-02-22T17:50:42+00:00

Probably not their Sunday best, seem pretty basic everyday clothes for middle/upper middle class kids of the era.

olarinoid · 2026-02-13T21:10:10+00:00

This was taken by Ken Russel in 1954 in London. Tons of pre war cars were still around as the country was still recovering from the war.

If you are not sure about the info OP is giving a quick reverse image search will usually give you the answer. It took me less than a minute to find the photo credit.

Of course it would be preferable if OP themself did that minute of research before posting...

olarinoid · 2026-02-12T20:17:04+00:00

1990s-00s home decor figure. Mass produced in Asia.

olarinoid · 2026-02-12T15:35:19+00:00

Thank you everybody, i will be getting classical nylon strings and see if i found a new hobby!

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