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1950-1960
GUSN-103668
Hard plastic female doll with long blond curly nylon hair, blinking eyes with long black eyelashes and pursed red painted lips, moveable head, arms and legs.
dolls
Doll
Doll
This Toni doll belonged to the donor when she was a child. Toni dolls were used as an advertising gimmick for the Toni Home Permanent and were introduced by Bernard Lipfert in 1949.
"IDEAL DOLL / P-91" (Molded)
3396
Lipfert, Bernard (Designer)
Sudbury, MA (use)
15 x 6 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Sara Junkin
2008.34.3.2
Title Accession Number 2008.34.3.1
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