Betty McCall Doll

Name/Title

Betty McCall Doll

Entry/Object ID

8.22

Description

Betsy McCall Doll by Vogue. Material: plastic, textile, metal, button. Size: 2" x 8". Description: pink plastic jointed figure of a girl; brown attached fiber wig with metal barrettes; facial features include painted eyebrows, pinkened cheeks and darker pink lips; brown glass eyes with long brown eyelashes that open and close; attire includes white lace-edged panty, white sheer camisole bodice front, (c) yellow pleated dress with a white collar and yellow ribbon streamer extended down dress front and embroidered with a tiny pink flower and green leaves; (a) white felt double-breasted coat with four white buttons and belted at the back waistline; two attached white felt mittens, (b) white felt bonnet that ties under chin with white satin ribbons; black plastic shoes with straps, white nylon ankle stockings.

Context

A wardrobe handsewn by donor's mother, Blanche Gedosch, consists of #8.22.4 a yellow felt coat, white felt tam with ribbons, pink dress, pink pajama, pink panty; pink sunsuit, white and red sunsuit and green checkered cotton short and blouse set. This wardrobe was made to fit both the Ginny doll and the Betsy McCall doll #8.22.2.

Made/Created

Date made

1950

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Doll

Create Date

February 1, 2022

Update Date

May 12, 2026