Ava Marie

I found this sweet little girl behind the counter at a thrift store in Olivia, MN. I had to ask the clerk if she was for sale, and she mentioned that she was out as a scary Halloween doll. This little honey is not scary at all. She is so sweet, and once I cleaned her up, she looked so happy to have a new home. She is a UNEEDA doll from the 1960's and she is a wonderful addition to my collection. She is a large playpal size doll and she wears size 3 clothes.

Uneeda Doll Company was founded 1917-1991 in Brooklyn, New York city USA.  Uneeda produced thousands of cloth, composition, hard plastic and vinyl dolls that were well made and reasonably priced.  In the 1930s Uneeda was advertising over 400 models from 14 to 28" tall.  Later Uneeda was known as the Tony Toy Company of Hong Kong.

Uneeda dolls are often unmarked or marked with Uneeda inside a diamond, U or UN or (later dolls) Tony Toy Co Hong Kong, in the marking.  Uneeda's slogan was:  A Uneeda Doll is a gift to be treasured. (Source: dollreference.com)