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This was my doll made by Effanbee in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is all-composition, with brown yarn hair and blue eyes. She is all-original in her majorette outfit with a hat. She was a gift from my godmother after winning a baton twirling contest.
—Arlene Quinn, Woodridge, Ill.
Doll size: 18 inches
Condition: good, all original
2009 value: $250
Your majorette doll was advertised in the 1945 and 1946 Montgomery Ward catalog for $10.95, and a similar one was selling for $9.79 in 1948. The model for this doll was Little Lady/Anne Shirley. (The value of a dollar in 1948 had the buying power of $8.91 in 2008, so they were high end dolls for little girls.) Through the years, Effanbee has issued many dolls wearing majorette costumes. In fact, this doll was so pretty that the company actually reproduced her in vinyl a few years ago, complete with her majorette’s costume. Girls tended to kept her in her majorette’s costume, rather than redressing her in other clothing. |