Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 1995.043.04
- Creator:
- Great American Plastics Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1970
- Description:
- Kewpie doll, made by Great American Plastics Company, Nashua, NH, 1940-1970. Injection-molded plastic, pink with blue eyes. Movable arms. Maker's mark on back: "IRWIN" and "MADE IN / U.S.A."
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-4 D-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Bertram Cohen donated these toys to NHHS in response to solicitation for sample products made by New Hampshire producers. These toys were generally marketed through Woolworth Stores and Sears.
Irwin Corporation (1922- ), Nashua, NH. Toy manufacturer. Irwin Cohn, co-founder, president, and chairman of the board.
Great American Plastics Company. Nashua, NH, and Leominster, MA. Toy manufacturers. Headquarters at 85 Factory St., Nashua, NH.
Great American Chemical Corporation, Nashua, NH, and Leominster, MA. Manufactures PVC polymers; controlled by Great American Plastics Company. Bertram Cohen, owner, 1957-1980.
Nashua Plastics Company, Nashua, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Bertram M. Cohen
- Subjects:
- Dolls
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