Dolls in the 1963 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog, Part 2: Tiny Thumbelina, Rushton Dolls + More 

I loved this catalog. My little sister and I spent many hours trying to decide what dolls we wanted for Christmas. We had Chatty Baby, Chatty Kathy, Thumbelina, baby Thumbelina, Tammy, Barbie, Tiny Tears, and a 36 inch doll that walked. Each year we got to pick out one doll each. It was magical every Christmas morning…and the sweet smell of the new dolls was simply amazing. We loved our dolls.

I'm totally obsessed with dolls, there is sadly no market for vintage dolls today ! For me vintage dolls have much more cute characteristics.

I had a Newborn Thumbelina. She was my favorite doll

Gosh. The memories you set off. Thank you.

I love to listen to your Doll reviews. I hope you are doing more if them.💙💗

These dolls were just coming out at the time my parents decided I was getting too old to play with dolls. So I missed out but have grown into a huge doll collector in my adult years. Thanks for the information and joy this brings connecting to the past.

I was not born yet, but Horseman and other Toy Companies in 1963 made some lovely things:)!! My favorite Dolls in Part 2 are: Ideal's Pebbles Flinstone Doll, Baby Doll in a beautiful Christening Dress, Suzy Musical Doll who reminds me a little of a Monchichi Doll with the vinyl face as well as her plush fluffy pink body, @ 8:18 the musical Doll with a "magic bottle" as well as her pretty pink dress, and Flopsie Horsman Doll with soft body as well as her vinyl head:)!! As for my favorite Cribs: I really loved the Deluxe Doll Crib with adorable bunny decal and the Early American Wooden Cradle:)!! Dolls and their accessories were really made well and so detailed back then:)!! Thanks for sharing your Montgomery Ward Catalog and I am looking forward to Part 3:)!!

As a child of the late 1960's/70's, I definitely remember these dolls and their manufacturers!

BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU! I was born in 1963 and STILL have my dolls and STILL LOVE them and just revel in their beauty! Today's ignorant children because of ignorant LIB parents do NOT know how to play with dolls and love them , so sad....

This brings back my childhood thankyou ❤

I remember having a magic bottle and always being amazed by it ☺️. I don’t remember any of these particular dolls, but what a grand selection for little girls of the day to dream about !Thanks for posting 😊

Those magic bottles were fun. I remember getting one.

Nice! Nothing I owned, but I remember seeing some of them. Horseman sure had a variety of dolls. That was so much fun seeing all the vintage dolls. Looking forward too the next! 🙂

So interesting! Loved to see the matching strollers sets and their sturdy constructions. Like you, I also loved the twins with their pet dog. Looking forward to part 3!

1963 is the year I was born. Iam a doll collector and I have many dolls from this era.

Wow! With the prices in this catalog I could have bought so many of these beautiful dolls! Thanks for another great video!

Hi! I have a Baby Wendy / Miss Peep doll, (She's a Baby Wendy doll, but Baby Wendy is just a re-imagined version of Miss Peep that has an open mouth and can wet, drink water, and has a different lip shade. Miss peep dolls started being manufactured during the 50's from what I know, but Baby Wendy is from the early 70's (from the little information about baby wendy, because all I have found is a few pictures and a 1973 ad) Baby Wendy sits on my bed and I take good care of her, but I recently noticed parts of her face, hands, and feet turning blue. The second I saw this I removed the tiny blue jacket on a stuffed animal of mine, because I thought that was what caused it. Then, she started to get even more blue. Turns out, it was my blue silk pillowcase. I immediately took the pillowcase off my pillow. I tried to get the stain out with a Magic Eraser (on her hands of course incase it would take off her facial colors as in lips or blush) but it didn't work. Do you know how to get rid of the stain? I really need help, so if you do know, I would really appreciate a reply. Thank you, I loved the video.

Boy does this bring back memories I think I had a chatty Cathy and I had that little pink doll with fur on it and it had the music box in it..and the doll with growing hair and a kissing doll.. you pulled on her arms inward and she pucker up and kissed..but I was a bad kid and I remembered useing a ball point pen on the dolls face.

love your videos thank you!

Another informative video. I love viewing these old catalogues. I can remember as a child my friend had the Pebbles and the Thumberlina dolls. It brought back a lot of memories.

So interesting 😊

That was incredible I so remember looking through those books I love the bear skin baby I found one at the flea market about 15 years ago

I found my Tiny Thumbelina doll on a shelf in the back of my parents coat closet when we were cleaning out our childhood home. I hadn't seen her since I was a child. She's not in very good shape, but I am going to try to restore her one of these days.

Thank you for showing me 1 of my favorite dolls when I was a child. I loved my dancing doll but my mother threw it away....she was mean.🕊❤

The doll to the left of baby snoozer is baby peaches. I got her for Christmas in 1964. Wish I still had her

at 8:35 on the left, that moves and is musical looks like Thumbelina again. I was born in 1955, and still have my Thumbelina doll and she very much resembles this doll. The ones mentioned earlier don't say they are musical. The blond hair on mine is more like what she probably looked like new. (She is well played with!) Sleeping eyes, soft body, rooted hair, vinyl arms, and legs. I think this is also Thumbelina. (I know the one I have is and she is just like this baby doll. Came with the same accessories.)

amazing dolls and accessories thank you

Enjoyed the video!

Nice catalog.

EBay might have one ☝🏽 of those Thumbalina doll

I still have my musical baby snooze doll. The windup music box broke. I remember my dad trying to fix it.

I have the 20 inch Thumbelina as well as Tiny Thumbelina, the Tiny Thumbelina I have is in her original clothing and still works. The larger Thumbelina I have no longer has original clothing but she still works. I wish I knew what their worth.

The real tumberina infant she had a beautiful knited blue outfit and matching blanked she use move around like a real baby a round wind up in the back, that was the original, the following year they came out with a new one thst was as real looking as the first

I believe I have the newborn doll in the Christening dress. I was wondering what year she came from. She has a cloth body. Vinyl head with rooted hair, limbs are vinyl. She has a rubber ball inside of her the was to make burp sounds. She is in great shape. I don't have her booties. I think I got her bonnet.

Have the Pebbles

The pink snow suit did come on Thumbelina. I have the suit and, it also came in blue too. I have a couple of Thumbelina dolls in different sizes and, have some original clothes as well.. I would love to be able to get various original Thumbelina doll outfits and, to be able to identify the outfit and, the year released. I had the first Thumbelina release as a kid and mine had a long white dress. I wish I still had her but my brother ripped her box out and, she disappeared. Let me know if you want pictures. Love your videos.

The Jill doll from the jack and Jill series, Was used in the pilot episode of family affair, As the Mrs. Beasley doll.

I had that tall blond dancing rag doll when I was a little boy. I took it with me when we moved to Montgomery ala in 65 and by that time it was worn out with barley a body.

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Wait what ?! How dose the person who created this video collect baby dolls ? Where

The larger Thumbelina did have th at outfit. I am restoring some dolls and, was able to get the pink snow suit. I can send you pictures if you like. I have seen this snow suit in blue as well.

Do you know which batteries go in the Tippy Toes doll?

Maybe you can help me? I was born in 1959, and my parents bought Christmas from their catalogs. I got a doll called "baby's first Christmas " i am trying to find which year's wishbook and to find a picture of her. I loved that doll. I just got a 1967 horseman doll with very similar eyes. Could you help me??

Can you help me find my childhood baby doll?

Wasn't there a doll in the 1950's called "Baby Wipe Her Ass?"