Comparisons of Ginny Doll Bodies

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~~ The Many Body Styles of Ginny ~~ Hard Plastic and Vinyl Dolls


Painted Eye - Strung 1948-1950			Painted Lash - Strung 1950-1953
Marks on head: Vogue Marks on body: Vogue Doll			Marks on head: Vogue Marks on body: Vogue Doll
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Painted Lash - Walker 1954			Molded Lash Walker 1955-1956
Marks on head: Vogue Marks on body: GINNY/Vogue Dolls Inc./Pat. Pend./Made in USA			Marks on head: Vogue Marks on body: GINNY/Vogue Dolls Inc./Pat. No. 2687594/Made in USA
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Molded Lash/Bent Knee - Walker 1957-1962			Vinyl Head/Hard Plastic Body 1963-1965#
Marks on head: Vogue Marks on body: GINNY/Vogue Dolls, Inc./Pat. No. 2687594/Made in USA			Marks on head: GINNY Marks on body: GINNY/Vogue Dolls, Inc./Pat.No. 2687594/Made in USA
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All Vinyl - USA 1966-1972			Vinyl - Tonka 1972-1977#
Marks on head: GINNY Marks on back: GINNY/Vogue Dolls, Inc.			Marks on head: Ginny Marks on back: Vogue Dolls©1972 Made in Hong Kong
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Lesney - "Skinny Ginny" 1977-1982##			Lesney - "Chubby" 1980-81
Marks on head: GINNY/Vogue Dolls/ 1977 Marks on back: ©1978 Vogue Dolls Inc./ Moonachie N.J./Made in Hong Kong			Marks on head: Vogue Dolls©Ginny™ 1977 Marks on back: (same as Tonka) Vogue Dolls©1972/Made in Hong Kong
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Vinyl - Meritus 1984-1986			Porcelain - Meritus 1984
Marks on head: GINNY Marks on back: Vogue Dolls Inc./(A Star-like symbol)/M.I.I. 1984/Hong Kong			Marks on head: Vogue Marks on back: GINNY©Vogue Dolls Inc./(star symbol)/M.I.I. 1984/Made in Taiwan
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Hard Vinyl - Dakin 1986-1995###			Hard Plastic - Vogue Doll Co. 1995 - Present
Marks on head: none Marks on back: Vogue Dolls©1986 R. Dakin & Co./Made in Hong Kong			Marks on head: none Marks on back: Ginny©1988/The Vogue Doll Company/Made in China

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There were several variations in Ginny's body throughout the many decades she has been in production. The above is a good representation of her variety.
It is meant as a quick reference and to help the novice collector visualize the terms used to describe Ginnys and to assist in dating the age of their dolls.

# - The Tonka Ginny's had a tendency to have one leg noticeably longer than the other. Hair rather sparce.
## - Lesney's restyled "Skinny Ginny" body is also used on the Sassoon Ginny and International Brides
### - Dakin started out using the Meritus mold. They also used both soft vinyl and hard vinyl simultaneously.

References:

Ginny America's Sweetheart, by A. Glenn Mandeville
The Vogue Doll Encyclopedia, by Judith Izen and Carol Stover
That Doll, Ginny by Jeanne DuChateau Niswonger (out of print)
The Vogue Doll Family, by Jeanne DuChateau Niswonger (out of print)
Vogue Ginny Dolls, Though the Years With Ginny, by Patricia Smith (out of print)
The Ginny Doll Encyclopedia, by Sue Nettleingham Roberts & Dorothy Bunker