Q: I bought this baby doll at an antique shop in Maine last summer. It’s not in very good shape. The eyes work but the crier doesn’t. “Acme Toy Co.” is marked on the back of the doll’s neck. It has a cloth body, but I’m not sure of the material of the arms and legs. It’s about the size of a 1-year-old child. I have another doll just like this I have had since I was a child about 70 years ago, but its face isn’t in good shape. (I left mine in the rain, so I pretended it had the measles.) Can you tell me something about the maker?
A: The Acme Toy Co. was in business in New York City from 1908 until at least the 1930s. The company made composition doll heads, baby dolls, mama dolls, and doll parts for other manufacturers. The dolls have composition heads and limbs and stuffed cloth bodies. The doll, in excellent condition, would sell for about $100.
