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American Girls
An assortment of 1965 American Girls: ash blonde, blonde, brunette and titian
1965 - American Girl
- This is the second Bendable leg doll
(The first was Miss Barbie in 1964)
- Variety of hair colors - ash blonde, blonde, titian, brunette
- Pageboy (or 'bob') hairstyle, parted down the middle with bangs
- Chin length - coarse texture
-Rooting Pattern: bald in the back of head with just one or two rows on
bottom
- Blue irises and eyeliner, slight blush (often fades)
- Coral
finger and toe nail paint (toes may
no longer have the orig. paint)
- Coral lip color - often fades to nude or buttery yellow
- Full face with gently curved eyebrows
- Sold dressed in one-piece swimsuit with a multi-colored stripes on the top with aqua
on the bottom and aqua open toe heels
- Other accessories included a gold wire stand, booklet and wrist tag
- This doll did NOT come with earrings or originally have
earring holes!
- Markings: @1958/Mattel,Inc./U.S.Patented/U.S.Pat.Pend. (all indented or
'intaglio')
An assortment of gorgeous long hair American Girls. Notice that some have the
coral lips (low color face paint) and others have the high color face paint:
light blonde, light blonde, ash blonde, brunette, ash brunette, titian (or
cinnamon)
1966 American Girl
- Bendable legs
- Hair colors: shades of blonde (light and ash), shades of brunette, and titian (also known as cinnamon to collectors)
- Hairstyle: same as 1965 except longer length and softer texture (see also: Side-Part American Girl)
- Rooting Pattern: Entire head is rooted - no bald spot in back
- Face and nail paint: Same as 1965 except some dolls came with the 'Color Magic' (high color) paint. That means heavier blush, heavier eyeliner and geranium (also known as 'raspberry') lipstick and nail paint.
- Swimsuit and accessories stayed the same as in 1965
- This doll did NOT come with earrings or
originally have earring holes!
- Markings: same as in 1965 but with raised "Made in Japan" or, later in
1966, all raised markings
Pink Skin American Girl
Lovely Pink Skin American Girl
Pink Skin American Girl is pictured in the center
'Barbie in Bloom'
Early 1970s Pink Skin American Girl
-This lovely American Girl was sold exclusively in the European market. She was a re-issue of the 1966 American Girl only this version has the 'mod' or 'pink skin' of the mod era Barbie dolls.
-She was sold in the 'baggie' packaging wearing 'Barbie in Bloom'
-Her body is the 'standard' or straight-leg
pink skin Barbie body
Japanese Side-Part American Girl
High Color Long Hair (1966) American Girl wearing the hard to find Pan Am
outfit (in the foreground)
A nice assortment of American Girls: Rare high color side part American Girl
on the left, two 1965 American Girls in the background, and one long hair 1966
American Girl on the right (foreground)
