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A thorough history of the company is included, along with hundreds of color photographs. Tressy was trademarked in 1963 as the doll with the hair that grows. In the uk and canada, both palitoy and reliable respectively were licensed to produce tressy. American characters tressy doll is a 11 12 tall teenage fashion doll with growing. Vintage tressy doll fashions by american character book catalog. Several companies including mattel and ideal rejected him before he signed with american character in 1962. These regal dolls are a little different to the first american and british dolls. The doll the universe provided, a brunette palitoy tressy wearing winter journey. Buy tressy in vintage dolls and get the best deals. Rasheed started out as a shoe maker in the story owning his own shop. Included are five red shift dresses and an orange and floral dress that i think is a tressy dress. Tressy was trademarked in 1963 as a doll with hair that grows by the american character toy company of new york.
Judith izen is the author of two bestselling doll books, collectors guide to. The patent for the growing hair feature was bought by ideal and used on the 16inch tall chrissy doll as well as the companys own 16inch version of tressy. The doll was originally made by the american character doll company of new york. Tressy was made in the united kingdom in the early 60s by palitoy, cascelloid division of bakelite xylonite limited, owen street. The tressy doll section is particularly disappointing as i was hoping for a. Find tressy and tammy from a vast selection of dolls.