One of the most resourceful handcrafting Dolls in the past can be seen in the Albert Bruckner creations. His Dolls were manufactured in 1901 and dolls were made of molded mask that was a product of Bruckners familiarity of lithography after several years in grey Lithographing Company. He was originally to lithography, which was a common printing process earlier in which stone and wax are primarily used to indicate the ink on paper and fabric.
Albert Bruckner knowledge about this printing process was applied to his doll creations where he received a patent for such an idea on July 8, 1901. Bruckner was called since creating Dolls in Horsman companies with their Babyland Rag Doll line. 1905 was a popular character Dolls in the line of Betty and purchases Topsy, which measured approximately 12 inches. The model was called the career soldiers, as the two sewn together in the torso just like Siamese twins.
Dolls that Bruckner was inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel career servicemen sentence pairs entitled "Uncle Tom's cabin" where a character named purchases Topsy. Career soldiers speaking doll was also in Babyland Rag Doll directory in 1907. These dolls are today coveted collectors ' items marked by molded mask face with lithographed images on it. The character, Betty, are Caucasian features while purchases Topsy have African-American features. Purchases Topsy has Braided Black pigtails and a red headscarf to finish their neat attire. Betty, on the other hand, wore a cream gown and read with a bonnet on his lithographed hair.
Bruckner employees the same technology for printing on its docks from 1901 to 1930. Topsy-turvy Dolls were the most popular because it was like a 2-in-1 dock where you get a different character when you flip up and down the dock. The second doll head and torso can also only subject the dress or skirt that is neatly sewn in the middle. The doll was called later, since the Tu-N-a. Other Dolls that came out was the fairytale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood. Dollypop was another cloth doll with lithographed face and hand painted features were patented in 1925. Dolls were sold in department stores such as Macys and famous F.A.O. Schwartz.
Collectors will find some of the original doll Bruckners creations Web sites, online-auctions. Most of his Dolls were part of the rag Dolls Babyland Horsman company and these usually measures within the 13-28 inches. The typical characteristics of Bruckner's dolls are those that have flat and simple embossed painted surfaces with her master-like hands. Dolls in good condition with the tags still intact can cost $ 179 to $ 250 on the market today.