Dewees Cochran Latex Dolls
In 1936 Baum contracted with Dewees Cochran to make composition teen dolls with four of the six heads she had designed as
representative of American children. These heads appeared on the Ann Shirley body in 1937. The dolls were named by size,
style of eyes and style of mouth. 15" dolls were Joans, 17" dolls were Ann and 21' dolls were Lou. Closed mouth and painted
eye dolls were Peggy, closed mouth and sleep eyed dolls were Gloria and open mouth sleep eyed dolls were Barbara. Hence
a 21' closed mouth painted eye doll was Peggy Lou, a 17" closed mouth painted eye doll was Peggy Ann and a 15" closed
mouth painted eye doll was a Peggy Joan. At the same time the 21" closed mouth sleep eyed doll was a Gloria Lou, 17" closed
mouth sleep eye doll was Gloria Ann and the 15" closed mouth sleep eye doll was a Gloria Joan. The 21" open mouth sleep
eye doll was Barbara Lou, the 17" open mouth sleep eye doll was Barbara Ann and hte 15" open mouth sleep eye doll was
Barbara Joan. They were identified as Ann Shirleys but without the connection to Ann of Green Gables. By 1939, the contract
between F&B, the actress and the artist ended. Consequently the reference to Ann Shirley was dropped and the mold marking
was changed. Now the Ann Shirley body was found on dolls labeled Little Lady.
