Barbara Ann Scott Composition 1940\'s Reliable Co 15\" Olympic Skater
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Barbara Ann Scott Composition 1940\'s Reliable Co 15\" Olympic Skater:
$149.99
This is a very rare find in this doll\'s condition. She is strung pretty well too.
Original clothes. Part of her skate is torn on right leg but it is in the back and not at all visible if displayed. Please look carefully at pictures as I\'ve tried to capture everything about this beautiful doll.
Light crazing on her face and some crazing on the right rear part of her leg. Great condition for her age (1948)
The Reliable Toy Company of Toronto commissioned famed American doll designer Bernard Lipfert to design a doll portraying Barbara Ann Scott.
Reliable Toy Company, Toronto, Ontario
All composition, original lace skating costume
The Barbara Ann Scott doll was made by the Reliable Toy Company in 1948 to honour the beautiful young skater who won the gold medal at the Olympics in Saint Moritz, Switzerland, that year.
Barbara Ann had also won the Canadian championship from 1944 to 1948, the North American championship from 1945 to 1948, and the European and World championships in 1947 and 1948. She was awarded the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy for the year\'s outstanding athlete in 1945, 1947 and 1948
In 1948, she wore a lace skating costume trimmed with marabou. A new costume was created each year and was always trimmed with marabou.
Today, most doll collectors have at least one Barbara Ann Scott doll. It is familiar to Canadians from coast to coast and has become a Canadian cultural icon.
The Reliable Toy Company of Toronto commissioned famed American doll designer Bernard Lipfert to design a doll portraying Barbara Ann Scott
After Sonja Henie and before Carol Heiss and Peggy Fleming, Barbara Ann Scott ruled the ice.
Barbara Ann Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 9, 1928. Her first skating assignment came when she was 6 years old and she skated as Raggedy Ann in the Ottawa Skating Carnival. In the following years, she won many championships, culminating in the 1948 Olympic gold medal.
That medal was quite an achievement. The skating events were held in an outdoor rink. Two hockey games had already been played there, and the ice was rutted and rough. To add to Barbara\'s problems, the recorded musical accompaniment for her program stopped and she had to start her performance over again.
When she won, all Canada seemed to glow with pride. Large parades attended by emotional crowds were held in her honor. It had been only a few years since the end of World War II, and the country was looking for something like this wonderful event to help put their hardships and tragedies of the war behind them.
In business since 1920 under the ownership of Alex Samuels, Reliable was the largest toy manufacturer in the British empire and had become famous for its many different dolls. Its most famous doll was the Shirley Temple doll for which Reliable held the Canadian license. Reliable manufactured composition Shirley Temples in many sizes in the 1930s. The company was famous for its attention to detail and its quality products.
From 1948-1954, the company produced the Barbara Ann Scott doll in her skating outfit. She was also a very popular doll. At one time, almost every little Canadian girl had her on her Christmas list.
The composition Barbara Ann Scott skating doll was 15\" tall. In later years the Reliable Toy Company would become famous for its plastic toys, but the Barbara Ann Scott doll continued to be made of composition. It is difficult to find one in mint condition today due to the fragile nature of the material.
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Barbara Ann Scott Composition 1940\'s Reliable Co 15\" Olympic Skater:
$149.99