Name: Tod-L-Tot
Made by and When: The Sun Rubber Company, circa 1950s
Material: Rubber with a one-piece non-jointed body
Marks: (On the back of the molded-on panties) 31A / TOD-L-TOT© / THE SUN RUBBER CO. / BARBERTON, O. U.S.A.
Height: 10 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Sculpted short curls and tendrils on the forehead, sculpted eyebrows, inset amber-colored glassine eyes, drinker mouth with some of the original red lip color remaining
Clothes: Unpainted, molded-on diaper, socks, and baby shoes
Other: Tod-L-Tot is one of many soft rubber drink-and-wet dolls made by The Sun Rubber Company during the 1950s. Tod-L-Tot is not marked Ruth E. Newton, who sculpted most of these type dolls for The Sun Rubber Company. A lower-back vent hole and another hole on the right lower side of the molded-on diaper allow water to drain from the doll if the doll is given water from a bottle “drink” or if used as a bathing toy.
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