WORLD\'S FIRST EVER RUBBER DOLL 1943 AMERICAN CHARACTER DOLL COMPANY MUSEUM PIECE

$WORLD\'S FIRST EVER RUBBER DOLL 1943 AMERICAN CHARACTER DOLL COMPANY MUSEUM PIECE$

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WORLD\'S FIRST EVER RUBBER DOLL 1943 AMERICAN CHARACTER DOLL COMPANY MUSEUM PIECE:
$500000.00

IN 1943 MY GRANDFATHER EDWARD G SCHAEFFER WAS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MAIN DESIGNER FOR THE AMERICAN CHARACTER DOLL COMPANY. MY GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH RUBBER AND THE PROCESS OF VULCANIZATION FOR YEARS TRYING TO CREATE A RUBBER PRODUCT THAT WOULD NOT DETERIORATE UNDER THE EFFECTS OF THE OZONE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE THAT WOULD ERODE RUBBER OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN EXPOSED TO THE ATMOSPHERE. EDWARD G SCHAEFFER SUCCEEDED IN CREATING A SYSTEM OF VULCANIZATION THAT REMOVED THE EFFECTS OF OZONE DESTROYING THE SYNTHETIC OVER TIME. MY GRANDFATHER THEN WENT AHEAD AND DESIGNED THE WORLDS FIRST RUBBER DOLL. ONE NEED ONLY GO TO GOOGLE PATENTS AND TYPE IN HIS NAME TO SEE ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS THAT MY GRANDFATHER DEVELOPED. INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO THE WORLDS FIRST ARTICULATED RUBBER DOLL AS WELL AS THE ICONIC ROCK-A-BYE EYES THAT ARE STILL USED TODAY. THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND MUSEUM PIECES SHOW THE FIRST LITTLE GIRL DOLL AND THE FIRST LITTLE BOY DOLL. ONE STRIP AS YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE ARE THE GIRLS, ONE STRIP IS THE BOY DOLL AND ONE STRIP IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH. YOU WOULD BE AMAZED TO SEE HOW PLIABLE THE RUBBER STILL IS FOR BEING OVER 80 YEARS OLD. PLEASE ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU LIKE. THIS IS A PART OF HISTORY AND MY GRANDFATHER DID NOT GET THE RECOGNITION THAT HE DESERVED. AFTER MOVING TO THE PIONEER VALLEY OFF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, HE BUILT THE PARAGON RUBBER, RHOADES RUBBER AND THE SPRING ACTION CORPORATION FACTORY IN EASTHAMPTON MA. THE FACTORY WAS TRANSFORMED FROM A TOY MAKING FACTORY TO AN ELECTRICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY. MY GRANDFATHER CREATED THE WORLDS FIRST RUBBER ELECTRIC PLUG, RUBBER WIRE INSULATION, THE FIRST RUBBER CANE TIP BOTTOM, THE RUBBER FOOT FOR FURNITURE LEGS, CHEMISTRY TEST TUBE AND EVERY SIZE OF RUBBER STOPPERS FOR GRADUATED FLASKS AND CYLINDERS AND A THOUSAND OTHER PRODUCTS USING RUBBER FOR THE FIRST TIME. ENJOY THESE PHOTOS AS THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OFFERING FROM THE HISTORY OF TOYS THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE.