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inside mid-century doll factories

By Staff Writer
12 March 2017

Take a peek at the captivatingly creepy inner-workings of doll factories from yesteryear.

If dolls creep you out, you may find the following photo series a tad disturbing. These images show how dolls were manufactured in factories between 1931 and 1955. As you can see, the employees had a little fun when testing the durability of the children’s toys, and were rather meticulous when it came to hand-painting their faces and constructing their eyes. Have a scroll, should you care to wander down doll factory memory lane, then swing past here to see more.

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