If You're Serious About Small Vintage Dolls, This book is a Must-Have:
EBay listings photos Sandra Sue by Richwood Toys, Inc. was an 8-inch hard plastic walker, with a slim "early adolescent" figure.
Sandra Sue speaks to a time when adolescence was more innocent and less-pressured. Unlike Barbie, there's no angst here, no bulimia or anorexia, no affected or precocious sexuality.
Sandra Sue is the Girl next Door - wholesome, healthy, and quietly self-assured.
Sandra Sue pre-dates the Ginny-types by a number of years, and she came ahead of Barbie by nearly 2 decades! She appeared first in the 1940's, several years before Ginny was named (although throughout the 1940's Ginny existed in proto-type form as the composition-made Toddles (SEE GINNY HISTORY)
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She was an early teen-aged fashion kind of doll, who, along with Vogue's Jill, Miss Ginger, Miss Nancy Ann, and Virga Miss High-Heel Teen, paved the way for Mattel's Barbie, who hit the shelves at the close of the 1950's. EBay listing photos She came in two foot styles - flat or high-heel-shaped feet.
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Other identifying characteristics: First 3 fingers fused; Loop arm hook; highly arched eyebrows with unique orange-brown color.
Since the faces were hand-decorated, each doll has a slightly different expression. Even as twins all gussied up in furs and heels, Sandra Sue is innocent, charming, and wholesome. (Photo- Ebay listing)
Today Sandra Sue is fairly rare, but she has a faithful following.
Sandra Sue is the Girl next Door - wholesome, healthy, and quietly self-assured.
Sandra Sue pre-dates the Ginny-types by a number of years, and she came ahead of Barbie by nearly 2 decades! She appeared first in the 1940's, several years before Ginny was named (although throughout the 1940's Ginny existed in proto-type form as the composition-made Toddles (SEE 
Even as twins all gussied up in furs and heels, Sandra Sue is innocent, charming, and wholesome. (Photo- Ebay listing)