5 Doll Cylinders for Doll Phonograph Madame Hendren - Mae Starr. 1930

Set of 5 cylinders for Madame Hendren Mae Starr phonograph doll, dated in 1930 and in fine condition. These cylinders are the basic element for bringing to life these popular phonograph dolls, produced by Averill in the early 20th century. The set includes five units, very well preserved and in working order. Each cylinder provides a different content: a voice counting from 1 to 10, several songs (a lullaby, an unidentified song and the popular English tune London Bridge) and a prayer. The cylinders sound well and enable an easy and fine reproduction. We also have a Mae Starr phonograph doll in our collection, an antique and original piece in fine working order: these cylinders are the perfect accessory to complete it. This set of 5 cylinders for Madame Hendren Mae Starr phonograph doll is essential to use with these evocative collectors toys.Madame Hendren Dolls - History The Averill Company was a doll manufacturing company founded in the early 20th century. In 1918 they started marketing a phonograph doll under the name Madame Hendren. It was made of composition and looked like a baby. The doll could sing and talk thanks to an Arthur motor hidden inside its cloth body, which could play phonograph cylinders. Instead of the usual crank, the motor had a small knob to engage the on/off mechanism. Ten years after Averill launched the Mae Starr doll which mounted a crank motor and played lighter cylinders. It was four inches larger than the original Madame Hendren doll and was produced between 1928 and 1944, when production stopped due to the shortage of materials caused by the war.