Vintage 1930s SEIBERLING Disney Seven Dwarfs Latex Rubber FULL Set 7 Figures USA

Description

Walt Disney - Snow White's Seven Dwarfs Figures
Made in the USA - 1938 - by Seiberling Latex Rubber Corp.
This set of Walt Disney's Seven Dwarfs were manufactured by
Seiberling
Latex Products in Akron, Ohio, circa 1938. These were produced to support and coincide with the release of Disney's landmark animated Snow White film and were immensely popular. My mother received these as a birthday gift when she was six years old, living in Beverly Hills, California.
It’s hard to find a set of all seven dwarfs -- Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Bashful, and Sneezy -- as vintage hand-painted hard latex figurines.
These were lovingly played with by an enthusiastic child! Then they were
wrapped and stored in a box in a closet for over 80 years.
T
here is no overt damage (breakage, mis-shaping, loss of limbs, etc.) to the pieces and all have age-appropriate wear and tear - faded colors, cracked latex, and some paint loss. The photos are accurately depicting the overall good condition.
T
hese are nicely detailed pieces measuring 5.5" to 6" each,
Weighing about 6 oz each.
Name of each dwarf is printed on his hat
Each piece is stamped on its rear:
WALT DISNEY
SEIBERLING LATEX
MADE IN ACRON, OHIO
Each* piece is numbered and stamped on the rear for authenticity:
Doc 5
Grumpy* UNnumbered
Happy 2
Sleepy 5
Bashful 1
Sneezy 4
Dopey 12
This set of authentic 1938 Disney Seven Dwarfs made by
Seiberling
shows visible wear consistent with its age, please be sure to review all pictures-- you can click on each image within the item description to view a much larger image!
Scroll to the end to read all about Seiberling and Disney Figurines!
Be sure to check out ALL the photos-- both in the gallery as well as below-- as they serve as part of the item description!
Meanwhile, feel free to message me through ebay for ENLARGED IMAGES of any of the below pix. (Ebay no longer permit me to link to enlargements.)
Presenting... The Seven Dwarfs!
DOC
Numbered: 5
GRUMPY
UN-numbered
HAPPY
Numbered: 2
SLEEPY
Numbered: 5
BASHFUL
Numbered: 1
SNEEZY
Numbered: 4
DOPEY
Numbered: 12
About Disney and the Seiberling Company
On his Vintage Disney Collectibles site, historian David Lesjak shares some excellent details on how the Seiberling Company got started in the Disney rubber doll biz. In particular, we learn about the Seven Dwarfs figures.
Tom Casey, the company's Vice-President...believed Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was going to be a huge hit. So much so that his little factory pumped out 40,000 of the figurines in anticipation of the film's success. Seiberling Snow White figures appeared in the marketplace two months prior to the film's premiere. When sales stagnated, Casey ordered a halt in production.
When [the film] went into general release in February 1938, Snow White mania swept the nation. Many Disney licensees, including Seiberling, were caught off-guard by the sudden and unexpected surge in demand for related merchandise.
"The 40,000 Snow White rubber dolls were all gone and orders by the thousands began pouring in. They worked full shifts, 24 hours a day, and steadily lost ground. At one time they were 125,000 dolls behind."
One of the reasons for this production backlog at the Seiberling factory was that, according to David Lesjak's blog...
"The process involved in making one figurine was time consuming. None of the work was automated. After the model was approved, steel forms of the image were cast. Sheets of rubber were hand placed in the form.
"Then the lid comes down, steam runs the temperature up to about 450 degrees, and a million pounds of pressure is applied. The rubber cooks...for 15 minutes. When it comes out and cools there is ragged rubber all around the edge...this has to be trimmed off by hand.
"The figurines were then hand-painted, a process that took about 15 minutes for each doll."
The figs were sold in boxed sets with just the dwarfs--all seven together. A different set was sold with the seven dwarfs and a Snow White figure as well.
The dwarfs (5.5” to 6” tall) were made from solid hard rubber, which has allowed many of them to survive somewhat intact over time.
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