Pleasant company dolls

Introduction

In 1986, Pleasant T. Rowland, a former educator and publisher of educational materials, founded Pleasant Company which is headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin. Pleasant Company produced and marketed three 18-inch dolls dolls each of which was from a different period in American History. Each of them had an elaborate background story which were told in several professionally-written books. The three girls, Samantha, Kirsten and Molly had a number of historically accurate outfits and accessory sets which tied into and were depicted in the various stories. The American Girl Collection was originally exclusively available only through mail-order catalogs. Over the next several years, five more historical dolls and their stories were added for a total of eight girls spanning periods in U.S. history from 1764 to 1944. All of the accessory items were imaginative, well designed and of the highest quality. In the Fall of 1997, an online store (AmericanGirl.com) was launched. In 1998, Pleasant Company was acquired by Mattel, Inc. the world's leading toy company. Pleasant Rowland took a seat on the Mattel Board as an acting VP for two years, but today she is no longer associated with the company.

Around 2000, my daughters Chelsea and Phoebe were given Samantha and Molly American Girl dolls and soon they became very involved in collecting accessories and furniture as well as playing with the dolls. I was soon enlisted to hunt down retired Samantha and Molly items on Ebay. In 2002, the family decided to get Felicity and her accessories for our baby daughter, Chloe, to play with when she was older. Many Felicity items have been discontinued recently and so to round out the collection I again turned to Ebay. After researching the American Girl collection for the past year I decided to create a web site to allow others to benefit from the wealth of information and images that I have obtained pertaining to this excellent line of imaginative toys.

The list below links to individual pages in this site which are devoted to each American Girl doll. Also listed below is a description and link to the Retired Item Finder page, Wish List page and Guest Book page within this site.

At the top and left of each page within this site are navigation bars. The top bar features images of the several girls that link to their various pages.

So to all who visit this guide to the wonderful world of American Girl dolls, Welcome and Enjoy.

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