Born above her father's doll hospital in 1895 Brooklyn, it only made sense for Beatrice Alexander Behrman to go into the family business. She was 28 when she started a company that would both ...

On an upper floor of a Columbia building in Manhattanville, a factory put out a steady stream of lifelike, detailed dolls for decades. Founded in 1923, the Madame Alexander Doll Company moved to ...

A walk through the Madame Alexander Heritage Gallery reveals 600 expertly crafted glamour dolls wearing intricate designs. An official tour includes a visit to the gift shop, the doll hospital, and ...

Hannah is an Amish girl in a plain blue dress and bonnet, and Annie Etheridge is a Union nurse in a riding skirt, uniform jacket, kepi hat and riding boots. Lydia Smith Solace is a black doll in a ...