Searching - 70's or 80's BROWN HOBO DOG - CLEM????
Hello,If you can help Helen find this 70's or 80's Hobo brown dog, please Contact Us, including #010808-2 in the subject, or Comment Here.
I saw your website and I thought I would email you and ask you if you possibly know of a toy that I am in search of. You look like just the people who can help me. I don’t know what the toy is called, neither do I know who made it. All I know is that the toy was made sometime in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s.
It’s a stuffed dog who was dressed like a hobo. He had bib overalls with patches and possibly a hat. He was brown and had a black nose, but the nose was not plastic, just fabric. For a mouth he had two strings sewn on the snout. He had an apple or a strawberry patch on the left side of the bib of the overalls.
If you have heard of such a toy or even know what it was called, please let me know. I would really like to find this item!
Thank you in advance,
Helen Zaikina-Montgomery
One of our readers has added this information:
I think I may have found the name of the hobo dog that Helen is looking for. I found the following information on the drtoy.com web site:
In the mid 70's - early 80's I had a stuffed dog named Clem. He had on overalls, and I have since learned he originally came with a bandana. I have also since learned he had a brother and sister named Clyde and Clara.
I hope this helps Helen find a replica of her toy!
Searching for a toy - Originally posted 01/08/2008
Labels: 70's toys, 80's toys, childhood memories, hobo dog, plush dog, plush toys, Searching for a toy, stuffed animals, toys
3 Comments:
I'm looking for Clem also. I am pretty sure he was given away as a prize at carnivals or fairs, and I actually had two when I was younger (in the early 80s).
I found one on eBay once, but only after the auction was over :(
Good luck in finding him!
Thanks for confirming the name of Clem, and that it was a carnival prize. Sorry about the too late find on eBay. That has happened so many times when I was searching for a toy for someone here on our Search Service.
But if I did find more than one, Anonymous, I have no way of getting hold of you!
I still have my original and was trying to look for a newer version for my daughter. The one I have doesn't have any sort of Patches on the bib overalls so maybe its a different edition. However, I still have the tag on it, though it is faded...the previous poster seems correct as this was a carnival toy as the tag says XXXXXX Fair INC. thats all I can make out at this point and time and will try with a magnifying glass to determine the first name of the company.
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