Scarey Anns List

Scarey Ann List

The following list of Scarey Anns has been compiled from several sources. If you have others in your collection, please let me know. Early Scarey Anns were hand painted and therefore exhibit considerable variation. Later Scarey Anns look like they were painted with the aid of stencils and are more uniform in design. All are about 5 inches tall with at least one exception - see photos below.

Two basic styles of Scarey Anns are known: those with their arms glued in place to the body and those with their arms hinged to the body - swinging arms.

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Name	Description
Black face man
Black face girl	Known as Picaninny
Chinese man	Queue on back of head and hat move with level action.
Chinese man	Also know in the "swinging arm" style.
Chinese girl
Mexican Man	Lever operates nose and hat. (see photo below)
Clown	No mechanism
Clown	With lever operating hat and nose
Donkey	Ears move, made for Democratic Party
Elephant	Trunk moves, made for Republican Party
Grandfather	Beard wiggles
Happy Hooligan	Comic figure Happy Hooligan.
Paddy Ann	Pipe in mouth moves along with top hat.
Pumpkin Man	Halloween figure with Jack o lantern head. (See photos below)
Policeman	Known in the "swinging arm" style.
Porter	Black porter in red suit with cap know in the "swinging arm" style.
Professor	Light brown - known in both styles.
Sailor	Old style flat sailor hat, lever moves hat and nose
Sailor	New style white sailor hat, lever moves hat and nose
White face girl	Most common Scarey Ann, flowers on dress. Great number of varieties.
White face girl	Very rare 2 inch size. See photo below.
Witch	Has witches style hat that moves with lever action. Cat painted on dress.


The policeman in the "swinging arm" style.	The chinaman in the "swinging arm" style.


Pumpkin Man A rare and desirable Scarey Ann	Shown here is his normal expression. His hat is metal and his head and body are wood - said to be California redwood.	Pumpkin Man's hat raises and his nose drops when the lever at his lower back is pushed.


Mexican Man I don't know what character was the model for this Scarey Ann but his hat looks like a Mexican sombrero. A number of varieties have turned up. Lever moves his red nose up and down and his sombrero up and down in a comical way.	Rare size Scarey Ann. The small Scarey Ann at right is only about 2 inches high. It has metal legs and feet. Photo courtesy of Sandy Gast.	A close view of the unusual small Scarey. Photo courtesy of Sandy Gast.
Another Mexican man or cowboy. This one is in black. Photo courtesy of Debbie.		This Scarey Ann was made in Blue Rapids, Kansas. This example is the first we've seen that can be associated with this production site. Photo courtesy of Gerald

The scarce Witch Scarey Ann. Lever drops nose and raises hat. Photo courtesy of Valerie Schniepp.		We call this newly discovered Scarey Ann "Paddy Ann". Photo courtesy of Debbie.

The colorful Clown Ann. This example still has his red wooden nose which is often missing.		The Happy Hooligan Ann. He was a popular comic figure of the 1920s.

Grandfather - his beard wiggles and hat moves with lever action.