Juro

Juro Novelty Company, 18 East 18th St., New York City, NY, was a toy company headed by Sam Jupiter, and later by jis daughter Vivian. The company manufactured plastic ventriloquist figures from the 1950s through 1977, at which time they were acquired by the Goldberger Doll Co. Some of the figures included Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, Danny O'Day, Ricky Lane, and Emmett Kelly. They also made a Dick Clark doll at one time. Goldberger continued to offer the Charlie McCarthy and Danny O'Day dolls after their acquisition of Juro, as well as adding other celebrity dolls to the range.