Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
Hartland Cowgirl Figures

Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2008


Hartland Cowgirls come in only three molds but in several colors. The first mold was the early Cowgirl, commonly called the Champ Cowgirl since it was often paired with the early Champ style Cowboy. The Dale Evans mold was made later and replaced the earlier Cowgirl, but keeping her number. Annie Oakley was the third mold.

Cowgirl #802
The Jade Green Cowgirl is probably the first one Hartland made and is the hardest of them to find. She may have been paired with any number of colors of Champ style horses, but I am fairly certain she did come on a Palomino.

Mold Mark:
None

Cowgirl #802
The Red and White Cowgirl is more common but probably about equal to the olive green version below. She has one gun and can ride a variety of colors of Champ style horses.

A single version of this figure with the red top and olive green bottoms is known to exist (factory paint anyway) in on display in the Roy Rogers Museum in California.

Mold Mark: None

Early Green Dale Evans #802DE
The earliest Dale Evans used the Cowgirl molds and were just given a new olive green outfit. They were paired with a Dunn and Brown Champ style horse and used the same cardboard shipping box, but DE was added to the end of the number. She can also be found on a Chubby horse with unmolded bridle which has a painted bridle instead. Within a period of time, this figure was replaced with the Dale figure below. With as many of these pieces as there are around, that must have taken a while.
Mold Mark: None

Green Dale Evans #802 (DE)
This if the official Dale Evans figure, molded after her likeness. She got the new brown saddle (same mold as the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger) and the new Chubby style Dunn horse with the bridle but kept the old number. Some sets were shipped in the earlier cardboard boxes but she eventually did get a new colorized box which shows her and Roy Rogers. She has one pistol, usually silver.

Mold Marks
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the right sleeve.

Purple Dale Evans #802
After many years of not knowing, we finally located a catalog showing a Purple Dale from 1958. It appears the only kept that color for that year, or maybe it was a special run, because she was back in her normal green outfit in the 1959 Hartland Horseman dealer catalog. The color scheme is much harder to find than the green one.

Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the right sleeve.

Stevens Plastics Dale Evans
This set was recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993 using the same molds as Hartland did earlier. I don't know if they chose the raspberry/plum color trying to imitate the old color or just changed to be different, but as you can see, it is different. This figure is about 1/4" taller than the older ones.

Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the right sleeve.

Annie Oakley #823
Annie Oakley is quite a bit harder to find than some Hartland sets and is very difficult to find in the deep pink color shown here. Most have faded in the pink or yellowed in the white. She has one silver pistol and a special hat with a string laced through it so the hat can ride on her back as seen in the TV show.

Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the left cuff of her sleeve.

If you have any other Cowgirl figure variation not shown here, check out the Non-Hartlands page containing Lido and Breyer versions.