Barbie Doll
date: label: date made
content: 1958
name: label: copyright holder
content: Mattel, Inc.
label: maker
content: Mattel, Inc.
label: originator
content: Handler, Ruth
notes: label: Description
content: In 1959, the Mattel toy company introduced Barbie. Unlike most dolls at the time, Barbie was a grown-up-a "teenage fashion model" who could date, drive, and wear fabulous clothes.
label: Description
content: While often criticized for her unrealistic physical proportions and for promoting gender stereotypes, Barbie has also evolved with the times. Since the 1980s she has taken on many new careers, from police officer to paleontologist. She even ran for president.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Minnesota, New Ulm
topic: label: used by
content: Children
label: classified
content: Toys
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paula Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0168.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0168
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0168.01
label: model number
content: 850
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Doll
label: Object Type
content: toys
label: Object Type
content: dolls
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (doll material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (doll bathing suit material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (doll hair material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 8.4 cm; 11 in x 3 5/16 in