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Baby doll:Hush Li'l Baby

Mattel, Inc.1975

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

Mattel, Inc.'s Hush Li'l Baby gave little girls a dose of real motherhood. The battery-powered doll rocks herself in her own little cradle. But she also "fusses, frets, and squirms" until her little mama gives her a bottle or pacifier. Then, the life-like doll calms down.

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  • Title: Baby doll:Hush Li'l Baby
  • Creator: Mattel, Inc.
  • Date Created: 1975
  • Location: USA
  • Subject Keywords: doll, baby, African-American
  • Type: Dolls from the Seventies and Eighties, Mechanical Toys, Baby Dolls
  • Medium: plastic, fabric, printed cardboard
  • Object ID: 111.5536
  • Credit Line: Gift of Suzanne Brystal Nielsen in honor of Brent Michael and Crystal Lynn Gramkee
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