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Doll | doll clothes:Penny Brite
Deluxe Reading Corporationca. 1970
The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States
Penny Brite served as the Deluxe Reading Corporation's fashion doll to compete with Barbie. First offered in 1963, Penny Brite stood at 8 inches tall and presented a child fashion doll to please the parents that found Barbie's physique too adult. Deluxe Reading made a variety of extra outfits for Penny Brite, and the doll had several play sets such as a bedroom, kitchen, schoolroom, and beauty parlor. Penny Brite never achieved Barbie's popularity, and the doll line ended when its manufacturer faced bankruptcy in 1970.
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- Title: Doll | doll clothes:Penny Brite
- Creator: Deluxe Reading Corporation
- Date Created: ca. 1970
- Location: USA
- Subject Keywords: fashion
- Type: Dolls from the Seventies and Eighties
- Medium: plastic, vinyl, fabric, synthetic hair
- Object ID: 112.5466
- Credit Line: Gift of Beverly Doomany Hrab in Memory of Mary Doomany
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