Paper doll:Quick Curl Barbie and Her Paper Doll Friends

Whitman Publishing Co.1973

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

Mattel's Barbie--the most successful doll ever--found popularity as a paper doll, which seems ironic: Mattel cofounder Ruth Handler claimed that she got the idea for the Barbie doll and her many fashions after watching her own daughter Barbara playing with her paper dolls.So the Barbie paper doll is an imitation of a three-dimensional doll that is an imitation of a paper doll.

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Title: Paper doll:Quick Curl Barbie and Her Paper Doll Friends
Creator: Whitman Publishing Co.
Date Created: 1973, 1973
Subject Keywords: Barbie, Barbie
Type: Paper Dolls, Barbie, Paper Dolls, Barbie
Medium: paper
Object ID: 104.1388, 104.1388
Credit Line: Gift of Joan M. Hopkins, Gift of Joan M. Hopkins

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