Bubble-Cut Barbie Doll in Bathing Suit, 1961

Artifact

Doll

Date Made

1961

Creators

Mattel, Inc. 

Place of Creation

United States, California, Hawthorne 

Keywords

Dolls 

Character dolls 

Toys (Recreational artifacts) 

Barbie (Fictitious character) 

Barbie dolls 

Play (Recreation) 

Jeryan, Christine Bartz 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.134.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Christine Jeryan.

Material

Cloth
Plastic

Technique

Molding (forming)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 12 in

Inscriptions

on back: Barbie / PATS. PEND. / (c) MCMLVIII BY MATTEL INC.