Barbie Fashion Maker, 1980

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Toy (Recreational artifact)

Date Made

1980

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2016.104.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard

Color

Pink (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3.625 in (packaging)
Width: 7.25 in (packaging)
Length: 12.5 in (packaging)

Inscriptions

on front, top of packaging: Barbie / FASHION MAKER / The machine that makes fashion designing easy! / Print your design in seconds! / Color it with colorful pencils! / Create hundreds & hundreds of fashion designs! on front, bottom of packaging: No. 3271 / MATTEL / Mattel, Inc. 1980. All Rights Reserved. 3271-0970 on back, top of packaging: Barbie / FASHION MAKER / The machine that makes fashion designing easy! / Hours of fun! Easy to do! Everything you need to design and color your own fashions! on back, bottom of packaging: Mechanical printer / Easy-turning handle / 12 Fashion design plates totalling 24 fashion parts to mix 'n match / 4 Reusable carbons (3 7/8" x 11")* / 20 Sheets of paper (3 7/8" x 11")* / Fashion plate tray / 4 Colored pencils / Instructions / *9.8 cm. x 27.94 cm. / MATTEL No. 3271 / Mattel, Inc. 198[0?]. Hawthorne, CA 92250. / MADE IN U.S.A. [M]anufactured for Matt[el. Al]l Rights reserved. / and [?] U.S. tradema[rk] Mattel, Inc.