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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor.She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
Barbie Dreamhouse (sometimes stylized DreamHouse) is a dollhouse introduced by Mattel in 1962. [1] The toys have several rooms, Barbie accessories, and recognizable features like a pink slide and elevator. Dreamhouses are designed to be “architecturally implausible” according to Carol Spencer, who designed Barbie’s outfits from 1963 to ...
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for $3.00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for $3552.50 on eBay in October 2004. [92] On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US$17,000) at Christie's in London. The doll ...
The World of Barbie is an immersive experience in Los Angeles where fans get to celebrate the many career and lifestyle iterations of the iconic doll. I took my Barbie obsessed 4-year-old daughter ...
The real-life Ruth Handler was, of course, ... Released in 1959, the Barbie doll was an instant hit. Mattel sold over 300,000 dolls in the first year of production, per Mattel. The Handlers took ...
1990 Barbie Dreamhouse. Toward the end of the 20th century—more specifically, the '80s and '90s—Mattel began to produce dream houses that resemble the plastic pads we know and love today.
The Barbie doll debuted on March 9, 1959, going on to become the company's best-selling toy in history. [29] In 1960, Mattel introduced Chatty Cathy, a talking doll that was voiced by June Foray and revolutionized the toy industry, leading to pull-string talking dolls and toys flooding the market throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
The dress (that Hall got to try on!) is inspired by the Generations of Dreams 2009 Barbie doll, which celebrated the toy's fiftieth anniversary. A sitting area furnished with vintage chairs ...