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Barbie Dolls: A Brief History

by Sally Worsham, Posted Oct 27th 2009 3:00PM

Barbie, quite possibly the most iconic of all dolls, was introduced on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Ruth Handler, the Mattel co-founder, based the design for the first Barbie off a German doll, Bild Lilli, which ...
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Barbie Designer was a Pervert?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 9th 2009 5:00PM

Mattel's beloved Barbie will turn 50 on March 9th and already the stories celebrating her life and style are popping up on the Web. But, according to a new book, there are hidden secrets in the fashionable, anatomically-impossible doll's past that ...
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