Tag: 1974
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Seventies furniture and rooms
The “built environment” component of this blog, one of the major drivers of its creation, is drawing to a close: this may be our last survey of Barbie’s environs, ever. At the end of the Many Abodes of Barbie series, in the entry on 1970, we announced that we’d never visit the A-Frame or Townhome;…
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Barbie’s ’70s Travelogue, Part III: Arrive in Style
In the first two posts in this series, we covered new and exciting destinations that opened their doors to Barbie during the Seventies. Whether it was a ski holiday, a fishing trip, or a beach vacation, while Sixties Barbie could dress for the occasion, only Seventies Barbie ever arrived. But did she arrive… in style?…
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Barbie’s ’70s Travelogue, Part I: The Mountains are Calling
At the conclusion of our Many Abodes of Barbie series, we noted that the Seventies would bring a new focus to Barbie’s built environment, this time outside the domicile. Today we reveal that that focus is travel, and during this decade Barbie exhibited a strong preference for mountain getaways. Consider Exhibit A: Barbie’s 1972 Mountain…
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