Found in Mom's Basement

Illustrations from 1950s Japanese robot toy packaging

Found at Tokyo Mango.

"Ken, just drop your keys in that bowl over there."

Found at Two Crazy Crafters.

Barbie's retro-fabulous world

Miscellaneous vintage images featuring my favorite fashion doll.

Barbie and Skipper in their 1960s Dream House:

From the original Barbie catalog:

From the 1971 Sears Christmas calatalog:

More vintage Barbie dolls

Most of these Barbies are from the 1960s.

 

 

 

 


Find more vintage Barbie fabulousness HERE.

Happy 50th, Barbie

Found at designboom.

Fashion Queen Barbie from 1963:

Quick Curl Barbie from 1973:

Surgeon Barbie from 1973:

Vintage chemistry sets for kids

From 1928:

From 1947:

From the 1950s:

From 1958:

Also from 1958:

Find more at Chemical Heritage Foundation on flickr.

Best collection of vintage Barbie advertising EVER!

I love Barbies from the 1960s. Lala of Lala-a-Gogo has posted an amazing collection of vintage Barbie advertising. I'd wallpaper my bathroom with it if I could.

1960s ad for Liddle Kiddle house

Found at Lala a Gogo.

Ken's "buddy" Allan from 1964

The quotation marks were on the original packaging.

The packaging also implies they swap clothes.

Found at About.

Vintage Barbie packaging from the 1960s

Found at About.