But Barbie didn't show up until 1959! 


>>> [log in to unmask] 08/08/03 11:24AM >>>
Don't forget the favored Barbie and Ken dolls.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Kenney, Curator" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:25 AM
Subject: 1950s Christmas gifts!


> Hi all,
>
> I am planning a 1950s exhibition for Christmastime
> this year (called "Jingle Bell Rock:  a 1950s
> Holiday"), and our theme is going to be things that
> would have been given or recieved as Christmas gifts.
>
> I am grouping them into categories by family member,
> like "Gifts for Dad," "Gifts for Teens," etc.
>
> So I want to pick your brains about CLASSIC 1950s
> objects that we absolutely MUST include.
>
> We will be soliciting museum members, the community,
> and other local museums for loan items to augment our
> collection.  I would like to provide a "wish list" of
> what we're looking for.
>
> Thank you!
> Kim Kenney
>
>
> =====
> Kimberly A. Kenney, Curator
> McKinley Museum
> 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW
> Canton OH 44708 * 330-455-7043
> "Let us ever remember that our interests are in concord, not conflict; and
that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of
ar."  --25th United States President William McKinley
>
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