Farrah Fawcett doll with skateboards: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Farrah Fawcett doll with skateboards. The doll has blond hair and is dressed in a red shirt, blue denim shorts and knee high white boots. There are 4 red skateboards that accompany the doll with loops in the top of each to received the dolls feet so she stands on the skateboard.

This Farrah Fawcett doll chronicles one of the more popular episodes from the TV series Charlie’s Angels when Farrah rode a skateboard to catch the ‘bad guy’. This series was one of the first to portray women in a position of power and in typical 70s style, still maintaining a beautiful hairdo. These dolls were produced in 1977 complete with go-go boots and skateboard. It also reflects the growing impact that popular culture was having on the consumer during the 1970s. These “barbie” dolls and character dolls modeled after television and movie characters were becoming increasingly popular.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1977
• depicted: Fawcett, Farrah
• Object Name: doll, skateboarding
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 9 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
• name of sport: skateboarding
• web subject: Women
• web subject: Television
• ID Number: 2022.0032.01
• accession number: 2022.0032
• catalog number: 2022.0032.01
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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