Fisher-Price Little People Play Family House: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Fisher-Price first produced this Little People Play Family House #952 in 1969. The blue and yellow house had a carry-and-play handle and contained five Little People figures—Dad, Mom, Boy, Girl, and Dog. The house includes an attached garage and opens up to reveal four rooms with lithographed backgrounds indicating a kitchen, a living room, a children’s bedroom, and another bedroom. The house contains furniture including a kitchen table and chairs, two yellow armchairs, a yellow coffee table, two twin beds, and a double bed.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: ca 1969
• maker: Fisher-Price Toys
• Object Name: dollhouse
• Other Terms: Doll House; Toys
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: masonite (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 9 1/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 23.495 cm x 39.0525 cm
• place made: United States: New York
• Subject: Toys
• ID Number: 1982.0769.02
• accession number: 1982.0769
• catalog number: 1982.0769.02
• Credit Line: Claudia B. Kidwell
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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