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Ralston Breakfast with Barbie Cereal

box

1989

That Barbie! She shows up just about everywhere! Here she makes an appearance on a hot pink box of Breakfast with Barbie brand cereal. How better to assure that young girls plead with mom to pick up a box for them as they cruise down the cereal aisle of the supermarket? The box even turns into a Barbie vanity with a little careful cutting on the back panel! And moms can salve their consciences with the convenient bar graph on the side panel showing that Breakfast with Barbie has significantly less sugar per serving than such competing cereals as Froot Loops and Fruity Marshmallow Krispies.

ManufacturerRalston Purina Company
Materialprinted cardboard
OriginSt. Louis, MO
Object ID100.775

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