Name: Yellow Crayola Wendy
Made by and When: Madame Alexander, 1999
Material: Hard plastic, synthetic hair
Marks: (Back) ALEXANDER; the dress is tagged “Crayola Yellow” © / Madame Alexander ® / MADE IN U.S.A.
Height: 8 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black wig with bangs, a center part, and curled up ends; brown sleep eyes with attached hard plastic upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes, closed mouth with dark red lip color
Clothes: One-piece long-sleeved black leotard underneath a yellow felt jumper accented with vertically placed red, blue, and green buttons in the center of the bodice and black rickrack trim; a yellow felt hat has “Crayola” embossed underneath the brim; and wears yellow and black lace-up shoes.
Other: Has a Crayola Collection hang tag and a Madame Alexander hang tag that identifies the style number for the Caucasian (17870) and African American (17873) dolls, and the year introduced (1999). The Madame Alexander Crayola Collection features African American and Caucasian blue, green, red, and yellow Crayola dolls. A Crayola of the color the doll represents is included with each. Crayola is spelled Cayola on the barcode label attached to this doll’s box.
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