Can you identify this Vintage Barbie Doll for me?

by Tim Cole
(Washington, MI)

She has red hair, and the markings I can find on her are on her right butt cheek. The right butt cheek is marked "Barbie (in cursive), PATS PENDING, MCMLVIII, BY MATTEL INC.". She has stiff legs and stiff arms.

Hi Tim -
To me, it looks like a Color Magic Barbie head on the first Vintage Barbie Doll body. They were used in 1959 & 1960, before Midge on Ponytail Barbie Dolls & Bubblecut Barbie Dolls.

The reason I think it is a Color Magic head is because of the hair color. If you take her head off her body, it should have
Copyr. © 1958 Mattel Inc.
printed on the inner rim if it is a Color Magic.
Suzanne