Looking for ID (approx year/name) of my first Barbie

by Cindy
(New Jersey)

Hi -- I'm embarassed to show how I mutilated my first Barbie doll by chopping her pageboy and bangs into some sort of shag...as well as cutting down her plastic eyelashes (yikes.) But I would really appreciate a dating for her, her model name, and the color name of her hair if possible (It's probably not obvious in the photos, but her hair has a little of a gray tinge in the dark blonde.) She has bendable legs, red nail polish, 1958 on the butt; there are also numbers in the inside of each arm...don't know if that means anything. I was born in 1959, and I think she's from the early-mid 60s. The dress I've shown in the pic may or may not have been hers originally, so if anyone recognizes it that would also be appreciated.

Obviously, she's in rough condition, but she's got sentimental value to me, even with the bad cosmetic surgery I performed on her as a child :)

Hi Cindy -
It looks like your doll is an American Girl Barbie from 1965 - 1966. I don't recognize the dress.
Suzanne