Whatever happened to paint-by-numbers?

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Fifty years ago, an unemployed artist named Dan Robbins had no intention of creating an American icon, but that's exactly what happened when he convinced a savvy but skeptical entr epreneur named Max Klein to manufacture and market the first painting-by-numbers kits in 1949. Here is the light-hearted historical account of the business and cultural phenomenon that touched the lives of more baby boomers than Barbie and G I Joe. Product Details Paperback 320 Pages English ISBN: 9780966069341 Published: 1997 Possum Hill Press Show more