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Kewpie dolls
and figurines are based on illustrations by Rose O'Neill that
appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. These
illustrations, which incorporated words and pictures with the
recurring Kewpie characters, are considered to be early versions
of the comic strip medium. The small dolls were extremely
popular in the early 1900s. They were first made
out of bisque and then celluloid. In 1949, Effanbee created the
first hard plastic versions.
Their name, often shortened to "Kewpies", in fact is derived
from "Cupid", the Roman god. The early dolls, especially signed
or bisque, are highly collectible and worth thousands of
dollars. The time capsule at the 1939 New York World's Fair
contained a Kewpie doll.
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