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Where did the Kewpie doll come from?

O’Neill became wealthy and famous through her Kewpies, sentimental little Cupid figures to which the Ladies’ Home Journal, under the editorship of Edward Bok, devoted a full page in December 1909. The Kewpies and their adventures quickly became a national rage, and from drawing them she moved on to marketing a line of Kewpie dolls, patented in 1913. These modernized American Cupids swept the country, and royalties from their sales and from the books Kewpies allowed O’Neill all the leisure she required for painting in her Washington Square studio or in her villa on Capri.

 

I think that the first time I saw the Kewpie was at the Carnival.  Every little girls had them hanging on a cane.  I remember mine being covered in feathers.

 

You can find all kinds of information on the internet about this fascinating women and the life she lived.

 Kewpie dolls

Kewpie or Cupie? No matter how you spell it, they are cute.

Kewpie Dolls

           Kewpie Dolls They sure are cute.

     Such a great American doll.

 

If you want to see more of these cute little elfs, follow my link.  Kewpie Dolls

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