Day 2 of August Photo Shoot

Today's photo is of one of my Kewpie Dolls.  I grew up with them and would get them at places like the Royal Easter Show in Sydney.  I remember one blew off its stick in the wind and I was devastated.  Lucky for me my parents got me a new one.

Here is a brief history of the doll:

Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comic strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neill that appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early twentieth century. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in Germany, then famous for its toy manufacturers. They were made out of bisque and then celluloid. In 1949, Effanbee created the first hard plastic versions.

Their name, often shortened to "Kewpies", is derived from "cupid", the Roman god of beauty and – as Eros is the Greek version of Cupid – erotic love. 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.