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| | Kewpie doll was the most famous doll of its era: 1/3/99 |
 | | Which leaves the Kewpie doll, the most famous doll of its era, the ultimate emblem of cuteness, whose name was a diminutive for the classic Cupid it resembled. |
 | | The Kewpie character, a plump little elf-like figure with big eyes, fat cheeks and a topknot for hair, first came to two-dimensional life in the illustrations for a long poem in the Christmas 1909 issue of (beginital) Ladies' Home Journal (endital) magazine, the creation of a multitalented illustrative artist, novelist and poet named Rose O'Neill. |
 | | Kewpies were everywhere, as the subjects of stories, in drawings and illustrations and advertisements, as paper dolls ("Kewpie Kut-Outs"), on automobile radiator caps, fabric, wallpaper, greeting cards ("Klever Kards"), children's dishes, clothing, jewelry and soap, in addition, of course, to the figurines and dolls made in a variety of materials. |
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