This vintage French tinted real photo postcard features a pretty young woman holding a very cute kewpie doll. Kewpie is a brand of doll which was modeled after a comic strip character created by cartoonist Rose O’Neill in 1909. The doll had a similar appearance to cupid. In 1912 the first kewpie doll appeared and it was a bisque doll. Later, the dolls were made of composition (1920’s), celluloid (1930’s and 1940’s), and later plastic kewpies made their appearance. The woman in this photo has a beautiful smile and pretty eyes. She is colorfully dressed. This postcard was published in the 1920’s by Leo as part of a series (No.292). SOLD
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