© Kathy Duncan, 2021
In August 1910, The Woman's Home Companion announced that Rose O'Neill's Kewpie characters would be introduced to their audience for the first time in September.
By Christmas 1913, Kewpies were all the rage and were being marketed in every form imaginable including a sugar candy figure.
The Jacobs' Stores in Atlanta, Georgia carried a fill line of Kewpie products, including dolls which were introduced for the first time that year. In 1913, Kewpies ranged from 4 1/2 inches to 11 inches. Although we think of Kewpies as being blue-winged, naked cherubs, some were dressed. It is impossible to tell from the ad what materials these Kewpies were made of. Size seems to have dictated their price with the large 11-inch being the most expensive at $1.50, which translates to $40 in 2021.
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