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The Story of the Kewpie Doll

On September 26, 2024   /   Blog   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Kewpie Dolls, Kewpie Dolls on Sticks., Ray Lawler, Rosie O'Neill, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
The Story of the Kewpie Doll

The Kewpie Doll’s place in Australian social history was cemented when Ray Lawler’s Play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll was first performed in 1955. The seventeen  dolls  referred to in the title were annual gifts for the Melbourne  girlfriends of two Queensland cane cutters. Of course by

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