Kewpie Dolls

This is a great riff:
"In 1918 Kallus received the first of many copyrights on his own doll designs. His first character doll was Baby Bundie. ...Instead, Kallus trained for fire observation during World War I.

From 1919 to 1921 Kallus was President of the Mutual Doll Co., a firm that made composition Kewpies; Baby Bundie dolls; and Bo- Fair, Dollie and Vanitie, who had specially designed socket joints. Kallus resigned from Mutual in 1921.

In 1922 Kallus established the Cameo Doll Co., which lasted in one form or another until 1982 when Kallus assigned all his properties to Jesco, Inc...

The Cameo Doll Products Company was located in Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania, from 1933 until 1968, when the molds for dolls were taken over by the Strombecker Corporation of Chicago.

THIS IS THE BEST PART: In 1933 Kallus was summoned to Washington by President Franklin Roosevelt as a representative of small industrial firms in Pennsylvania. He consulted with the President to suggest the most feasible methods of bringing the depression economy back to normal production.

from: http://www.smethporthistory.org/port.allegany/cameodoll/jokalluskewpie.htm

Here's the cover. By the way, that's not a Jesco Kewpie on the cover. Only Jesco makes the official Kewpie, so look for that if you're a collector.