#79

An Extraordinary Kewpie Postcard Album
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A collection of 105 postcards from the early 20th century featuring Kewpie designs, each different. Included are 3 photograph postcards with Kewpies in the photograph, 10 New Year's Greetings, 2 Christmas and New Year's greetings, 20 Valentine cards, 13 Easter cards, 6 miscellaneous, 40 Klever Kards published by Campbell Cards signed by Rose O'Neill, 10 Klever Kards signed "after Rose O'Neill", and a complete set (six) of the Kewpie characters, namely, The Kewpie Gardener, The Kewpie's careful of his voice, The Kewpie Cook, The Kewpie Wears Overshoes, the Kewpie Carpenter, and the Kewpie Army, published by Edward Gross Co. The extensive collection contains very rare postcards that are virtually unfindable today, even one by one.