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Kewpie-doll stall

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Kewpie-doll stall

Robin Morrison’s photograph of the kewpie-doll seller at the Auckland Easter show in 1989 captures an enduring part of the sideshow experience.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: RMS/ACS81/554

by Robin Morrison

Courtesy of the Estate of Robin Morrison

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Jock Phillips, Shows and field days – Shows as entertainment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16786/kewpie-doll-stall (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.