Kwacky-Wack comic duck soft toy (Einco)

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Exhibit

Kwacky-Wack comic duck soft toy (Einco)

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location:

Arch Four , Area 34
Cuddly Toys (display)


Kwacky-Wack comic soft toy duck, with original label, made by Eisenmann & Co (Einco).

Kwacky-Wack is pale yellow with a yellow bill, a while collar and blue trousers.

Cutting (1913)

Christmas Joys, the Fascinating and the Grotesque
In the London Shops
(From Our Own Correspondent) London 12 November
Evening Post, Rōrahi LXXXVI, Putanga 152, 24 Hakihea 1913, Page 3
...
"Kwacky-jack" is a wierd-looking creature, half duck and half human. Asked if these grotesque toys were harmful to the minds of small children, a doctor replied that he did not think so, for the imagination of the little ones was not sufficiently developed to realise that the toys were not normal. Perhaps they are designed to catch the eyes of the grown-ups. If so, they do.
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