Popeye figurine

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Title

Popeye figurine

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Popeye toy Popeye the Sailor Man was a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. Popeye first appeared in a comic strip named Thimble Theatre, 17 January 1929. This toy, made in the early 1940s, was created when Popeye was extremely popular following a series of animated cartoon shorts made for Paramount Pictures and shown in cinemas in the 1930s. Popeye became famous for gaining super-human strength when he ate spinach. The toy belonged to Eileen Sampson who was a young girl when she...

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Format

Image

Date created

Circa 1940

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1435629

Related subjects

Dolls / celluloid / metal / dolls / figurines / Cartoons (Commentary) / Japan / Eileen Sampson

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