Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop antique schoolgirl I like the resourcefulness of

I like the resourcefulness of whoever cut this old street sign down to a fragment long ago

or any others with the "Stanup" brand trademark for that matter

communication

And then handwritten in pencil on the back of the postcard

1930s or so

Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop antique schoolgirl I like the resourcefulness ofThere are so many great old handmade wooden doorstops out there, which I rarely resist grabbing when I see them, but this I believe is an especially old one, and the first I have seen featuring this character. (Plenty of cats, dogs and dutch children, but I can't find another anywhere with this one). I believe it is likely a very early iteration of the kewpie, which first gained popularity as comic strip characters invented and drawn by NYC based