Paper doll from the Amos 'n' Andy radio show

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A color paper doll depicting Andy Brown from the Amos 'n' Andy radio show sitting behind a wooden desk. The man is wearing a brown hat, with a black phone stretching between both his hands and a cigar between two of his fingers on his right hand. He is wearing a brown suit jacket, plaid vest, and an orange tie. The desk is piled with papers and an overflowing wastebasket sits in front of the desk. There is a hand-painted sign hanging from the desk reading “FRESH AIR/TAXICAB Co. / OF AMERICA - / INCORPULATED / ANDY BROWN – PREZ” in red and black. There are two black tabs at the bottom of both the right and left side of the paper doll (meant to be bent back for the doll to stand upright). The tab on the right has vertical text in white reading “COPYRIGHT 1931 / BY THE PEPSODENT CO.

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