In a heart-moving gesture a few years after the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 in Japan, American children made 12,000 blue-eyed dolls and sent them to Japanese children. After that, 58 highly ornate, beautifully crafted Japanese ‘Friendship Dolls’ were sent by Japanese children to American children…

the photo is apparently from 1927

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