1936 Eugene The Jeep from the Popeye Comic Strip & Cartoons Jaymar Wood Articulated Figure.
This rare wooden figure stands 4" tall. Below name on front reads "© K.F.S. 1936." Bottom of foot is marked "Made In U.S.A." Original tail is intact and made of yellow pipe cleaner wire. With very careful balancing you can get him to stand on his own.
Made by Jaymar Specialty Company who produced many different wood jointed toys during the 1920s and 1930s in Brooklyn, New York. Many of their toys were character pieces representing familiar cartoon and radio characters of the 1920s and 1930s including Little Orphan Annie, Amos and Andy, Puss 'n' Boots, Moon Mullins, and Ignatz the Kat to name a few.
