Golly Doll - from our story 'Oh Golly: A Brief History Of The Golliwog'

20th February 1962: A black-faced brightly dressed soft doll with fuzzy hair, named 'Golliwog' after a character in a book by American writer Florence Kate Upton. His name has since been shortened to Golly, thus removing the offensive term 'wog'. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

20th February 1962: A black-faced brightly dressed soft doll with fuzzy hair, named 'Golliwog' after a character in a book by American writer Florence Kate Upton. His name has since been shortened to Golly, thus removing the offensive term 'wog'. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

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