Thrift shopping is one of my passions, right up there with eating bacon and beachcombing.
A Punkinhead Tote is my latest thrift store find. I had one identical to this as a child. I actually didn’t really like Punkinhead, found him kinda scary actually.
I also had a Punkinhead rocker
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Punkinhead, the teddy bear with the thick woolly tuft of hair, was launched by Eatons department store for the Christmas season of 1948. It was one of the early brand gimmicks. A brand which was supported by books, 45RPMs, toys and a mascot which joined the Santa Claus parade.
For $65 I was happy to just take a picture of this nostalgic piece and leave it behind.
Evelyn Ward de Roo 
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