I would also like to apologize for not asking permission, I did say thank you though! No disrespect was meant & I do apologize. Take care Robert!!
Laura
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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- Robert the Doll
- Fort East Martello Museum, Key West, Florida, United States
- Made in 1904 as the life size effigy of the 4 yr old son of the Otto family in Key West. Stuffed with straw and meticulously hand sewn by a family servant, the doll was given to Robert Gene Otto as present. Upon receiving the doll, the boy gave the doll his first name “Robert” and from that day forward he would only answer to the name “Gene". Often they were seen playing together & overheard having conversations with one another, with Robert the Doll answering him back. When strange events started to happen Gene would swiftly respond by saying ”Robert Did It!” As Gene grew older he kept Robert by his side, building Robert his own room. Gene would place him in the third floor turret room window to keep him company while he painted. Robert rapidly became the topic of stories of the neighborhood children who would play on the streets below. With Gene dedicating so much of his time to his doll, Robert was repeatedly the focus of many a quarrels within Gene's marriage. Over the years Robert quickly became Key West's original blame doll. Whenever anything would come about, you could hear Gene and others say Robert Did It!
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