Robert the Doll lives behind glass at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. He has been there since 1994. The doll is 117 years old and wears a small sailor suit. He holds a toy dog with big eyes. His face looks old and worn out with brown spots all over it. His tiny black eyes seem to watch everyone who walks by.
A German toy company called Steiff made Robert in the early 1900s. This is the same company that made the first teddy bear. A grandfather bought the doll in Germany and gave it to his grandson, Robert Eugene Otto, as a birthday present. The boy liked the doll so much that he gave it his own name. After that, everyone had to call the boy Gene instead of Robert.
