Cupie doll? Corona Roadraces

[carl s]

This photo from the Herald Examiner Collection, courtesy LA Public Library Image Collections.

the accompanying footnote states: "Corona RoadRace Peugot is the driver of #7"
Anybody know the significance of the Cupie Doll attached to the top of the #7 radiator?
I always thought this was peculiar to contemporary local street stock classes

[Darren Galpin]

This car was Rickenbacker's. Perhaps it was something personal to him?