Photo by Kate York Diane Pfile, vice president of the board at the Children’s Toy and Doll Museum, places tags on her collection of Shirley Temple dolls at the museum. MARIETTA — If the legend is true ...

DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: I am interested in knowing about my Shirley Temple doll. She was made by Ideal and is number ST-17-1. My mother gave her to me in the 1950's (I believe it was 1957). Please let ...

Question: I own an original composition, jointed Shirley Temple doll given to my grandmother as a 1930s Christmas gift. It is 22 inches tall, marked “Ideal,” wears a curly blond wig plus all original ...

Each year toymakers try to make the doll that every child wants for Christmas. This year it’s Barney. In recent years it was a troll or Cabbage Patch doll or Barbie. In 1934 and for many years after, ...

Question: Attached is photo of a doll given to me by a guest who stayed at our Summer Nites Bed & Breakfast. It is 12 inches high, marked "ST-12-N" and "Ideal Doll-ST12." She wears original, labeled ...

Shirley Temple composite doll, made by the Ideal Toy Company. The doll is molded to represent a young, white, female child, blue eyes, red lips, and blonde hair. The doll is dressed in a yellow cotton ...