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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Appraisal: Shirley Temple Doll, ca. 1934, from Rapid City Hour 3. Watch Marshall Martin's appraisal of a Shirley Temple doll, ca. 1934, in Rapid City Hour 3.

At the age of 8, Wallie Bartl saw the boots and brown shirts of marching Nazis along the wintry streets of Weipert, Czechoslovakia. She ignored them. She was interested only in the big Shirley Temple ...

Smile like Roosevelt -- Such a happy little face! -- Dancing along the color line -- The most adored child in the world -- Keeping Shirley's star aloft -- What's a private life? -- Epilogue: Shirley ...

Q: 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 me know any monetary ...

Whatever happened to Shirley Temple? Shirley Temple became the most famous child star in Hollywood history during the 1930s, her dimpled smile and golden curls offering ...

(Reuters) - Before she was Ambassador Shirley Temple Black in Czechoslovakia and Ghana, she was little Shirley Temple, the precocious dimpled child actress whose movies helped Americans temporarily ...

As historian Kasson eloquently points out in this often repetitive but useful survey of Temple’s role in Depression America, the young star entertained America at one of its lowest points, winning the ...