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9" (23 cm.) All composition with sculpted painted hair and blue side-glancing eyes, "O"-shaped tiny mouth, jointing at throat, shoulders and bent baby legs, wearing original organdy baby dress with faint polka dots and matching pillow. Generally excellent. American, circa 1930. The doll was one of Shirley's very first dolls, named "Mary Lou" by her, and a favorite. Included is a vintage large format photograph of young Shirley holding the doll (the photograph labeled "portrait by G. Edwin Williams", noted portrait photographer of Los Angeles from 1913 on) along with another stock studio photograph of Shirley in playsuit with the doll.