$8,500
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Description
27" (69 cm.) All-composition doll, hazel sleep and flirting eyes, human hair lashes, smiling dimpled expression, row of teeth, blonde mohair wig in original arranged curls, jointing at throat, shoulders and hips. She is wearing an exclusive cowgirl costume designed in colloboration with the 1936 Texas Centennial which includes red rayon-satin shirt, bandana, twill shorts, heavy suede vest and chaps decorated with colorful suede and glass emblems, brown side-snap leatherette boots, brown socks, black leather belt with holster and metal toy "Buck" pistol, and with ten-gallon black felt hat with banner "Souvenir of Texas Centennial". American, Ideal Toy and Novelty Co, 1936.The doll is in excellent condition, one small split at right eye corner. Included is a vintage photograph of Shirley Temple with the doll. The doll was issued as part of the Texas Centennial of which Shirley Temple was an official marshall. It was presented in three sizes, this 27" being the largest size, and at a cost nearly 4 times that of the 17" model.