#80

Shirley Temple's 14 Kt Gold Charm Bracelet from the Waldorf-Astoria Jewelry Store in NY
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6" (15 cm.) The gold link charm bracelet has 7 charms, each marked 14 Kt, including a compass, church with steeple, hourglass, mesh coin purse that opens and closes, camera, Victrola in case, and Punch and Judy in toy theatre. An account on the family's 1938 cross-country trip to New York noted "one afternoon she went shopping in the Waldorf Astoria jewelry shop of Roy W. Johnson, which merited a press release informing Shirley-watchers that she chose six gold charms for her bracelet" (The Shirley Temple Story by Lester and Irene David), and listed six of these seven very charms. The bracelet remained a cherished memento throughout her life.