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Description
The cream silk two-piece costume includes a dress with puffed sleeves and blue grosgrain ribbon trim, along with a middy-style jacket edged in matching ribbon and trimmed with brass buttons bearing a royal crest. There is a matching woolen sailor cap with blue banding and having original label of "Baldwin and Munn" of Hollywood. Very good condition, some light spotting. The costume has the original studio label "8211 Temple" and included is the original petticoat which is also labeled "8211". Included are two vintage photographs of Shirley Temple wearing the costume. The costume was worn by Shirley Temple in her role of Priscilla Williams in various scenes throughout the 1937 film "Wee Willie Winkie", most notably in the opening "arriving in India" scene of the iconic John Ford masterpiece.