Fine Yellow Cotton Dress Worn by Shirley Temple for Special Occasions

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Of woven fine pencil-striped texture, the yellow cotton dress has constructed pleats at each side of the flat-front panel, puffed sleevelets and brown piping and ruffles as decoration on the placket front with hidden button closure, and forming epaulets and sleeve bands; a belt loop at the back indicates self-sash was once included. The dress was worn by five year old Shirley Temple on various social occasions and at photograph sessions, including one in which she was playing jacks, which was shown in the April 21, 1935 Washington Post along with the only-in-Washington caption "and her salary is only slightly less than that of President Roosevelt". Included is a vintage photograph of Shirley Temple wearing the dress.