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Description
20" (51 cm.) Solid domed composition head, blue glass "flirty" eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, blonde mohair curly wig, cloth body with bent baby limbs, jointing at shoulders and hips, shaped pointing finger, wearing original blue pique romper suit with Scottie emblem on the pocket (hat and coat shown in some vintage photographs are not included). The doll has several extensive splits on the face, some body spotting. Included are two photographs of Shirley Temple playing with the doll which she always described simply as "Jimmie, my favorite doll", and a framed cover of a 1937 Finnish magazine, Husmodern, with a drawing of Shirley holding Jimmie. Shirley carried the doll with her on every travel, including a trip to Vancouver, a cross-country trip of US and on her 1937 trip to Hawaii of which Modern Screen of December 1937 quoted her saying upon her arrival, "And oh my! the leis. They give you so many leis...I had so many, they stuck off my arms and shoulders and the only thing was I didn't have room to carry my boy doll Jimmie". It was on one of these trips that Jimmie was accidentally left out overnight with ensuing facial scars from the dampness, but never influencing Shirley's love for this favorite doll.