Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger. John George Agar (1921-2002) was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He married 17-year-old Shirley Temple on September 19, 1945, and retired from the Army in 1946. Agar became an actor, and the couple made two films together, "Fort Apache" and "Adventure in Baltimore". Agar and Temple were married five years, and had one daughter together, Linda Susan Agar. The marriage became troubled, and they filed for divorce on December 5, 1949; it was finalized exactly one year to the day. On January 1950, just a month after her divorce, Temple met WWII Navy Silver Star hero Charles Alden Black, and the two married on December 16, 1950. Agar also re-married following his divorce from Temple; he wed model Loretta Barnett Combs in 1951. Photograph caption dated April 3, 1948 reads, "'Hmmm... Just Like Chicago' - So says Screen Star Shirley Temple as she arrives with husband, John Agar, at Pasadena, and finds weather "Just as we left it in Chicago - cold, windy and rainy." After debarking from Santa Fe Chief, Shirley suggests John wear his coat. The couple went to Chicago to appear in a charity show for disabled veterans."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Temple, Shirley,--1928-2014 Agar, John,--1921-2002 Santa Fe Southern Railway Company Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Husband and wife--California--Pasadena Railroad stations--California--Pasadena Railroad travel--United States Pasadena (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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