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Order Number	00095369
Title	Shirley and Sergeant Agar, Leaving Church
Photographer	Ballew, Howard.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 5036
Date	1945
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	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.
Description	Shirley Temple, idol of millions as former child film star, shown exiting Wilshire Methodist Church with new husband, Sgt. John Agar Jr., after their evening nuptials. It was estimated that more than 12,000 people gathered in the street to catch a glimpse of the star and her bridegroom, bringing the traffic to a standstill. Photograph dated September 20, 1945.
Subject	Temple, Shirley,--1928-2014. Agar, John,--1921-2002. United States.--Army. Wilshire United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). Marriage--Press coverage--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles. Betrothal--California--Los Angeles. Methodist church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Allison & Allison.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection