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Rare 1950s Shirley Jones Pocket Mirror – Vintage Made in Japan Dime‑Store Treasure 💄🎬

Rare 1950s Shirley Jones Pocket Mirror – Vintage Made in Japan Dime‑Store Treasure 💄🎬

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Description

Step back into the 1950s, when movie musicals filled theaters and every drugstore rack held little souvenirs of Hollywood. This original Shirley Jones pocket mirror is one of those souvenirs—small, bright, and made to slip into a purse after the Saturday matinee. 💕

⭐ Shirley Jones in her musical‑star years
Before she became TV’s mom on “The Partridge Family,” Shirley Jones was the fresh‑faced star of classic film musicals like “Oklahoma!” (1955), “Carousel” (1956) and later “The Music Man” (1962).
The portrait on this mirror captures that era: soft blonde hair, clear eyes, and an easy smile that fit her roles as the all‑American heroine. It looks like the kind of studio image that would have been used on lobby cards, sheet music, and fan magazines of the time.

🌏 Made in Japan for American dime stores
After World War II, Japanese factories produced toys, novelties, and small gifts for export as part of the country’s economic rebuilding. Many of those pieces—tin toys, celluloid dolls, and pocket mirrors like this—ended up in American five‑and‑dime and variety stores.
Fans could pick a favorite movie star from a cardboard display, pay a few coins, and walk out with Hollywood in their pocket.

📏 Details

  • Vintage 1950s Shirley Jones pocket mirror

  • Made in Japan and marked at the neckline

  • Size: about 2" diameter

  • Front: printed portrait under clear celluloid with colored celluloid rim

  • Back: round glass mirror

🎁 Perfect for

  • Shirley Jones and classic musical fans 🎞️

  • Vintage vanity and dressing‑table displays 💋

  • Mid‑century Hollywood and Japanese export collections ✈️

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