Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated March 8, 1940 reads, "Judy Garland, young singing film star, is shown safe at home in Bel-Air today with her mother, Mrs. Ethel Gumm Gilmore, while police investigated a plot to kidnap the young actress for $50,000 ransom, revealed with the arrest of a young transient. A guard was placed at her home as police sought an accomplice." Garland and her mother are seated on a couch petting a cocker spaniel puppy.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Garland, Judy Garland, Judy--Kidnapping, 1940 Garland, Judy--Family Actresses--United States Singers--United States Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dogs--California--Los Angeles Cocker spaniels--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Bel Air (Los Angeles) Interiors--California--Bel Air (Los Angeles) Bel Air (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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