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Photograph caption reads: "Opera star Lauritz Melchior and wife Kleinchen tell police how quartet of robbers took $140,000 in jewelry, furs and Havana cigars from Sherman Oaks home. Melchior holds guns with which he tried to chase intruders. Ties were used to bind Melchior, his wife and servants". Photograph dated: June 19, 1957.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 8 cm. Photographic prints
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