Sisters Jean and Phyllis Thomson (10 and 4) with Phyllis' broken doll, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Sisters Jean and Phyllis Thomson (10 and 4) with Phyllis' broken doll, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: December 23, 1935
Date: 1935-12-23
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The sisters sit beside each other as Phyllis cradles the headless doll in her arms and older sister Jean places an arm around her sister.
During an attempted kidnapping in the middle of the night sisters Phyllis and Jean were unharmed, but Phyllis' doll's head was smashed by an automobile. Fortunately doll surgeon Don DaCosta stepped in to repair the doll for the girl in time for Christmas.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Kidnap Case Doll Fixed," Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec 1935: 3.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4170 - Jean Thomson - 10 yrs. Phyllis Thomson - 4 yrs. 12-21-35 attempted kidnaping (doll broke but later fixed, see #4244 [stamped:] Dec 23 1935
Handwritten on negative: LTR - Phyllis Thomson - Jean Thomson 12-21-35

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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