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Item
Title
2700-59
Date(s)
- 1935-06 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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This photograph appears to be of a press conference or police briefing at the J.P. (Phil) Weyerhaeuser, Jr. home after the June 1, 1935 release of kidnap victim George Weyerhaeuser. The Weyerhaeusers refused to speak to the press until after the release of George, a decision that made the ransom process go quicker and that may have saved his life. Even after his release, the family spoke only briefly and generally with the press, preferring to let George return to his normal life.
Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, George H.--Kidnappings;