Lot 296

[WEYERHAEUSER KIDNAPPING]. The $200,000 Snatch. A Complete ...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[WEYERHAEUSER KIDNAPPING]. The $200,000 Snatch. A Complete Re-Enactment of the Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping. Los Angeles Printing Co., ca. 1930s. Two-color block-print poster advertising a dramatic reenactment of the kidnapping, ?with talking scenes by the actual participants," at the Sunkist Theatre, Pomona. 21 7/8 x 14". Linen backed. Minor marginal restoration. A-/B+. A SCARCE poster from the Weyerhauser Kidnapping, which commanded significant national media attention after George Weyerhaeuser, a nine-year old boy from Tacoma, Washington, was kidnapped on May 24, 1935.