In the early 1930's, Judy and her sisters performed all over the western United States - even traveling as far away as Chicago in 1933 for the World's Fair (where they would finally change their name to Garland).

Consisently mis-billed as the "Glum Sisters" or even the "Wrigley Sisters," the girls were quite popular. With Frances (Judy) usually stopping the show. With permission from the Whatcom Museum of History & Art, the following clippings are prime examples of the girls' being mis-billed in the local Bellingham Herald newspaper. Luckily - it was corrected for the second ad.

The theatre had an exhibit that opened April 2nd, 2002. I'm not sure if it's still there at this point. However, the people who ran the museum back in 2002 sent me the clippings shown below, and asked for a photo of Judy as she would have looked around that time for use in their exhibit.

Whatcom Museum of History & Art
121 Prospect Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
360-676-6981 phone 360-738-7409 fax
www.mountbakertheatre.com (click here to find out about the theatre and it's GHOST!!)

An interesting note about these ads - notice how Frances (Judy) is billed as an "impersonator"!

Also, it's interesting to note that although the ads bill Frances as 8 years old, the girls performed here in 1934 - several years after Judy's 9th birthday - which makes one wonder, was Judy's mom Ethel capitalizing even more on the fact that her daughter sounded so much like an adult? I think so!

How the sisters looked around the time they performed in this theatre: