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Photographer credit appears on page 17.
Photograph is part of a feature story titled Life Calls on the Hollywood Kids. Caption reads as follows: Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg is 3-year-old son of Geraldine Fitzgerald and Edward Lindsay-Hogg. He lives with his mother in a small apartment in Beverly Hills while his father does Red Cross work in Ireland. His nurse took care of Miss Fitzgerald when she was a child in Ireland. Michael can't decide whether he wants to be a gardener or a fireman when he grows up.
LIFE issues from Volume 16 Number 1 through Volume 18 Number 13 are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed. This issue is Volume 16, Number 2.