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Law enforcement official with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case reading a note at a curbside field, 1933

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Title: Law enforcement official with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case reading a note at a curbside field, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2510
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Law enforcement official with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case reading a note at a curbside field. The note reads, partially, "Across Street."
Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2813
ark:/21198/zz002ckkc5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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