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) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View into the cluttered bedroom and bathroom of the house of Luella Pearl Hammer where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held. 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, E. H. Van Dorn, and Luella Pearl, were 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_2822 ark:/21198/zz002ckn0f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Legal Crime Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
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