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. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A similar portrait of William F. Gettle appears in a small photo spread captioned, "Close-up of Place Where William F. Gettle Was Captured for Ransom In the top row of pictures are, left to right, William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire kidnaped [sic] from his Arcadia estate (photo by Raoul Gradvohl;) the house at 279 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia, from where Gettle was kidnaped [sic] (Wide World photo;) James P. Wolf, personal friend of Gettle, who was with Gettle at the time of the kidnaping [sic] but was bound and gagged and left behind by the two gunmen, and the ladder used by the kidnapers [sic] when they forced the millionaire to climb the high wall and barbed wire surrounding his estate to a waiting motor car (Wide World photo.) Below is the Gettle home at 723 Linden Drive, Beverly Hills," Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 2 This photograph is possibly related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times. Two photographic portrait prints of William F. Gettle hang side-by-side at center from a piece of lumber. Both prints appear to be frayed along the edges and roughly cropped. The print at left captures Mr. Gettle facing towards camera, but blinking his eyes shut. In the portrait at right, Mr. Gettle faces slightly right, turning his head towards the camera. Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE Handwritten on a note accompanying negatives (Item Ark: 21198/zz002ctrtf): 3 men standing on sidewalk in front of house - l to r. Lieut Bill White Bev Hills Police dept J.B. McCormick, friend of family Lieut Andy Anderson Bev Hills Police Dept | 2 grab shots on W. G. Lutzi, young m[a]n, selnder; red head | Copy of 3 men in shriner uniforms - Wm F gettle, (left) Albert Hitchen (center) man on left nobody | Man and woman in front of iron gate - Mr + Mrs Alonzo Reynolds - (pastor to Westwood community church) | Copy of 2 pictures of Wm F gettle x } in film pack
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4840 ark:/21198/zz002ctrhs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Arcadia Photographic prints Portrait photographs Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills Gettle, William F., 1887-1941
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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