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
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is 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. At center, from front to back, Ingle Barr, Delpha Barr and George Millovich walk on the sidewalk in front of William F. Gettle's residence. All three don hats and walk towards the right. Ingle Barr wears a dark jacket and looks ahead. To his left, Delpha Barr walks and looks back towards George Millovich. George Millovich faces towards camera and looks back to either a reporter or detective standing behind and to the left of the group. Behind them, the manicured front lawn of the Gettle residence spans the mid-ground. The Mediterranean-style Gettle residence stands in partial view, entering frame at right. In the distance at left, a neighbor's house stands, obscured by trees. Handwritten on a note accompanying negatives (Item Ark: 21198/zz002ctrvz): Woman in white, grab shots Clara Hitchen, nurse | 3 people walking along sidewalk - Mr + Mrs Delpha Barr and George Melovitch [sic] Melovitch [sic] is big man with mustache x | House at 723 Linden Dr., Bev Hills | 3 men on steps of house l to r: - Dist Atty Fitts Ernest Noon, contactman Chas. C. Blair, Ch of police, Bev Hills | picture of 'Rags' the gettle dog Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE
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