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Title: William Gettle and two other shriners posing for picture, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photo taken possibly at shriner convention. Hitchen was a friend of William Gettle and present at Gettle's housewarming party when Gettle was kidnapped in 1934.
William F Gettle (left), Albert Hitchen (Center), and an unidentified man (right). They were all members of the shriners and they are wearing shriner uniforms.
Some text from the sign behind them: Official... Shrine Convention... Islam... July
Text from negative sleeve: Gettle, William F., Kidnap Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4845
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fraternal Organizations--California--Los Angeles
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
Gettle, William F., 1887-1941
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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