Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. At center, Clara Hitchen is captured in motion walking briskly along a walkway in the Gettle family's yard. She wears a white nurse's uniform. Clara Hitchen approaches the camera as she pumps her arms and looks towards the right. The walkway stretches behind her to the right. At right, two men at the end of the walkway walk towards the right. Landscaped grounds line both sides of the walkway. Low-trimmed hedges line the right side of the walkway and tall grasses, shrubs and trees rise along the left side. In the background at center, a tall wall is visible lining the grounds. 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. Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE 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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4846 ark:/21198/zz002ctrqw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills Nurses--American--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California--Arcadia Hitchen, Clara Gettle, William F., 1887-1941
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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