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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Gettle children (from left to right, Billy, Betty, Bobby and Jimmy) sit in a line, off-center to the left, on a neatly manicured lawn. Billy sits on a plush elephant toy and Betty holds Rags, their dog, in her lap. A tricycle stands in the yard behind and to the right of Jimmy. The beginnings of a small garden appear to grow in the distance at left. Two women mill about in the background at center. The Gettle children's activities during their father's kidnapping appear in a similar photograph captioned, “Gettle Children’s Playground Guarded Above is a picture of the playground at the home of William F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly Hills millionaire, built for the use of the four Gettle children. A corps of guards is now on duty protecting them as they play. Below are the baby footprints of the four Gettle children made in the fresh cement of the Linden Drive home two years ago. Each set of prints is identified with its owner’s name,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2 This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “TENSE EXPECTANCY REIGNS AT HOME OF MILLIONAIRE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1934: 2, and, “PATHOS REIGNS IN GETTLE HOME: Stricken Wife Awaiting Tensely for Tidings Children, Unaware of Crime, Guarded During Play Strangers in House, Actually Officers, Seem Guests,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2 Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4847 ark:/21198/zz002ctrrd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bicycles & tricycles--American--California--Beverly Hills Play (Recreation)--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills Lawns--California--Beverly Hills Families--American--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California--Arcadia Gettle, William F., 1887-1941 Gettle, Betty Gettle, William Frank, Jr., 1926-2002 Gettle, Jimmy Gettle, Robert Girten, 1927-1969
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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