Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Pathos Reigns in Gettle Home," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2. The Gettle children were used to seeing many strangers around the property, The hand and footprints of the Gettle children (8-year-olds Billy and Betty, 6-year-old Bobby, and 5-year-old Jimmy) preserved in cement on the property of their home, with their names inscribed in cursive under each of their prints. Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE Text from newspaper caption: 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.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4874 ark:/21198/zz002ctspv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Footprints Autographs
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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