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Exterior of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1933

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Title: Exterior of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
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.
Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student, E. H. Van Dorn, and Luella Pearl, were found guilty of the crime.
Handwritten on negative: Luella Pearl Hammer
Text on negative sleeve: Hammer, Luella Pearl Kidnap Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5122
ark:/21198/zz002cv37x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990
Van Dorn, E. H., (Earl Howard), b. 1893
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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