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Convicted kidnappers Luella Pearl Hammer and E.H. Van Dorn at trial, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Convicted kidnappers Luella Pearl Hammer and E.H. Van Dorn at trial, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [between February - April 1933]
1933-02/1933-04
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.
Photograph was taken during the trial of Luella Pearl Hammer and Howard Von Dorn (left), who were charged with the kidnapping of Mary B Skeele, wife of a USC professor.
Howard Van Dorn eventually confessed to kidnapping, leading to the convictions of both he and Luella Pearl Hammer. Both received life sentences. Hammer was unsuccessful in her plea of insanity.
Also Photographed to the right could be Luella Hammer's defense attorney, however Hammer had multiple attorneys throughout the duration of the trial and definite identification cannot be established.
Handwritten on negative: Luella Pearl Hammer, W.D. Howard
Text on negative sleeve: Hammer, Luella Pearl Kidnap Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5123
ark:/21198/zz002cv38f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--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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