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Title: Kidnapping victims John Jeske and his wife Elaine, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: August 15, 1934
1934-08-15
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 appears in article: "Detention by Bandit Gang Investigated, Kidnap Inquiry Opened by Jury," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1934: A16.
Text from newspaper caption: Mr. and Mrs. John Jeske, former Chancy chauffeur and his bride, who were held captives for days by kidnappers.
John Jeske and his wife near a jury entrance door during their trial as kidnap victims.
Handwritten on negative: John Jeske and Mrs.
Text on negative sleeve: Jeske, John Actor, 1933
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5226
ark:/21198/zz002cv6t5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Jeske, John F., 1890-1944
Jeske, Grace Elaine
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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