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Title
Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
February 9, 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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10144 - Mrs. Mary B. Skeeles - 1934 Kidnaping - (Return to Library [Stamped:] Dec 19 [1934?] [1937?]
Text from newspaper caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Detective Lieutenant Nutt examining the typewriter found in the Pasadena house and on which, police are convinced, was written the ransom note found pinned to the door of the Skeele home the night Mrs. Skeele was abducted.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0244
0244
ark:/21198/zz002d9gj4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Government
Crime
Legal
People
Nutt, Howard Clarence, 1894-1951
Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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