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Title
Walter and Mary Skeele residence, site of Mary B. Skeele kidnapping, Los Angeles, 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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Two-story craftsman-style house with wide porch, with police officer standing on front walk, one foot on steps, at center
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 7, 1933, "Family and Home of Kidnaped Wife of S.C. Dean, Kidnapers of Mrs. Skeele Leave Weird Note on Door"
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10144 - Mrs. Mary B. Skeeles - 1934 Kidnaping - (Return to Library [Stamped:] Dec 19 [1934?] [1937?]
Text from newspaper caption: Scene of Mysterious Abduction. The Skeele home at 136 South Avenue 55.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0253
uclamss_1429_0253
ark:/21198/zz002d9gvs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Walter and Mary Skeele residence (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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