Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “HUGE STOCK ROBBERY TO NET NOTHING: Non-Negotiable Paper Seized Burglar Takes $500,000 in Securities From Bel-Air Mansion of Hormel Burglar Invades Mansion HORMEL HOME BURGLARS CAN’T DISPOSE OF STOCK,” Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 1935: 1. Newspaper caption: Here is section of the southeast wing of the Bel-Air home of George A. Hormel, meat packer, which burglar selected in gaining entrance to master bedroom on second floor. Officers believe he climbed to the tiled roof by using the stout trellised hedge column, at the right, as a ladder. More than $500,000 in non-negotiable securities were stolen. Text on negative sleeve: 2303- Geo A Hormel Residence, 630 Nimes Rd (recently published ld.) George Hormel (meat packing co.) Bev. Hills, Roffed, 9-21-35. [Stamped:] Sep 26 1935. Handwritten on negative: Geo A Hormel Residence, 6-21-35, 630 Nimes Road.
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