Kidnap suspects Earl Van Dorn and Luella Pearl Hammer, Mary Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933

Title: Kidnap suspects Earl Van Dorn and Luella Pearl Hammer, Mary Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created: 1933
Date: 1933
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Earl Van Dorn, in jacket, tie, and cap, and Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, purse on lap, both seated, with woman in fur coat and police officer in uniform standing at left, with painting and maps on wall in background
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990
Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Van Dorn, E. H., (Earl Howard), b. 1893
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Legal

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2807
2807
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002ckjzg
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Rights Country: US
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