Bedroom of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1934

Title: Bedroom of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1934
Date Created: 1933
Date: 1933
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: View into the cluttered bedroom and bathroom of the house of Luella Pearl Hammer where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held.
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, E. H. Van Dorn, and Luella Pearl, were found guilty of the crime.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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