Two photographic prints of William F. Gettle hang from a piece of lumber, [Beverly Hills?], about 1934

Item Overview

Title

Two photographic prints of William F. Gettle hang from a piece of lumber, [Beverly Hills?], about 1934

Date Created

[circa May, 1934]

Date

1934-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

A similar portrait of William F. Gettle appears in a small photo spread captioned, "Close-up of Place Where William F. Gettle Was Captured for Ransom In the top row of pictures are, left to right, William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire kidnaped [sic] from his Arcadia estate (photo by Raoul Gradvohl;) the house at 279 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia, from where Gettle was kidnaped [sic] (Wide World photo;) James P. Wolf, personal friend of Gettle, who was with Gettle at the time of the kidnaping [sic] but was bound and gagged and left behind by the two gunmen, and the ladder used by the kidnapers [sic] when they forced the millionaire to climb the high wall and barbed wire surrounding his estate to a waiting motor car (Wide World photo.) Below is the Gettle home at 723 Linden Drive, Beverly Hills," Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 2
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Two photographic portrait prints of William F. Gettle hang side-by-side at center from a piece of lumber. Both prints appear to be frayed along the edges and roughly cropped. The print at left captures Mr. Gettle facing towards camera, but blinking his eyes shut. In the portrait at right, Mr. Gettle faces slightly right, turning his head towards the camera.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE
Handwritten on a note accompanying negatives (Item Ark: 21198/zz002ctrtf): 3 men standing on sidewalk in front of house - l to r. Lieut Bill White Bev Hills Police dept J.B. McCormick, friend of family Lieut Andy Anderson Bev Hills Police Dept | 2 grab shots on W. G. Lutzi, young m[a]n, selnder; red head | Copy of 3 men in shriner uniforms - Wm F gettle, (left) Albert Hitchen (center) man on left nobody | Man and woman in front of iron gate - Mr + Mrs Alonzo Reynolds - (pastor to Westwood community church) | Copy of 2 pictures of Wm F gettle x } in film pack

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gettle, William F., 1887-1941

Location

Beverly Hills (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Kidnappings--California--Arcadia
Photographic prints
Portrait photographs
Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills