Gettle children sit on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Gettle children sit on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Date Created

[circa May 9-15, 1934]

Date

1934-05-09/1934-05-15

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Gettle children (from left to right, Billy, Betty, Bobby and Jimmy) sit in a line, off-center to the left, on a neatly manicured lawn. Billy sits on a plush elephant toy and Betty holds Rags, their dog, in her lap. A tricycle stands in the yard behind and to the right of Jimmy. The beginnings of a small garden appear to grow in the distance at left. Two women mill about in the background at center.
The Gettle children's activities during their father's kidnapping appear in a similar photograph captioned, “Gettle Children’s Playground Guarded Above is a picture of the playground at the home of William F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly Hills millionaire, built for the use of the four Gettle children. A corps of guards is now on duty protecting them as they play. Below are the baby footprints of the four Gettle children made in the fresh cement of the Linden Drive home two years ago. Each set of prints is identified with its owner’s name,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2
This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “TENSE EXPECTANCY REIGNS AT HOME OF MILLIONAIRE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1934: 2, and, “PATHOS REIGNS IN GETTLE HOME: Stricken Wife Awaiting Tensely for Tidings Children, Unaware of Crime, Guarded During Play Strangers in House, Actually Officers, Seem Guests,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gettle, William F., 1887-1941
Gettle, Betty
Gettle, William Frank, Jr., 1926-2002
Gettle, Jimmy
Gettle, Robert Girten, 1927-1969

Location

Beverly Hills (Calif.)

Longitude

34.072495

Latitude

-118.416677

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bicycles & tricycles--American--California--Beverly Hills
Play (Recreation)--California--Beverly Hills
Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills
Lawns--California--Beverly Hills
Families--American--California--Beverly Hills
Kidnappings--California--Arcadia