Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Date Created

February 9, 1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Mary B. Skeele, wearing coat, face obscured by blindfold, in the driveway near porch of the bungalow house of Luella Pearl Hammer where she was held (623 Buckeye St.), with son Franklin B. Skeele guiding her, Detective Joe Taylor at left, and 2 other men on porch, with garage in left background and potted plants on porch wall
This photograph appears with the article, "Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought," Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1933

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Blindfolded, Mrs. Skeele is taken through house and grounds of the Pasadena home by Chief of Detectives Taylor, left, and her son, Franklin Skeele.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10144 - Mrs. Mary B. Skeeles - 1934 Kidnaping - (Return to Library [Stamped:] Dec 19 [1934?] [1937?]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Government
People
Crime
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles

Names

Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Taylor, Joseph, 1878-1955
Skeele, Franklin Bosworth, 1893-1969

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Longitude

34.15979403763850

Latitude

-118.13767075538600

Resource type

still image