Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933

Date Created

February 9, 1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10144 - Mrs. Mary B. Skeeles - 1934 Kidnaping - (Return to Library [Stamped:] Dec 19 [1934?] [1937?]
Text from newspaper caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Detective Lieutenant Nutt examining the typewriter found in the Pasadena house and on which, police are convinced, was written the ransom note found pinned to the door of the Skeele home the night Mrs. Skeele was abducted.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Government
Legal
People
Crime
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles

Names

Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Nutt, Howard Clarence, 1894-1951

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Latitude

Howard Nutt, in suit and tie, seated at typewriter, with ransom note in one hand, other hand holding paper in typewriter, with desk or dresser, lamp, curtains, and closed upright piano in background, papers, folders, and cases on most surfaces

Resource type

still image