George and Albert Acree arrested for the kidnapping of James C. Gelvin, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview
- Title
- George and Albert Acree arrested for the kidnapping of James C. Gelvin, Los Angeles, 1936
- Date Created
- February 18, 1936
- Date
- 1936-02-18
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Pair Identified as Abductors and Hold-up Men," Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 1936: A3.
George and Albert sit in two separate chairs, each of them handcuffed by one wrist to the arm of their respective chairs. A group of men stand behind them, their faces cut off by the top of the frame.
James C. Gelvin of Glendale testified to being robbed and left tied to a post by brothers George and Albert Acree, who are to answer to charges of kidnapping and nine robbery counts. The two face life sentences on the kidnapping charge alone. - Caption
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Text from negative sleeve: 3577 - Albert Acree George Acree Street Car Bandits 2 - 8 - 36 Box 10 [stamped:] Feb 11 1936
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Albert Acree George Acree 2/8/36
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
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Acree, Albert Fitzhugh, 1916-1978
Acree, George Carnes, 1914-2006 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Brothers--American--California--Los Angeles
Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
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- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
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- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
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- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .