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
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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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.
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.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Pair Identified as Abductors and Hold-up Men," Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 1936: A3. - 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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cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Subjects
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Brothers--American--California--Los Angeles
Crimes--California--Los Angeles - Names
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Acree, Albert Fitzhugh, 1916-1978
Acree, George Carnes, 1914-2006 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
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- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local identifier
- uclamss_1429_12656
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hmq32
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
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- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- License
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- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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