Thomas C. Hull recounts the story of his kidnapping as a baby, Santa Monica, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Thomas C. Hull recounts the story of his kidnapping as a baby, Santa Monica, 1936

Date Created

February 14, 1936

Date

1936-02-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Covered Wagon Kidnap Plot Told by Man, 91," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1936: 10.
A photograph of a picture of Hull, with the article from the newspaper attached with a paperclip to it. White lines form a rectangle isolating Hull's head from the rest of his body, with the background behind the right side of his head colored in black.
While crossing the Oregon Trail with his family at eight months of age Thomas Hull's mother took ill and a Native American woman cared for him. She became so attached to Thomas that she took him back to her wigwam and after Thomas' father rescued him the woman was found the next day hiding in one of the covered wagons, claiming she couldn't stand to be separated from the baby. His father Joseph Hull found one of the first Masonic lodges west of the Rockies in Multnomah, Oregon, and Hull himself was a founder of Orange County, where he ran a general store.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3669 - Thomas C Hull 91 y.o. one of founders of Westminster [stamped:] Feb 14 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Thomas C. Hull

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hull, Thomas Cazel, 1845-1940

Location

Santa Monica (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Kidnappings--California--Santa Monica
Birthdays--California--Santa Monica
Older people--California--Santa Monica