Dr. Ralph Wagner, Hank Hankinson, Ernie Wagner, and unidentified men viewing extortion note, Santa Clarita, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Ralph Wagner, Hank Hankinson, Ernie Wagner, and unidentified men viewing extortion note, Santa Clarita, 1935

Date Created

August 5, 1935

Date

1935-08-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph is associated with the article, “DEATH NOTE DISCLOSED: Threat Letters Undisguised Two Sent by Mail and One Dropped Over Gate of Wagner Ranch,” Los Angeles Times 5 Aug. 1935: 3.
This photograph appears with the article, “Rich Rancher Examines Plot Note—Pay-off Scene Mapped—Package Placed,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 1935: 24.
Boxer Hank Hankinson’s birth name was Ellsworth F. Hankinson.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: XX, Hank Hankinson, Ralph Wagner, Ernie Wagner.
Text from negative sleeve: 1445—Ernie Wagner, Dr. Ralph Wagner, Hank Hankinson. Ralph Wagner Xtortion [sic] Plot. [Stamped:] AUG 8-1935.
Text from newspaper caption: VICTIM OF DEATH THREAT READS $10,000 DEMAND: Extortionists wrote a series of threatening notes to Dr. Ralph Waldo Wagner, wealthy sports enthusiast and ranch owner, demanding $10,000. Here are Ernest Wagner, adopted son; Dr. Wagner and Hank Hankinson, prize-ring notable. Dr. Wagner’s ranch is a mecca for sports figures.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hankinson, Hank, 1913-1943
Wagner, Ernie
Wagner, Ralph Waldo

Location

Santa Clarita (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Extortion--California--Santa Clarita
Ranchers--California--Santa Clarita
Boxers (Sports)--United States