Car possibly used in kidnap of C.B. Duncan, Beverly Hills, 1921

Item Overview

Title

Car possibly used in kidnap of C.B. Duncan, Beverly Hills, 1921

Date Created

1921

Date

1921

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Probably related to article, "Kidnapers of Officer Hunted, Five Armed Autoists Abduct Street Superintendent, Escape is Made in Motor Car Believed Stolen, Plot to Rob Beverly Hills Bank Suspected," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1921. The article states: "Five armed men believed to have been planning to hold up the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, yesterday morning abducted C.B. Duncan, Superintendent of Streets of Beverly Hills, and after forcing him into an automobile drove to a clump of eucalyptus trees near Culver City, where he was released…"
Car parked at curb, with street, trees, and other cars in background

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: Car used by bandits?

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Beverly Hills (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Transportation
Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills
Bank robberies--California--Beverly Hills
Crime