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William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, is reunited with his four children (twins Betty and Bobby, and sons Billy and Jimmy) upon his homecoming.Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills businessman and millionaire, is reunited with his four children after his kidnapping. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Connie Kreinman, Naomi Jaffe, and Allan Bernard during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Connie Kreinman, Naomi Jaffe, and Allan Bernard reading "The Book About Ships" on a couch. The children’s parents are members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah. These three, along with several other members’ children, put on a play about the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Connie Kreinman, Naomi Jaffe, and Allan Bernard during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:
Completely furnished miniature four-room old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd’s private estate, which was created by her parents, film comedian Harold Lloyd and Mildred Harris Lloyd, at the summit of the family’s sixteen acre home. In addition to the house, Gloria’s estate includes: a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well and a slide, swing and sand pile.
Date:
[1927?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.

Description:
Beverly Hills home of businessman and millionaire William F. Gettle, at 723 North Linden Drive. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of from his Arcadia ranch house during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, (center, wearing spectacles) is returned to his home in Beverly Hills after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Description:
William F. Gettle, (center, dark glasses) is returned to his Beverly Hills home after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah who put on a play showing the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassahat the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah who put on a play showing the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassahat the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Patricia Feldman, Ellen Kobatznich and Joan Contaron during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Patricia Feldman, Ellen Kobatznich, and Joan Contaron with dolls and a teddy bear. The girls' parents are members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah. The girls, along with several other member's children, put on a play about the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Patricia Feldman, Ellen Kobatznich and Joan Contaron during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Sally Pact, Eleanor Green, and Stanley Feldman play on the grass at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Sally Pact, Eleanor Green, and Stanley Feldman playing on the grass. The children’s parents are members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah. These three, along with several other member's children, put on a play about the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sally Pact, Eleanor Green, and Stanley Feldman play on the grass at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
A photograph of Chief of Beverly Hills Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and lawyer Ernest E. Noon. The three men were involved in the search for kidnapping victim William F. Gettle and the prosecution of the kidnappers after Gettle's safe recovery.Charles C. Blair was the first Chief of Police of Beverly Hills, serving from 1927-1942. Ernest E. Noon was the attorney of the Gettle family. He was intimitely involved with the attempts to recover William F. Gettle, directing via the Los Angeles Times that the kidnappers send any ransom requests to him, as Mrs. Fleeta Gettle was ill with nervous prostration after the kidnapping of her husband and under medical supervision.Buron Fitts was the district attorney of Los Angeles from 1928-1940. Fitts was in charge of co-ordinating the police agencies in their search for Gettle and his kidnappers.
Date:
[circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Gate marking the entrance to 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:
Gate inscribed with the words "Come into my garden and play" which marks the entrance to the mini-estate film comedian Harold Lloyd and his wife Mildred Harris Lloyd created for their 4-year-old daughter Gloria at the summit of the family's sixteen-acre home. Gloria's estate includes: a completely furnished four-room miniature old English house, a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well and a slide, swing and sand pile.
Date:
[1927?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Gate marking the entrance to 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Slide on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:
Slide on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private estate which was created by her parents, film comedian Harold Lloyd and Mildred Harris Lloyd, at the summit of the family's sixteen acre home. In addition to the slide, Gloria's estate includes: a completely furnished four-room miniature old English house, a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well, a swing and sand pile.
Date:
[1927?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Slide on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Looking at dart game exhibit at trial of William Freelove, Beverly Hills, October 9, 1935

Description:
Photo related to at the “Lottery Trial” of William Freelove and Howard J. Rile in October, 1935. From left to right are Werner, Contreras, and most likely Roll and Freelove. Werner, former city attorney, was Freelove's defense lawyer. Contreras was a deputy sherriff and Roll the prosecuting district attorney.
Date:
October 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Looking at dart game exhibit at trial of William Freelove, Beverly Hills, October 9, 1935

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, is reunited with his four children after his kidnapping. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Michael Kreinman and Norma Ann Jacobs during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Description:
Michael Kreinman and Norma Ann Jacobs; children of members of the Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah who put on a play showing the difference between good and bad food during the club’s Child Welfare Day held at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club. During the event, members paid an extra 9 cents for their lunches which went toward providing soup, salad, fruit, and milk for Palestine children.
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Michael Kreinman and Norma Ann Jacobs during Child Welfare Day at the Beverly Hills Athletic Club, Beverly Hills, March 2, 1940

Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Description:
Completely furnished miniature four-room old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd’s private estate which was created by her parents, film comedian Harold Lloyd and Mildred Harris Lloyd, at the summit of the family’s sixteen acre home. In addition to the house, Gloria’s estate includes: a miniature stable for her pony and cart, a miniature wishing well and a slide, swing and sand pile.
Date:
[1927?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Miniature old English house on 4-year-old Gloria Lloyd's private mini-estate on her parent's sixteen-acre estate, Beverly Hills, 1927

Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Description:
View towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, steps and terraced lawn with palm trees from Sunset Boulevard. The hotel, opened in 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey in the Mediterranean Revival style, and the gardens were designed by the landscape architect Wilbur David Cook.
Date:
[between 1912 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Man plays with the Gettle family's dog, Rags, in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Man plays with the Gettle family's dog, Rags, in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

District Attorney Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Beverly Hills Chief of Police Blair pose on the front steps of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
District Attorney Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Beverly Hills Chief of Police Blair pose on the front steps of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

Description:
Possibly related to the 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..."
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

Clara Hitchen walks through the Gettle's yard, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
At center, Clara Hitchen is captured in motion walking briskly along a walkway in the Gettle family's yard. She wears a white nurse's uniform. Clara Hitchen approaches the camera as she pumps her arms and looks towards the right. The walkway stretches behind her to the right. At right, two men at the end of the walkway walk towards the right. Landscaped grounds line both sides of the walkway. Low-trimmed hedges line the right side of the walkway and tall grasses, shrubs and trees rise along the left side. In the background at center, a tall wall is visible lining the grounds.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Clara Hitchen walks through the Gettle's yard, Beverly Hills, 1934

Gettle children play on their swing set during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
The Gettle children's activities during their father's kidnapping appear in a similar photograph captioned, “Gettle Children’s Playground Guarded Above is a picture of the playground at the home of William F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly Hills millionaire, built for the use of the four Gettle children. A corps of guards is now on duty protecting them as they play. Below are the baby footprints of the four Gettle children made in the fresh cement of the Linden Drive home two years ago. Each set of prints is identified with its owner’s name,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Gettle children play on their swing set during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Ingle Barr, Delpha Barr and George Millovich walk down the sidewalk in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares 'Important Information' Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ingle Barr, Delpha Barr and George Millovich walk down the sidewalk in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Date:
May 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Two unidentified women hanging laundry on a clothesline at the Gettle house in Beverly Hills, 1935

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[May 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Two unidentified women hanging laundry on a clothesline at the Gettle house in Beverly Hills, 1935

First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921

Description:
Possibly related to the 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…"
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, 1921