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

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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

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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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

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