Resource Type: still image / Names: Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mary B. Skeele, wearing coat, face obscured by blindfold, in the driveway near porch of the bungalow house of Luella Pearl Hammer where she was held (623 Buckeye St.), with son Franklin B. Skeele guiding her, Detective Joe Taylor at left, and 2 other men on porch, with garage in left background and potted plants on porch wall
Date:: February 9, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mary B. Skeele, in cardigan sweater, necklace, and glasses, standing near corner of house, with porch swing at right and a man and child dimly visible at left
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article, "Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought, with caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Blindfolded, Mrs. Skeele is taken through house and grounds of the Pasadena home by Chief of Detectives Taylor, left, and her son, Franklin Skeele," Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1933
Date:: February 9, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Six law enforcement and/or prosecutorial officials (?) associated with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case, in an office, behind a desk
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Law enforcement official with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case examining a hole dug in the ground as he holds a piece of string
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Law enforcement official with the Mary Skeele kidnapping case reading a note at a curbside field. The note reads, partially, "Across Street."
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Joe Taylor, right, and three other men, all in suits and ties, one wearing coat and holding cigarette, standing on walkway in front of house
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, holding handkerchief, hand to face, seated, in carpeted room, with two men standing near bookcase and doorway in background
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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