Location: Beverly Hills (Calif.) / Subject: Events - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Leatrice Joy and daughter attending funeral of John Gilbert at Dayton Mortuariy Chapel in Beverly Hills, with police holding back crowd and press in background.
Date:: January 11, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

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

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 28, 1934, "Beverly Hills Fete Today, Dedication of New Postoffice Will Be Followed by Many Other Events of Festival."
Date:: April 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 28, 1934, "Beverly Hills Fete Today, Dedication of New Postoffice Will Be Followed by Many Other Events of Festival."
Date:: April 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Edward E. Spence, Beverly Hills mayor, and Norman H. Pabst fly the flag at half mast at City Hall as a gesture of reverence upon news of the August 15th death of Will Rogers. All businesses in the city closed at 1:00 pm as well
Date:: August 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Man in jacket and tie, possibly Beverly Hills mayor Paul E. Schwab, speaking at microphone, with Beverly Hills Post Office and about 10 people in background
Date:: April 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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