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Kidnapping victim William F. Gettle's four children, after their father's safe return home. Circa May 15, 1934.

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Kidnapping victim William F. Gettle's four children Bobby, Betty, Jimmy, and Billy pose for a photograph after their father's safe return home. Circa May 15, 1934.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:
[circa May 15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Kidnapping victim William F. Gettle's four children, after their father's safe return home. Circa May 15, 1934.

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:
Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Date:
April 20, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Mrs. Fleeta Gettle and her children smile for the camera, after the safe return of kidnapping victim William F. Gettle. Circa May 15, 1934.

Description:
Mrs. Fleeta Gettle, her four children, and an unidentified woman smile for the camera through a window, after the safe return of kidnapping victim (as well as husband and father) William F. Gettle.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:
[circa May 15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Fleeta Gettle and her children smile for the camera, after the safe return of kidnapping victim William F. Gettle. Circa May 15, 1934.

Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934.

Description:
Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction.
Date:
April 18, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934.

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Description:
Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Members of the American Legion Auxillary pose with Los Angeles's City Council president. In the front row of the photo are City Councilman Howard Davis, Auxillary members Marie Gore, and Mary Repp. Behind them are Auxillary members Julia Van Sky and Mrs. Tom Rice.Members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Date:
May 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.