Names: Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942 and Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

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, 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

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