Names: Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942 / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections / Subject: Crime / Date: 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View into the cluttered bedroom and bathroom of the house of Luella Pearl Hammer where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wood clock with four-pillar design and Roman numeral face, reading 6:03, on shelf or mantel amid papers and boxes, with painting partially visible at top
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Earl H. Van Dorn, in suit and tie, holding cigarette, seated at desk or table, leaning on one elbow, with cabinet or safe at right, window at left, box of matches on table
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Exterior of the bungalow house (623 Buckeye St.) of Luella Pearl Hammer, with river stone retaining wall, where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Exterior of the bungalow house o Luella Pearl Hammer (623 Buckeye St.), with river stone retaining wall, where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 7, 1933, Family and Home of Kidnaped Wife of S.C. Dean, Kidnapers of Mrs. Skeele Leave Weird Note on Door
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Franklin B. Skeele, in suit, tie, sweater, and overcoat, holding hat and paper, seated, right, with another man seated at left, in suit and tie, with door marked Private in background
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.
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

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