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

Earl H. Van Dorn, suspect in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, 1933

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

Exterior of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1933

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

Family of kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele, Los Angeles, 1933

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

Franklin B. Skeele, son of kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, and another man, 1933

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

Kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele testifying in court, Los Angeles, 1933

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

Kidnapping victim Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], in a residential neighborhood
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kidnap suspects Earl Van Dorn and Luella Pearl Hammer, Mary Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933

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

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele and husband Walter Skeele with suspects Luella Pearl Hammer and Earl Van Dorn, Los Angeles, 1933

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

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

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

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, [Los Angeles?], 1933

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

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele with detectives, blindfolded, at the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

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

Luella Pearl Hammer, suspect in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, 1933

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

Mary Skeele with 2 [grand?] children, 1933

Description:: Mary Skeele with 2 [grand?] children, a girl and a boy
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933

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:: February 9, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of Mary Skeele, circa 1895-1910

Description:: Portrait of Mary Skeele as a young woman
Date:: [circa 1895-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ransom instructions, Mary B. Skeele kidnapping case, 1933

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 7, 1933, Mrs. Skeele Ransom Demands Told in Notes
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Earl H. Van Dorn, suspect in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, 1933

Exterior of the bungalow house where kidnapping victim Mary Skeele was held, Pasadena, 1933

Family of kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele, Los Angeles, 1933

Franklin B. Skeele, son of kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, and another man, 1933

Kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele testifying in court, Los Angeles, 1933

Kidnapping victim Mary Skeele walking blindfolded with a group of men [police detectives?], Los Angeles, 1933

Kidnap suspects Earl Van Dorn and Luella Pearl Hammer, Mary Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele and husband Walter Skeele with suspects Luella Pearl Hammer and Earl Van Dorn, Los Angeles, 1933

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, blindfolded with detectives, outside the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele, [Los Angeles?], 1933

Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele with detectives, blindfolded, at the bungalow house where she was held, Pasadena, 1933

Luella Pearl Hammer, suspect in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, 1933

Mary Skeele with 2 [grand?] children, 1933

Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933

Portrait of Mary Skeele, circa 1895-1910

Ransom instructions, Mary B. Skeele kidnapping case, 1933

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