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Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
A tribute to Will Rogers, following his death the previous year, at the 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade, surrounded by an unknown number of spectators. A tribute by the Union Oil Company, the float depicts a riderless horse in front of a large star to represent Rogers's career. The float won the grand prize award for the parade.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

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
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

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
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

When Ground Doves Fly Book Launch

Description:
Invitation for Ms. Christine Roachford by Ian Randle Publishers for the celebration of the publication of When Ground Doves Fly by Esther Phillips. Event held at the Grande Salle of Barbados Central Bank. Esther Phillips is a literary icon in Barbados who became the island's first ever poet laureate. When Ground Doves Fly is her first full length collection of poems.
Date:
April 11, 2003
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
When Ground Doves Fly Book Launch

West Indies Accounts (ed. R. McDonald) and Inside Slavery (ed. H. Beckles) Book Launch

Description:
Launch of two books: Roderick A. McDonald's (ed.) West Indies Accounts: Essays on the History of the British Caribbean and the Atlantic Economy in Honour of Richard Sheridan & Hilary McD. Beckles' (ed.) Inside Slavery: Process and Legacy in the Caribbean Experience. Event held at UWI.
Date:
Between 1996 and 1997
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
West Indies Accounts (ed. R. McDonald) and Inside Slavery (ed. H. Beckles) Book Launch