How Kidnapers (sic) Got Lindy Baby
Creation: 1932
The public was fascinated by how Charles and Anne Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped. Newspapers were full of details like this photograph of the home in Hopewell, New Jersey. The homemade ladder used to enter the baby's room proved critical in determining the guilt of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German-born carpenter. The FBI called in a U.S. Department of Agriculture wood expert to compare the ladder to identical wood in Hauptmann's attic.
Title
How Kidnapers (sic) Got Lindy Baby
Date
Creation: 1932
Description
The public was fascinated by how Charles and Anne Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped. Newspapers were full of details like this photograph of the home in Hopewell, New Jersey. The homemade ladder used to enter the baby's room proved critical in determining the guilt of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German-born carpenter. The FBI called in a U.S. Department of Agriculture wood expert to compare the ladder to identical wood in Hauptmann's attic.
Rights
Copyright; use considered fair according to the ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use
Format
News photographs
Source
MSS0412, James G. Stahlman Historical Autograph Collection, Lindbergh, Charles folder
Files
Citation
“How Kidnapers (sic) Got Lindy Baby,” Gallery, accessed September 16, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/745.