The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Spring 1978, Volume 24, Number 2
Thomas L. Scharf, Managing Editor

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Page 185. A page from the “Missing Book of Hours” which was stolen from the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery in August of 1930.

Julius Wangenheim

Page 189. Julius Wangenheim was president of the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery in 1930 when the Book of Hours robbery occurred. It was from his exhibit on rare books and manuscripts that the volume first turned up missing.

San Diego Fine Arts Gallery

Page 192. The “Scene of the Crime” is the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery as it appeared in the 1930’s.

Reginald Poland

Page 193. Reginald Poland, Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, and fellow “investigator” for the case.