Leicester Wagner, third from left with a stick, and his brother, Thornton, far right, spend some time in a back alley behind State Street in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1914. Their stepmother, Florence, once said they had a tendency to "take anything that wasn't nailed down." Leicester spent a year as an inmate at the Boys Republic near Chino, Calif., when he was 16 years old in 1920. But he went on to become a respected Los Angeles newspaperman and war correspondent for the Office of War Information. Thornton became a test pilot and Charles Lindbergh's personal pilot during the Bruno Hauptmann kidnapping trial. He retired from American Airlines in 1966. Photo taken by their father, Rob Wagner. View full size.
Leicester Wagner, third from left with a stick, and his brother, Thornton, far right, spend some time in a back alley behind State Street in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1914. Their stepmother, Florence, once said they had a tendency to "take anything that wasn't nailed down." Leicester spent a year as an inmate at the Boys Republic near Chino, Calif., when he was 16 years old in 1920. But he went on to become a respected Los Angeles newspaperman and war correspondent for the Office of War Information. Thornton became a test pilot and Charles Lindbergh's personal pilot during the Bruno Hauptmann kidnapping trial. He retired from American Airlines in 1966. Photo taken by their father, Rob Wagner. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos