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Title
Josephine Kelley and Leo Patrick Kelley embrace each other at the courthouse during the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
August 1928
1928-08
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Josephine Kelley, Leo Patrick Kelley's mother, embraces her son at the courthouse during his trial for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Kelley appears to be glad to see his mother.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Josephine Kelley / Leo Pat Kelley
Text from negative sleeve: Kelly, Leo P. Mellus Case.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3710_G2407
ark:/21198/z1325nvg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kelley, Josephine F., 1873-1949
Kelley, Leo Patrick, 1899-1965
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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