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Title
Frank Mellus and Attorney Dave Smith 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
Frank Mellus (left) and Attorney Dave Smith standing in a room at the courthouse during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Smith holds a straw hat and cigar. Mellus holds a felt hat.
Text from negative sleeve: Kelly, Leo P. Mellus Case.
Handwritten on negative: Frank Mellus - Dave Smith
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3710_G2403
ark:/21198/z1m38nqt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Kelley, Leo Patrick, 1899-1965
Smith, David Franklin, 1882-1960
Mellus, Frank Hancock, 1880-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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