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Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

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Title: Brothers Benny and Tony Lucey Castellucci reunited after 32 years in Benny's Italian café, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 28, 1940
1940-02-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Brothers and restaurateurs Benny and Anthony “Tony Lucey” Castellucci who were reunited after 32 years when Tony Lucey dropped in to Benny’s Italian café to check out his competition. The two men started talking and found out they were brothers who had been separated when they each left Italy to seek their fortunes in America in 1908 and 1913.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - Castellucci, Benny; Castellucci, Tony Lucy
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L - R Benny Castellucci - Tony Lucy Castellucci
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002800zw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lifestyle
Families--California--Los Angeles
Reunions--California--Los Angeles
Business
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles
Castellucci, Anthony
Castellucci, Benny
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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