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Madeline Pontrelli is given custody of her son Michael Pontrelli, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Madeline Pontrelli is given custody of her son Michael Pontrelli, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 8, 1936
1936-04-08
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Madeline testified in court to finding a bottle of perfume in her husband's apartment that did not belong to her. Judge Clarke granted her custody of their son Michael and daughter Katherine, age 9, as well as requiring Mr. Pontrelli to pay $30 a week in child support.
Article related to photograph, "Perfume Aid in Divorce," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: 22.
Michael stands behind his mother with one hand on her shoulder and the other across her chest, which she holds with a smile.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Madeline Pontrelli + son Michael 4/8/36
Text from negative sleeve: 4694 - Mrs Madeline Pontrelli + Son Michael Pontrelli Contested Divorce from Pete Pontrelli, orchestra leader 4/8/36 [stamped:] Apr 9- 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13892
ark:/21198/zz002j7ckz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Adultery--California--Los Angeles
Divorced women
Sons--American--California--Los Angeles
Pontrelli, Michael, 1925 or 26-2006
Pontrelli, Madeline, b. 1907
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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