William Spinelli Jr., Joseph Spinelli, and Helen Angiuli embrace, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: William Spinelli Jr., Joseph Spinelli, and Helen Angiuli embrace, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: December 1938
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: William and the late Rosa Spinelli's children emotionally testified in the charge that their father murdered their mother with an ax.
Helen leans against brother Joseph's chest, while William puts his arms around his siblings in an embrace.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Children Tell of Ax Killing," Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec 1938: 3.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: L2R Wm Spinelli Jr Joseph Spinelli Ellena Angiuli 12/22/38
Text from negative sleeve: 15237 Spinelli Axe Murder B

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Siblings--American--California--Los Angeles
Hugging
Names: Spinelli, Joseph, b. 1918 or 19
Spinelli, William, 1919-2004
Angiulli, Helen, 1913-2000
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_11971
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8tzz
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Rights Country: US
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Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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