Three siblings, distant relatives of heiress Ella Wendel, Santa Monica, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Three siblings, distant relatives of heiress Ella Wendel, Santa Monica, 1932

Date Created

April 22, 1932

Date

1932-04-22

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Helen Wendel Hannah, Frederick Wendel and Lorene Wendel Johnson photographed in front of Helen's Café in Santa Monica.
The siblings, along with their mother Anna Wendel, filed claims for a share of the multi-million fortune of New York recluse Ella Wendel, who died in 1931. She was the last of eight siblings, none of whom ever married, and when she died she left her family estate to various charities. These Wendels, possessing documents linking them to the family tree of the New York Wendels were among 2,303 claims filed to gain a portion of the estate.
Different photographs of Helen Wendel Hannah, Frederick Wendel and Lorene Wendel Johnson taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Passport Prized by Heirs Apparent; Book May Be Key To Riches." Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 1932: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Wendel Ella, 1932
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Anna Wendel With the "Wanderbuch". Inset - Mrs. Helen Wendel Hannah, Frederick Wendel and Mrs. Lorene Wendel Johnson.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hannah, Helen Wendel, b. 1897 or 98
Johnson, Lorene Wendel, 1905-2005
Wendel, Frederick

Location

Santa Monica (Calif.)

Longitude

34.013222

Latitude

-118.495854

Resource type

still image