Community Leader
Antonelli was a legendary figure in the history of the Philadelphia Italian-American community, enhancing the Italian contribution to American culture and enriching the history of photography in Philadelphia. He was one of the founding members of The Da Vinci Art Alliance located and still active in Philadelphia. In 1938 he founded a school of photography both to train professional photographers and to train military photographers. He was its president until 1974; it continues as the Antonelli Institute Art & Photography (Erdenheim, PA).
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