John W. Wilson, manager of the Andrews Hotel, questioned during the McPherson trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Title: John W. Wilson, manager of the Andrews Hotel, questioned during the McPherson trial, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created: 1926
Date: 1926
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers holding her for ransom there. Her disappearance, reappearance and subsequent court inquiries regarding the allegation that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover precipitated a media frenzy that changed the course of McPherson's career.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Wilson, John W. McPherson Case.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4510
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cq9wv
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