Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, with her son Clarence Wiseman, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, with her son Clarence Wiseman, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

October-November 1926

Date

1926-10/1926-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Lorraine Wiseman with her son Clarence Wiseman. Clarence has his arm around his mother's shoulder. Out of focus in the background is a male figure. This photograph was probably taken during the Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy trial between October and November, 1926 when Clarence testified against his mother. Lorraine Wiseman was a co-defendant in the trial, having admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Miss X, the woman believed to in fact be McPherson who had been with Kenneth G. Ormiston at a Carmel rental cottage.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Wiseman, Lorraine.
Handwritten on negative: Clarence Wiseman, Mrs. Loraine Wiseman.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Wiseman, Lorraine, b. 1889 or 90
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 Trials, litigation, etc.
Wiseman, Clarence B., 1907-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Mothers and sons
Trials--California--Los Angeles