Aimee Semple McPherson is hoisted through the crowd upon her arrival, Los Angeles, 1926

Title: Aimee Semple McPherson is hoisted through the crowd upon her arrival, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created: [circa June 26, 1926]
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description: Aimee Semple McPherson sits in a floral-lined chair that is hoisted off the ground in the near distance at center. She faces left. On the near side of her, men hold her up in the chair. Two lines of police officers face one another in the foreground at left and right. Between them, a cleared walkway stretches back through center and towards Mrs. McPherson. The crowd converges around Mrs. McPherson in the near distance. Buildings rise in the background at left.
Possibly related to the article, "CHEERING THRONGS HAIL AIMEE M'PHERSON HERE: Crowd of 30,000 Showers Pastor With Flowers as She Returns; Appreciation Expressed," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1926: 1
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: MC PHERSON, AIMEE SEMPLE PRELIMINARY HEARING

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Evangelists
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Names: McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_6290
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwght
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.