Crowd gathering on the beach from which Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Crowd gathering on the beach from which Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

[May 19, 1926]

Date

1926-05-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A crowd gathers on the sand at Venice Beach the day after Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from the same beach. The crowd stands across the mid-ground, and most face towards the left. All wear jackets at the beach. A woman in the foreground at right sits on the beach next to a pile of sand. At left, a man in a suit walks towards camera. Behind and to the right of him, a few kids play in the sand. Buildings rise behind the throng of people in the distance at center. On one of the buildings it reads, "HOTEL CADILLAC."
Photograph appears as part of panoramic photograph titled, "Thousands of Evangelist's Followers Throng Beach While Searchers Vainly Drag Sea for Body of Temple," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
This photograph appears with the articles, "DETECTIVES INQUIRE INTO EVANGELIST'S DROWNING: Burns Operatives Enter Case While Searchers Vainly Seek Body of Aimee Semple McPherson," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 1, and “FAITHFUL CLING TO WANING HOPE: Men and Women Followers of Mrs. McPherson Grouped on Sands at Venice Pray That Leader Will Return to Them,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: MCPHERSON, AIMEE SEMPLE [handwritten:] with Ormiston & beach scenes 1
Text from newspaper caption, Crowds Offer Prayer at Scene of Bathing Tragedy Picture shows part of the throng that [flocked?] to Venice beach yesterday while police and life guards searched in vain to recover body of Aimee Semple McPherson, believed victim of sea while swimming Tuesday afternoon. Insert shows Mrs. McPherson, pastor of Angelus Temple, victim of tragedy. [Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944

Location

Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Beaches--California--Venice
Missing persons--California--Los Angeles