Aimee Semple McPherson sued over real estate acquisition, Los Angeles, 1928

Title: Aimee Semple McPherson sued over real estate acquisition, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created: September 1, 1928
Date: 1928-09-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Aimee McPherson convinced her followers to purchase real estate for Angelus Temple and was being charged with a fraud suit for taking commission on the transaction.
Text from the ad urging Angelus Temple to support McPherson: "To Members of Angelus Temple, its Branches and Christian Friends--Don't let outsiders buy Tahoe Cedars way from you."
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: McPherson, Aimee Semple, real estate case-copies

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Evangelists--California--Los Angeles
Fraud--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Real estate business--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6400
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwm9n
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