Tahoe Cedars purchase letter, 1928

Description: Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Some text from the letter: "Mrs. Kiergan Mallory...Dear Madam: We received your letter of 7th. of this month and are glad to give you the following information in reply to the same. The prices of the lots range from $600.00 to 1,125.00... Yours truly, Dorothy M. Chenoweth"
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.
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: McPherson, Aimee Semple, real estate case-copies

Genre: correspondence
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
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_6403
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwmd6
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