Letter from Tahoe Cedars, 1928

Description: From the letter: "Dear Friend: A summer colony of Crhistian people in the most delightful, beautiful, ideal vacation-land in America--Lake Tahoe. That is our most sincere ambition for Tahoe Cedars, the gem of Lake Tahoe."
Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Photograph is of a letter trying to entice the purchase of lots at Tahoe Cedars written byH. L. Henry.
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
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_6404
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwmfq
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