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Aimee Semple McPherson, Roberta Semple Smythe, and Rheba Crawford celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Roberta Smythe, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rheba Crawford Splivalo celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry. The celebration included a parade that ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple. Rheba Crawford Splivalo was associate pastor at Angelus Temple. Roberta Semple Smythe was the daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson.
Date:
January 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Aimee Semple McPherson, Roberta Semple Smythe, and Rheba Crawford celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry, Los Angeles, 1935

Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens at the Biltmore Hotel for a meeting concerning fund raising for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Los Angeles, December 12, 1938

Description:
From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:
December 12, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens at the Biltmore Hotel for a meeting concerning fund raising for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Los Angeles, December 12, 1938

Amleto Giovanni Cicognani officiating at the elevation ceremony of Bishop John J. Cantwell to Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States and Archbishop of Laodicea in Phyrigia, seated on the throne during the elevation ceremony of Bishop John Joseph Cantwell to Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles. He offers his hand to Bishop Cantwell who is half-kneeling oppposite him. Using the powers vested in him by Pope Pius XI Cicognani presided over the ceremony, which took place at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles.
Date:
1936-12-03
December 3, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani officiating at the elevation ceremony of Bishop John J. Cantwell to Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1936

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

John Joseph Cantwell, newl Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles, with Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Bishop John Joseph Cantwell (right) after he was enthroned as the first archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles. Cantwell is standing with Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Archbishop of Laodicea in Phyrigia, who presided over the elevation ceremony. Using the powers vested in him by Pope Pius XI Cicognani presided over the ceremony, which took place at St. Vibiana’s Cathedral.
Date:
December 3, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Joseph Cantwell, newl Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Province of Los Angeles, with Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Los Angeles, 1936

Parade celebrates Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Parade floats and a procession of vehicles drive through downtown Los Angeles on the way to City Hall in celebration of Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service. The parade ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple.
Date:
January 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Parade celebrates Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with her nurse Ella Nordin and her business manager Giles Knight in her attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with her former nurse Ella Nordin and her business manager Giles Knight in the office of attorney Arndt. McPherson's former attorney Jacob Moidel had pressed a suit against her accusing her of illegally discharging him, which she contended with accusations that Moidel had attempted to force her to resign from her position at her church. Nordin and Knight were to give testimony about threatening messages received from Moidel.
Date:
[circa October 30, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with her nurse Ella Nordin and her business manager Giles Knight in her attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1937

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson conferring with her attorneys over paperwork, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson conferring with her attorneys over paperwork. McPherson's former attorney Jacob Moidel had pressed a suit against her accusing her of illegally discharging him, which she contended with accusations that Moidel had attempted to force her to resign from her position at her church.
Date:
[circa October 30, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson conferring with her attorneys over paperwork, Los Angeles, 1937

Rheba Crawford discussing her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer dealing with legal matters. Crawford had been dismissed from her post of associate pastor of Angelus Temple by Aimee Semple McPherson, an action which she contested due to specifications in her contract. Crawford is center, with Joseph Fainer to her right.
Date:
[circa November 18, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rheba Crawford discussing her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Two women at the charity ball of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Description:
Two women in fur coats shake hands at the 11th annual charity ball and dinner of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged, held in the Biltmore Bowl. The theme was patriotic and Bob Hope, George Murphy and Jerry Colona presided as masters of ceremony
Date:
February 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Two women at the charity ball of the Junior Auxiliary of the Jewish Home for the Aged at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, February 11, 1940

Father Divine's Peace Mission and Truth Center, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Hotel property at 4611 Compton Avenue purchased to be used as a "heaven, " or "Peace Mission and Truth Center" for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement. Father Divine, also known as Reverend M.J. Divine was a controversial African American spiritual leader from 1907-1965. He founded the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be God.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Father Divine's Peace Mission and Truth Center, Los Angeles, 1930s

Property purchased for Los Angeles headquarters for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Property purchased to be used for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement. Father Divine, also known as Reverend M.J. Divine was a controversial African American spiritual leader from 1907-1965. He founded the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be God
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Property purchased for Los Angeles headquarters for Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, Los Angeles, 1935

Mayor Frank L. Shaw poses with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin at Red Cross conference, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Mayor Frank L. Shaw poses with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Red Cross nurse Vriginia Daniel, and D.C. McQuatters. Taken most likely at the Los Angeles County Red Cross Regional Conference where accident reduction and the establishment of first aid stations were discussed. From left to right, Mayor Shaw, D.C. McQuatters, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Virginia Daniel, and an unidentified man.
Date:
[circa October 25, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mayor Frank L. Shaw poses with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin at Red Cross conference, Los Angeles, 1935

Aimee Semple McPherson, Roberta Semple Smythe, and Rheba Crawford celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Roberta Smythe, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rheba Crawford Splivalo celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry. The celebration included a parade that ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple. Rheba Crawford Splivalo was associate pastor at Angelus Temple. Roberta Semple Smythe was the daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson.
Date:
January 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Aimee Semple McPherson, Roberta Semple Smythe, and Rheba Crawford celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry, Los Angeles, 1935

Cult victim Delight Jewett peering through blinds in U.S. Attorney Fleet Palmer's office, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Delight Jewett peering through blinds in U.S. Attorney Fleet Palmer's office. The seventeen-year-old Delight Jewett, a follower of cult leader Father Divine, was to be a witness in the case against fellow Divine follower John Wuest Hunt, who had molested Jewett under the pretense of immaculate conception.
Date:
[circa April 19, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Cult victim Delight Jewett peering through blinds in U.S. Attorney Fleet Palmer's office, Los Angeles, 1937

Evangelists Roberta Semple, Rheba Crawford, and Harriet Jordan, and the attorney Jacob Moidel, awaiting pastor Aimee Semple McPherson of Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Members of the Angelus Temple Roberta Semple, daughter of pastor Aimee Semple McPherson, Rheba Crawford, assistant pastor, Harriet Jordan, business manager await the return of their pastor Aimee Semple McPherson from her world tour. Jacob Moidel, McPherson's attorney, indicates what is possibly a legal document with his pen. From left to right, Robert Semple, Harriet Jordan, Rheba Crawford, and Jacob Moidel.
Date:
[circa June 20, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelists Roberta Semple, Rheba Crawford, and Harriet Jordan, and the attorney Jacob Moidel, awaiting pastor Aimee Semple McPherson of Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1936

Evangelists Roberta Semple, Rheba Crawford, and Harriet Jordan awaiting pastor Aimee Semple McPherson of Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Members of the Angelus Temple Roberta Semple, daughter of pastor Aimee Semple McPherson, Rheba Crawford, assistant pastor, and Harriet Jordan, business manager, await the return of their pastor Aimee Semple McPherson from her world tour. From left to right, Roberta Semple, Rheba Crawford, and Harriet Jordan.
Date:
[circa June 20, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelists Roberta Semple, Rheba Crawford, and Harriet Jordan awaiting pastor Aimee Semple McPherson of Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1936

Members of Angelus Temple ride a parade float, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Unidentified members of the Angelus Temple house of worship ride on a parade float. The parade celebrated Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service. The parade ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple.
Date:
January 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Members of Angelus Temple ride a parade float, Los Angeles, 1935

Evangelists Aimee Crawford and Rheba Crawford link arms in front of a crowd, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Famed evangelist Aimee McPherson (left) and former head of the State Department of Social Welfare Rheba Crawford (right) link arms in front of a crowd. A train is visible in the background. Crawford had recently given up her post at the State Department to become an associate pastor with McPherson at Angelus Temple.
Date:
[circa June 27, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelists Aimee Crawford and Rheba Crawford link arms in front of a crowd, Los Angeles, 1934

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, photographed at the witness stand.

Description:
Noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church, Aimee Semple McPherson, appears in court. This appearance is possibly related to her testifying in her own defense in a breach of contract suit regarding a film, "Clay in the Potter's Hands", in which she was to appear. The film's producer, J. Roy Stewart, died before the trial was completed, but the suit was found in his favor and McPherson ordered to pay $5900 to assignees of his interest in the contract. The trial took place in January of 1934.
Date:
January, 1934?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, photographed at the witness stand.

Aimee Semple McPherson, photographed at the witness stand.

Description:
Noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church, Aimee Semple McPherson, appears in court. This appearance is possibly related to her testifying in her own defense in a breach of contract suit regarding a film, "Clay in the Potter's Hands", in which she was to appear. The film's producer, J. Roy Stewart, died before the trial was completed, but the suit was found in his favor and McPherson ordered to pay $5900 to assignees of his interest in the contract. The trial took place in January of 1934.
Date:
January, 1934?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Aimee Semple McPherson, photographed at the witness stand.

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, at the witness stand.

Description:
Noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church, Aimee Semple McPherson, appears in court. This appearance is possibly related to her testifying in her own defense in a breach of contract suit regarding a film, "Clay in the Potter's Hands", in which she was to appear. The film's producer, J. Roy Stewart, died before the trial was completed, but the suit was found in his favor and McPherson ordered to pay $5900 to assignees of his interest in the contract. The trial took place in January of 1934.
Date:
January, 1934?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, at the witness stand.

Crowd watches parade celebrating Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Crowd watches parade floats and a procession of vehicles drive through downtown Los Angeles on the way to City Hall in celebration of Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service. The parade ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple.
Date:
January 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd watches parade celebrating Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Description:
New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, left, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:
May 15, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mayor of New York City, Fiorello La Guardia, presides over the Pacific coast's United States Conference of Mayors. May 15, 1937.

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a plan of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

Description:
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a bale of hay under a tent at the Shrine Charity Circus. The circus is an annual 10-day event held at Shrine Auditorium, which features an indoor show by the Polack Bros. Circus. Orphaned and underprivileged children are allowed to visit the circus as their admission is paid by affluent members of the community. The circus also travels to the children's hospital to entertain the sick children who can't attend. Proceeds from the circus go to Shrine charitable activities.
Date:
between June 8 and June 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Rosita Yacopi talks to three young children sitting on a hay bale at the Shrine Charity Circus, Los Angeles, June 1946

Lillian O'Shea piano exhibit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Lillian O'Shea seated playing musical score on the "modern Steinway Grand Paino." She is surrounded by other exhibit pieces such as the "Work Bench of Henry Eangelhard Steinway, Founder of the House of Steinway & Sons." A man with a hat can be seen peering in from the outside. There is another small placard that says "Steinway & Sons Makers. New York, London, Hamburg."
Date:
October 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lillian O'Shea piano exhibit, Los Angeles, 1935

Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
The former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at 214 South Main Street, is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th century landmarks and was completed in 1876. The Cathedral was decommissioned at some point between 1994 and 1999 after which it underwent seismic retrofitting and restoration and, in the process, was converted to an event space called Vibiana.
Date:
[circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (Shriners) parading at Durbar, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 10, 1934, Fifteen Thousand Nobles Rally for Shrine Durbar, Thousands at Durbar, Shriners Have Gala Rally, Colorfully Clad Delegations Assemble From Many Parts of the West, Spectacular Parade Marks First Event of Its Kind in United States
Date:
June 9, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (Shriners) parading at Durbar, Los Angeles, 1934

Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, Medinah Temple, in Shriners' parade, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Bird's-eye view of about 60 Medinah Temple members, in fezes and decorated jackets, carrying swords, led by color guard with American flag and flags reading Medinah, Chicago, marching in Shriners' parade, with Union Pacific Freight Depot at right decorated with sign reading Welcome Nobles, about 7 men on roof in midground, crowd at left, parked cars at right, other parade units in foreground and background
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, Medinah Temple, in Shriners' parade, Los Angeles, 1925

Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Exterior view of the main facade of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church. Signs on the church advertise a fundraising effort to prevent foreclosure, reading: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody." A tower-shaped sign to indicate the status of the fundraising effort is at the corner of the property. Other signs read: "Leila Castberg Preacher ... Church of Divine Power...Service, Sunday 7:30," and "May 6 The Miracle Church, Dr. Frank Dyer...Duled By Money...7:30."
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards, just after the exterior scaffolding came down. Signs on the church advertised a fundraising effort to acquire donations to complete the construction project: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody" and "Save The Church In May, $50,000 Needed..." The edifice is now the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church. The building was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects.
Date:
May 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church with fundraising banners, Los Angeles, 1928