Genre: news photographs / Names: McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: Famed evangelist Aimee McPherson (right) and former head of the State Department of Social Welfare Rheba Crawford (left) share a look. 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

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

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

Description:: Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, in winter furs, holds a bouquet of roses while standing at the back of a Pacific Coast Railway car.
Date:: 1933-1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Description:: Popular Christian Evangelist and founder of the Foursquare Church, Aimee Semple McPherson, sings to the crowd while wrapped in white furs.
Date:: 1933-1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson appearing in court to refute promotor Harry Essman's claim that McPherson hired him as her business manager. Essman sought payment of a $7500 promissory note that Semple gave him.
Date:: [circa September 24, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson presumably leaving court after appearing to refute promotor Harry Essman's claim that McPherson hired him as her business manager. Essman sought payment of a $7500 promissory note that Semple gave him.
Date:: [circa September 24, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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