This photograph is similar to images appearing with the articles, "DETECTIVES INQUIRE INTO EVANGELIST'S DROWNING: Burns Operatives Enter Case While Searchers Vainly Seek Body of Aimee Semple McPherson," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 1, and “FAITHFUL CLING TO WANING HOPE: Men and Women Followers of Mrs. McPherson Grouped on Sands at Venice Pray That Leader Will Return to Them,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
A crowd gathers on the sand at Venice Beach the day after Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from the same beach. The crowd stands across the mid-ground, and most face towards the left. All wear jackets at the beach. A woman in the foreground at right sits on the beach next to a pile of sand. At left, a man in a suit walks towards camera. Behind and to the right of him, a few kids play in the sand. Buildings rise behind the throng of people in the distance at center. On one of the buildings it reads, "HOTEL CADILLAC."
This photograph is similar to images appearing as part of panoramic photograph titled, "Thousands of Evangelist's Followers Throng Beach While Searchers Vainly Drag Sea for Body of Temple," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
A crowd stands along the shore at Venice Beach the day after Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from the same beach. The crowd stands across the mid-ground at right and center; most face towards the left. Most spectators also wear jackets at the beach. Venice's shoreline stretches back at left. Buildings rise behind the throng of people in the distance at right. On one of the buildings it reads, "HOTEL CADILLAC." In the far distance at left, Lick Pier stretches into the water.
