Aimee Semple McPherson was an evangelist with the Angelus Temple. In 1926 she disappeared and was allegedly kidnapped; however upon her return, she was charged, along with her mother, Mildred Kennedy, with conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice.
Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, doing a radio interview with deep-sea diver R. C. Crawford during the search for her daughter's body. Related to the article, "AIMEE SEMPLE M'PHERSON BELIEVED BATHING VICTIM: Police and Members of Congregation Patrol Beach in Vain Search for Trace of Missing Pastor," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1926: 1.
Related to numerous stories reported by the Los Angeles Times on Aimee Semple McPherson's alleged kidnapping in 1926. McPherson, evangelist for the Angelus Temple, disappeared for some time, and when she reappeared, saying she was kidnapped, she and her mother, Mildred Kennedy, were charged with criminal conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice.
Related to the article, "State-wide Search for Ormiston Under Way: Quest for Radio Operator Pushed; New Clew Reported on Writer of Ransom Letter," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jul. 1926: 1.
Photograph of Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, with attorney Marion P. Betty in his office filing for divorce from "Whataman" Guy Edward Hudson. Kennedy holds several checks that she wrote to Hudson.
Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, holds on to a railing as she looks out into the ocean in search of her missing daughter. Related to the article, "AIMEE SEMPLE M'PHERSON BELIEVED BATHING VICTIM: Police and Members of Congregation Patrol Beach in Vain Search for Trace of Missing Pastor," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1926: 1.
Minnie Kennedy sits in bed as she recovers from her combined facial and nasal operations. Chief Nurse Lindholm sits beside Kennedy at the edge of the bed. Bandages cover Kennedy's nose, which she asserts was broken by her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, during a fist fight. Reported in, "'BROKEN' NOSE TWEAKED: McPherson-Kennedy Feud Flares Anew When Affidavits Tell 'Truth' About 'Fracture'," Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 1930: A1.
Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, holds on to a railing as she looks out into the ocean in search of her missing daughter. Related to the article, "AIMEE SEMPLE M'PHERSON BELIEVED BATHING VICTIM: Police and Members of Congregation Patrol Beach in Vain Search for Trace of Missing Pastor," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1926: 1.
Minnie Kennedy (middle) with her grandshildren Roberta Semple and Rolf McPherson. They stand in front of the entrance to a building, each holding luggage and wearing formal attire. The photograph was taken at the time that Kennedy's daughter, and the children's mother, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, disappeared from Ocean Park Beach. Possibly related to the article, "HAPPINESS TAKEN CALMLY: Mother Kennedy Curbs Over Enthusiasm Pending Sight of Mrs. McPherson at Douglas," Los Angeles Times, 24 June 1926: 1.
Minnie Kennedy as she recovered from her combined facial and nasal operations, accompanied by her secretary, Kharvina Burbeck. Bandages cover Kennedy's nose, which she asserts was broken by her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, during a fist fight. Reported in, "'BROKEN' NOSE TWEAKED: McPherson-Kennedy Feud Flares Anew When Affidavits Tell 'Truth' About 'Fracture'," Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 1930: A1.
Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist AImee Semple McPherson, is handed a pen by Barney Bernard to sign some documents, as Guy Edward Hudson watches. Kennedy and Hudson were married in 1931. Barney Bernard (born Junius Lorraine Bernard, 1885-1950) was a newspaperman who wrote for the Herald Express, the Pasadena Star, the Los Angeles Times, and the Examiner. In addition, he was an assistant director during the filming of "Birth of a Nation" and afterwards did motion picture publicity in New York City.
Minnie Kennedy in an elevator dorridor with attorney W. I. Gilbert at the time of a judicial proceeding for the trial of Aimee Kennedy and her daughter, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, on conspiracy charges growing out of McPherson's asserted kidnapping. Possibly related to the article, "NEW LAWYER IN M'PHERSON CASE: Jerry Geisler Retained to Aid Gilbert at Trial Pastor Denies Having Idea of Dismissing Latter Declares Reports of Changes in Counsel False," Los Angeles Times, 02 Dec. 1926: A20.
Aimee, Roberta, and Minnie stand together wearing white dresses amongst several other unidentified women wearing similar clothes. Aimee wears a dark cape and holds a book under one arm while her mother holds a bouquet of flowers in her arms.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, and Mrs. Blanche Rice possibly charting different beach locations to search for McPherson after fears of her possible drowning.
Kharvina Burbeck seated on a wooden chair in front of a door. Kharvina was the secretary to Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, the mother of the founder of the Foursquare Church. Reported, with a different photograph taken on the same day, in "Cash Saves Her When Jail Looms: Woman on Auto Charge Has 'Narrow Squeak' from Hearing Cell Door Creak," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1927: A8.
Minnie Kennedy sits in bed as she recovers from her combined facial and nasal operations. Bandages cover Kennedy's nose, which she asserts was broken by her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, during a fist fight. Reported in, "'BROKEN' NOSE TWEAKED: McPherson-Kennedy Feud Flares Anew When Affidavits Tell 'Truth' About 'Fracture'," Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 1930: A1.