Names: McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson was under investigation for faking her own kidnapping.
Date:: June 18, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to article, "New Storm Hits Temple: Suits Filed Against Mrs. McPherson in Realty Promotion and Reprisal Actions Promised," Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 1928: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph of the affidavit of H. D. Hollenbeck, dual resident of Los Angeles and Welton, Arizona, given in concurrence with Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance/kidnapping. The document puts forward Hollenbeck's sworn account of his whereabouts from May 18, 1926 through July 10, 1926. The document is dated July 10, 1926 and is signed by both H. D. Hollenbeck and a Notary Public for the County of Los Angeles.
Date:: July 10, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers holding her for ransom there. Her disappearance, reappearance and subsequent court inquiries regarding the allegation that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover precipitated a media frenzy that changed the course of McPherson's career.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From the letter"... there's nothing more I could say - except perhaps gain your confidence more than is possible on paper.--Believe me - If I had youre preacher lady I'd collect that $25,000...Kennedy has offered - Poor Mrs. Kennedy- my heart sure bleeds for her..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers holding her for ransom there. Her disappearance, reappearance and subsequent court inquiries regarding the allegation that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover precipitated a media frenzy that changed the course of McPherson's career.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: At center, an unknown woman in an apron stands and looks to camera. To the left of her, she holds up 2 cloths, the smaller one in front of the larger one. The smaller one is square and white. The larger one appears to be rectangular and is printed.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph of a hand-drawn diagram that depicts Aimee Semple McPherson's account of her escape from her kidnappers in Sonora, Mexico. A dotted line, representing the U.S./Mexico border, extends across the upper third of the image. Below, the Sonoran town of Agua Prieta and its surroundings are depicted. Above the dotted line, Douglas, Arizona is represented. Notations and scale markers are also included in the diagram. A compass rose sits in the upper right corner. Signatures of witnesses Jackson Bergh and Mayor (of Agua Prieta) Ernesto Boubion are in the lower left corner.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photocopy of the affidavits of Lorraine Wiseman and Miss "X" in regards to Kenneth G. Ormiston's stay in Carmel in the latter part of May, 1926 and in concurrence with Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping/disappearance. Both affidavits were sworn to the Notary Public in and for the county of Monterey on August 15, 1926.
Date:: [circa August 15, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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