Subject: Evangelists--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Evangelist Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer. 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.
Date:: [circa November 18, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler walking with his wife, Nelle, Los Angeles

Description:: Evangelist and political figure Robert P. Shuler (center right) walking down stairs with his wife. Shuler became famous for his controversial sermons and radio broadcasts from Trinity Methodist church.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelists Aimee Crawford and Rheba Crawford, Los Angeles, 1934

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

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 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

Rheba Crawford and others convening to discuss her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer and others, including Willedd Andrews, attorney for Aimee McPherson Semple. 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 dead 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

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

Evangelist Aimee McPherson appearing in court to confront a suit brought against her, Los Angeles, 1935

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

Evangelist Aimee McPherson leaving court after addressing a suit brought against her, Los Angeles, 1935

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

Evangelist Aimee McPherson appearing in court to confront a suit brought against her, Los Angeles, 1935

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

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 Rheba Crawford smiling on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Evangelist Rheba Crawford posing on the witness stand. Crawford was bringing a libel suit against editor Dan McNally and writer Jonathan Perkins.
Date:: [circa September 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

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 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

Evangelist Rheba Crawford smiling on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Evangelist Rheba Crawford posing on the witness stand. Crawford was bringing a libel suit against editor Dan McNally and writer Jonathan Perkins.
Date:: [circa September 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelist Rheba Crawford with her attorney, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Evangelist Rheba Crawford with her attorney. Crawford was bringing a libel suit against editor Dan McNally and writer Jonathan Perkins.
Date:: [circa September 1935]
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

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, Los Angeles, 1934

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

Aimee Semple McPherson and Mrs. M. B. Godbey in a pantry preparing food baskets, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson and Mrs. M. B. Godbey in a pantry preparing food baskets. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and attorney Joe Fainer during a trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson during a trial in which she testified against her daughter Roberta, who had taken a $150,000 slander action against Willedd Andrews. Standing is attorney Joe Fainer, counsel for Roberta.
Date:: [April 15, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson sits at a desk reading a book. McPherson was a noted evangelist and founder of the Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Church.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aimee Semple McPherson broadcasting her first sermon, Los Angeles, 1920-1925

Description:: Copy of a clipping with a photo of Aimee Semple MCPherson seated at a radio microphone with technician Kenneth Ormiston behind her.
Date:: [1920-1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Note addressed to Minnie Kennedy and Mrs. McPherson, 1926

Description:: From the note: "Mrs. Minnie Kennedy or Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson--IMPORTANT"
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Madge Morris, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Madge Morris sitting down with legs crossed and smiling. Possibly the sister of Bernice Morris, who was the secretary of attorney R.A. McKinley who defended Aimee Semple McPherson in her alleged kidnapping case.
Date:: [between 1920-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Envelope addressed to Aimee McPherson, 1926

Description:: Envelope from Bertelson-Groves Co. Surety Bonds.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:: Photograph of telegram received from Mrs. E. Drame? [illegible] for "fifty dollars to be paid to John Anderson at Continental Hotel San Francisco..."
Date:: September 1, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:: From the letter: "My Dear Katherine Joe Harry & Dad, May god bless you all I got your letter and was so blue... I love you all & trying to make some money. I will send you soon as quick as I can..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Envelope addressed to Lorraine Wiseman, witness in the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case, 1926

Description:: Lorraine r. Wiseman was a witness that provided false testimony in the kidnapping case of Aimee McPherson.
Date:: August 30, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson Western Union telegrams to Mrs. E. Frame, 1926

Description:: Some text from first telegram: "Am calling your house by phone at nine-thirty..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Madge Morris sitting on the arm of Bernice Morris's chair, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Bernice Morris sits smiling holding Madge's hand with Madge sitting on the arm of her chair. They both are wearing hats.
Date:: [between 1920-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Howe, Frank B., 1897-1963
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes written by Aimee Semple McPherson, [1926]

Description:: In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. Thought to have drowned, she emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter from Kenneth Ormiston to Carmel Realty Company, 1926

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Foursquare Gospel Lighthouses Questionnaire, 1928

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, page 4, 1926

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Roberta Semple McPherson, circa 1930s

Description:: At center, Roberta Semple McPherson stands in profile, facing left. She stands to the right of a desk and rests her hands onto a document. She wears a black dress with a ruffled white collar and ruffled white cuffs. She also sports a beret. In the background, a water cooler stands at right and a man speaks on a telephone at left.
Date:: [circa 1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Page 2 of an interview transcript with Kenneth G. Ormiston, 1926

Description:: Ormiston was the man that was suspected of having a romantic getaway with Aimee McPherson during her alleged kidnapping. In this document, he alleges that it was a different woman he refers to as "Miss X".
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson and Ma Kennedy sit in court during a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:: A similar photograph is titled, "When Strain Proved too Much for Mother of Evangelist," Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1926: A1
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Minnie Kennedy (left) and Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: 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.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson and Ma Kennedy appear in court, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:: A similar photograph is titled, "Panorama of Opposing Forces in Battle Over Angelus Temple Leader," Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 1926: A11
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter with a request for money, related to Aimee Semple McPherson, part 1, , Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: From the letter: "Oh what a miserable thing they have done to me, they said they'd get me and they think they have, but what I've got a card to spring, they don't know of yet now dear if you will send down 3000 for land..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter from Tahoe Cedars, 1928

Description:: From the letter: "Dear Friend: A summer colony of Crhistian people in the most delightful, beautiful, ideal vacation-land in America--Lake Tahoe. That is our most sincere ambition for Tahoe Cedars, the gem of Lake Tahoe."
Date:: September 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Rheba Crawford illustrates how a man attacked her, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Evangelist Rheba Crawford, left, reenacts how she was attacked with the help of an unidentified man.
Date:: September, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee McPherson holding handkerchief in her hand and smiling, Los Angeles, 1932

Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson in the Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1920s (copy photo)

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson was an evangelist for the Angelus Temple.
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Note about a shack in San Juan possibly related to the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance, 1926

Description:: From note: "San Juan House looking Northwest... This view not before published...window at left is one Douglas Authorities state is identical with Mrs McPherson's description of one thru which she escaped..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Foursquare Crusader clipping with an image of the Lighthouse and Gospel Bowl at Tahoe Cedars, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Aimee McPherson convinced her followers to purchase real estate for Angelus Temple and was being charged with a fraud suit for taking commission on the transaction.
Date:: September 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson on the platform of a train car before leaving for Boston, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson kisses a school girl (possibly a family member) on the platform of a train car as a crown watches. McPherson is about to depart for Boston and holds a large bouquet of roses.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter related to Aimee McPherson letter, 1926

Description:: Some text from first page: My Dear Katie & dear boy, Hope you & all are well. I ... had lots of trouble, but everything is coming O.K."
Date:: August 29, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Roberta Semple leaves for Ozark country, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Roberta Semple, standing before the door of a Greyhound bus, waves to those seeing her off. Two women, one with a guitar and another with a ukulele, stand beside her.
Date:: July 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Tahoe Cedars purchase letter, 1928

Description:: Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Date:: September 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter from Superior Court Judge Carlos S. Hardy to Mr. McKinley, 1926

Description:: The letter is dated Aug. 14. Judge Hardy tells Mr. McKinley that he is leaving for a vacation in Canada and advised Mr. McKinley about how to reach him.
Date:: August 14, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Kenneth Ormiston's letter to Mr. and Mrs. Benedict, 1926

Description:: George E. McIntyre was the name Kenneth Ormiston used while staying in a cottage with a mysterious woman who many believed to be Aimee Semple McPherson during her alleged kidnapping.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson and David Hutton meet with lawyers Edward A. Adams and Benjamin Lewis and stenographer Ruth Tuttle, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: The estranged McPherson and Hutton meet for inquiry. A strenuous day sent Semple McPherson to her bed.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:: In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson with children during Angelus Temple services, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Reported in: "Great Crowds Greet Aimee at First Sunday Services Since Return," Los Angeles Times, 28 June 1926: 2.
Date:: [June 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter from Ralph H. Cameron, circa 1926

Description:: Some text from the letterhead: "Ralph H. Cameron, Arizone Securities & Investment Co. (Incorporated)--Subdividers and Home Makers, Farm Lands, City Property Loans..."
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson gives a handwriting sample, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: A smiling Aimee sits at a table writing on a piece of paper, her hat sitting on the table beside her. Attorneys and other people can be seen in the background.
Date:: October 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Transcript of an interview between Asa Keyes and Lorraine Wiseman, page 2, 1926

Description:: Some text from the letter: "Mrs. Wiseman further stated that she could and would bring three witnesses to prove that she was the person in the cottage. Mr. Keyes asked who they were, and she stated that she would bring them. Upon Mr. Keyes' later repeated inquiry as to who the witnesses were, Mrs. Wiseman informed him that one was her son in university, one was a dentist and another was the man who drove her to and fro."
Date:: August 21, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson, the year she divorced David Hutton, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson seated in a law office.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tract map of Tahoe Cedars property, 1928

Description:: Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Date:: September 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Roberta Semple walking down a commercial street with Jacob Moidel, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Roberta Semple, daughter of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, and attorney Jacob Moidel walk along a commercial street.
Date:: April 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Possible biography of Lorraine Wiseman, 1926

Description:: Lorraine Wiseman was a key witness in the alleged kidnapping case of Aimee McPherson.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Husband and wife David L. Hutton and Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1931-1934

Description:: Aimee wears a long white dress with a black cape and rests one hand on her chest. David wears a dark suit and looks off into the distance
Date:: [between 1931-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson, the year she divorced David Hutton, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson, holding a bouquet of roses, waves.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee McPherson's alleged ransom note, 1926

Description:: From the note: "San Francisco, May 18th, Temple Angelus, Los Angeles--We have with us your beloved Aimee McPherson and will free her on payment of 500,000.00 in currency to be paid, at once in this manner. She has injured us and must pay in money or blood,--Select your man and have him take a seat in the Palace Hotel Lobby..."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Back of a telegram related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:: In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Description:: Adobe hut in the Sonora desert. In 1926 the Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Ocean Park Beach. A search ensued. When she finally re-appeared in Arizona, weeks later, she claimed that she had been abducted and taken to a a hut in Mexico, from which she eventually escaped.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tahoe Cedars Invoice, 1928

Description:: From invoice: "Total paid to F. F. Mason $50.00 on lot 6 Blk. 22 Tahoe Cedars Tract..."
Date:: April 30, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson, the year she divorced David Hutton, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson seated ina witness stand.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson sued over real estate acquisition, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Date:: September 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Aimee Semple McPherson deboarding a plane, Los Angeles,

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson descends the steps of a United Airlines airplane.
Date:: Juny 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Harold Stewart McPherson and Aimee Semple McPherson, Rhode Island (copy photo, originally from 1916)

Description:: Original photo taken in 1916.
Date:: [between 1920 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter from McPherson to H. L. Henry, 1927

Description:: Photograph of letter where Aimee McPherson talks about how much she enjoyed the Foursquare Gospel Lighthouse at Tahoe Cedars.
Date:: August 25, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Page of a letter related to Aimee Semple McPherson, 1926

Description:: In 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. She emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Transcript of an interview between Asa Keyes and Lorraine Wiseman, page 1, 1926

Description:: Some text from the page: "Mrs. Wiseman and myself called at the office of the District Attorney, Asa Keyes, at about ten minutes after ten on the morning of August 21."
Date:: August 21, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter with a request for money, related to Aimee Semple McPherson, part 2, 1926

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson was under investigation for faking her own kidnapping.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Richard W. Lewis visits family in Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Dr. Lewis is a man with white hair, round black glasses and a three-piece suit with a pocket watch tucked into his vest.
Date:: December 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roberta Semple leaves for Ozark country, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Roberta Semple, standing before the door of a Greyhound bus, waves to those seeing her off. Two women, one with a guitar and another with a ukulele, stand beside her.
Date:: July 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Minnie Kennedy and Aimee Semple McPherson in court, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Lorraine Wiseman, witness in the McPherson kidnapping trial, has her testimony questioned.
Date:: October 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Note from Bernice Morris, 1926

Description:: Text from note: Please quite directly, B.M.--"These are the pictures of the shacks given by Mrs. McPherson and Mrs. Kennedy, from which assortment the said said kidnappers were to designate one in which Mrs. McPherson was last held.-- Last Friday Mother Kennedy asked me to return these pictures to her."--Bernice Morris
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Adobe hut probably related to the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Sonora (Mexico), 1926

Description:: Adobe hut in the Sonora desert. In 1926 the Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Ocean Park Beach. A search ensued. When she finally re-appeared in Arizona, weeks later, she claimed that she had been abducted and taken to a a hut in Mexico, from which she eventually escaped.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Husband and wife David L. Hutton and Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1931-1934

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Aimee Elopes with Singer and Marries in Yuma," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep 1931: A1.
Date:: [between 1931-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Envelope of Ormiston's letter to Mr. and Mrs. Benedict, 1926

Description:: From the postcard: Mr. Geroge McIntire, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City... NOT AT HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA [stamped:]
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aimee Semple McPherson gives a doll to a little girl for Christmas present, Los Angeles,

Description:: Aimee Semple McPherson, in front of a Christmas tree, hands a baby doll to a little girl.
Date:: December 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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