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Title
Aimee Semple McPherson funeral
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1944
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The scene inside Angelus Temple where thousands gathered on October 9, 1944, to bid farewell to Aimee Semple McPherson, whose remains are shown in the open casket. The funeral was delayed for several days to allow mourners time to travel, made difficult during wartime.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00021788
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1712-McPherson, Aimee Semple.
CARL0000026969
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/9219
Subject
McPherson, Aimee Semple,--1890-1944--Death and burial
Angelus Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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