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Title: Funeral for Aimee Semple McPherson
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Stewart, Lucille
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The remains of Aimee Semple McPherson are on display in an open casket (center) at Angelus Temple, where thousands gathered on October 9, 1944 for her funeral. Large funereal wreaths surround the coffin.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00091143
Lucille Stewart Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b14_f9_i2
CARL0004969148
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123652
Subject: McPherson, Aimee Semple,--1890-1944--Death and burial
Angelus Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wreaths--California--Los Angeles
Lying in state--California--Los Angeles
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Dead persons--California--Los Angeles
Funeral decorations--California--Los Angeles
Coffins--California--Los Angeles
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Postmortem photographs
Time Period: 1941-1950

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