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Title
McPherson family thrones
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Center is a gilded throne chair bedecked with blossoms for Aimee Semple McPherson at Angelus Temple. At her right will sit her son, Rolf McPherson, "prime minister" of the temple "royal family". A her left Roberta, the "crown princess" and Mr. Smythe will occupy a love seat beneath a bridal arch. Two temple figures not expected to be present were Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Mrs. McPherson's estranged mother, and Lorna de Smith, whose romance with Rolf recently had been reported ended, as of May 16, 1931.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00021775
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1712-McPherson, Aimee Semple.
CARL0000026483
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/9011
Subject
Angelus Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Church buildings--California--Echo Park (Los Angeles)
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
McPherson, Aimee Semple,1890-1944

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