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.
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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