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Title
Aimee Semple McPherson seated, reading note demanding $10,000, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
June 4, 1936
1936-06-04
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
EVANGELIST TARGET OF THREAT: Aimee Semple McPherson, Angelus Temple evangelist, reads a copy of the note she received demanding $10,000 under threat that unless she complied, motion pictures of her and a friend, showing them in the nude, would be made public.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b3239_5566-1
ark:/21198/zz0002vg67
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Religion
Women evangelists--California--Los Angeles
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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