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John W. Wilson, manager of the Andrews Hotel, questioned during the McPherson trial, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: John W. Wilson, manager of the Andrews Hotel, questioned during the McPherson trial, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: 1926
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers holding her for ransom there. Her disappearance, reappearance and subsequent court inquiries regarding the allegation that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover precipitated a media frenzy that changed the course of McPherson's career.
Text from negative sleeve: Wilson, John W. McPherson Case.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4510
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Wilson, John W. (Hotel manager)
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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