Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Portrait photograph of Anna S. Wolf. 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: Wolf, Anna S. McPherson Case.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4582 ark:/21198/zz002cqdcj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Wolf, Anna S McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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