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Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, waiting for news of her daughter, Venice, 1926

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Title: Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, waiting for news of her daughter, Venice, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: [May 28, 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
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, sitting at a desk, likely while awaiting news of her daughter's apparent drowning at Venice Beach. Mrs Blanche Rice (middle) worked at the Angelus Temple where both McPherson women preached. The man, [N L Gray?] could not be positively identified.
Possibly related to the article, "New M'Pherson Witness Found," Los Angeles Times, 29 May 1926: A1.
Handwritten on negative: L to R N.L. Gray, Mrs. Blanche Rice, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy
Text on negative sleeve: Kennedy, Minnie (Angelus Temple) mother of McPherson
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5365
ark:/21198/zz002cvcmg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Religious groups--California--Los Angeles
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Women evangelists--California--Los Angeles
Kennedy, Minnie, 1871-1947
Rice, Blanche
Gray, N.L
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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