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Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, in court with her attorney W. I. Gilbert, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, in court with her attorney W. I. Gilbert, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: [probably 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 was involved in a long court case in 1926 concerning the kidnapping and return of her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson. McPherson was believed by some to have faked the entire ordeal. W. I. Gilbert was their defense attorney for the trial.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, in court with her attorney W. I. Gilbert.
Handwritten on negative: Mother Kennedy, W. I. Gilbert
Text from negative sleeve: Kennedy, Minnie (Angelus Temple) Mother of McPherson
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5367
ark:/21198/zz002cvcph
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Religious groups--California--Los Angeles
Kennedy, Minnie, 1871-1947
Gilbert, W. I. (William I.), 1876-1940
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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