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Title
Aimee Semple McPherson and Ma Kennedy appear in court, Los Angeles, circa 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1926]
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.
A similar photograph is titled, "Panorama of Opposing Forces in Battle Over Angelus Temple Leader," Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 1926: A11
Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother, Ma Kennedy, sit behind the counsel's table during their preliminary hearing regarding Aimee's disappearance. A court reporter sits in the foreground at left with her back to camera. Beyond her and to the right, the counsel's table stretches back. Seated at the table, from left to right, are attorneys Roland R. Woolley and S. S. Hahn. S. S. Hahn leans over the table as he sits. Behind and between them, Aimee Semple McPherson sits. Ma Kennedy sits behind and to the right of S. S. Hahn. Louise Wiseman Sielaff sits in partial view along the right edge. Spectators fill the gallery.
Text from negative sleeve: Mc Pherson, Aimee Semple Preliminary Hearing [handwritten:] X
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6296
ark:/21198/zz002cwgqx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Woolley, Roland Rich, 1891-1979
Kennedy, Minnie, 1871-1947
Hahn, S. S. (Samuel S.), 1889-1957
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Wiseman, Lorraine, b. 1889 or 90
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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