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. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Thousands of people came to bid Aimee Semple McPherson farewell before the pastor's three month trip abroad, where she will visit the Holy Land. Aimee, Reverend Rand, Roberta, Judge Gates, and two unidentified women stand on the back of a train. Aimee waves at the crowd holding a bouquet of flowers. Spectators surround the train on all sides. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Thousands Bid Gospel Head Farewell," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan 1926: A2. Text from negative sleeve: McPherson, Aimee Semple Holy Land Departure X Handwritten on negative: Judge Gates on platform with Aimee McPherson
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6308 ark:/21198/zz002cwh4m
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Families--American--California--Los Angeles Evangelists Judges--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--African--California--Los Angeles Gates, Walter S. (Walter Solomon), 1888-1980 Salter, Roberta Semple, 1910-2007 Rader, Paul, 1879-1938 McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
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