Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Roberta and Rolf stand on either side of an unsmiling Ms. Schaffer. Minnie Kennedy protects her grandson Rolf from reporters after his return from Yolo county. Photograph appears with the article, "M'Pherson Boy Shielded," Los Angeles Times, 03 June 1926: A1. Handwritten on negative: Roberta Semple Emma Shafer Rolf Mc Pherson Text from negative sleeve: McPherson, Roberta & Robert &, Rolf x Text from newspaper caption: Wearing His First Pair of Long Trousers, his last present from his mother, Rolf McPherson, 11-year-old son of Aimee Semple McPherson, arrived in Los Angeles yesterday from a ranch in Yolo county. The boy says he believes his mother died in the Pacific Ocean. Above, Rolf, Emma Schaffer and Roberta Semple, his half-sister. (Times photo.)
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6340 ark:/21198/zz002cwj7n
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Siblings--American--California--Los Angeles Shaffer, Emma Salter, Roberta Semple, 1910-2007 McPherson, Rolf Kennedy, 1913-2009
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