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Title: Aimee Semple McPherson Western Union telegrams to Mrs. E. Frame, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: 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.
Some text from first telegram: "Am calling your house by phone at nine-thirty..."
n 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. Thought to have drowned, she emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed.
Some text from second telegram: "Am... calling on phone at nine in the morning, have ... there--Grace"
Two telegrams addressed to Mrs. E. Frame at 1330 LeMoyne St., Los Angeles
Text from negative sleeve: Mc Pherson, Aimee Semple, Telegrams Notes
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6356
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Language: English
Subject: Evangelists--California--Los Angeles
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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