Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to numerous stories reported by the Los Angeles Times on Aimee Semple McPherson's alleged kidnapping in 1926. McPherson, evangelist for the Angelus Temple, disappeared for some time, and when she reappeared, saying she was kidnapped, she and her mother, Mildred Kennedy, were charged with criminal conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice. Minnie Kennedy (left) and her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson sit behind a table in a courtroom. In front of them are three deskpads, a pitcher of water, cups upside down on metal trays, a pocketbook. Both women are wearing hats and fur-trimmed satin jackets. McPherson holds a pencil in her right hand and a notepad in her left. McPherson is looking into the camera, while Kennedy is looking off to the side. Unidentified men are in the background of the courtroom. Handwritten on negative: Mrs Kennedy [rest is illegible] Text on negative sleeve: Mc Pherson, Aimee Semple X 3
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6382 ark:/21198/zz002cwkpv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Conspiracy)--California--Los Angeles Evangelists--California--Los Angeles County Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Courthouses--California--Los Angeles McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 Trials, litigation, etc McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944--Family Kennedy, Minnie, 1871-1947
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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