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Title: Aimee Semple McPherson sued over real estate acquisition, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: September 1, 1928
1928-09-01
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
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.
Aimee McPherson was widely known for being an alleged kidnapping victim in 1926.
Aimee McPherson convinced her followers to purchase real estate for Angelus Temple and was being charged with a fraud suit for taking commission on the transaction.
Text from the ad urging Angelus Temple to support McPherson: "To Members of Angelus Temple, its Branches and Christian Friends--Don't let outsiders buy Tahoe Cedars way from you."
Handwritten on negative sleeve: McPherson, Aimee Semple, real estate case-copies
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6400
ark:/21198/zz002cwm9n
Language: English
Subject: Evangelists--California--Los Angeles
Fraud--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Real estate business--California--Los Angeles
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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