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. Some text from the letter: "Mrs. Kiergan Mallory...Dear Madam: We received your letter of 7th. of this month and are glad to give you the following information in reply to the same. The prices of the lots range from $600.00 to 1,125.00... Yours truly, Dorothy M. Chenoweth" 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. Handwritten on negative sleeve: McPherson, Aimee Semple, real estate case-copies
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6403 ark:/21198/zz002cwmd6
Language
English
Subject
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles Fraud--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 OpenUCLA Collections
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