Keeps 22 cats 'to whip Devil' but felines violate ordinance
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated January 6, 1950 partially reads, "An earthy message awaits Fred Kester, 66, of Pacoima, who claims he is in communication with the moon, on Jan. 29 in Valley Municipal Court. Kester faces sentencing in court for violation of the city's trailer and coach ordinances. He pleaded guilty to the charge yesterday. On his property at 13067 Pierce St., investigators found Kester, a former railroad mechanic, and his wife, Margaret, 56, living in a homemade hut with outside quarters for 22 cats, five goats, a flock of ducks and a dog. Part of their living quarters overlap a 'temple room' with alter and chair as the moon 'message center.' The cats, Kester explained, are a part of his tenets of religion." Pictured is Fred Kester with some of his 'sacred' cats.; See image #00134244 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Temples--California--Los Angeles Animals--California--Los Angeles Cats--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles County ordinances--California--Los Angeles County Dwellings--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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