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Title
Widow assumes leadership
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated December 15, 1958 reads, "Mother Ruth, widow of slain Krishna Venta, has been elected new leader of WKFL religious cult. She is shown before ruins of bombed building with her two sons, Lael, 8, right, and Sharva, 11."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00133626
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d040_f12_i22
CARL0005579079
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63921
Subject
WKFL Fountain of the World
Mass casualties--California--Los Angeles
Bombings--California--Los Angeles
Bombs--California--Los Angeles
Mothers and sons--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Boys--California--Los Angeles
Cults--United States
Sects--United States
Lost architecture--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles)
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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