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Bishop Nekona tells Sister Muriel of the fire that enveloped the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958

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Title: Bishop Nekona tells Sister Muriel of the fire that enveloped the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1958
1958-12-11
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: Daily Mirror caption: 'FLAMES WENT UP ALL AROUND, LIKE THIS' - Bishop Nekona gestures, tells Sister Muriel of fire.
A bomb destroyed the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, where both sect members lived.
Photographer: Neil Clamans
LA Times caption: TELLS OF BLAST - Bishop Nekona of Fountain of the World sect raises hands toward sky as she describes flames pouring from rubble of the bombed building. Listening to her story is Sister Muriel.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115l-1
ark:/21198/zz001408df
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Signs and signboards
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bishops
Ruins--California--1950-1960
Religion
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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