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Mother Ruth, widow of Krishna Venta, reunites with two of her daughters at Los Angeles International Airport, 1958

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Title: Mother Ruth, widow of Krishna Venta, reunites with two of her daughters at Los Angeles International Airport, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 12, 1958
1958-12-12
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: Mother Ruth came from Alaska on the occasion of the bombing of Fountain of the World headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, where her husband, Krishna Venta, and others were killed.
Daily Mirror caption: WIDOW OF SLAIN LEADER OF RELIGIOUS CULT ARRIVES FROM ALASKA - Mother Ruth is greeted at airport by two of her daughters, Lael, 8, and Sharva, 11.
LA Times caption: VENTA'S WIDOW ARRIVES - Mother Ruth, widow of Cult Leader Krishna Venta, is greeted by two of her daughters, Lael, 8, and Sharva, 11, as she arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from group's colony in Alaska.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115r
ark:/21198/zz001409vn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Family--California, Southern
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Mothers and daughters
Airports--California--Los Angeles County
Los Angeles International Airport
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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