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Title
Krishna Venta WKFL Fountain of the World
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
1957
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
Krishna Venta, seated in car, his wife, Mother Ruth behind him, and a Fountain of the World member helping him put on boots. He is possibly preparing for a trip to Alaska, where he established a colony called Venta outside the city of Homer in 1957. Krishna Venta (born Frances Herman Pencovic) is the founder of the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult, based out of Box Canyon near Chatsworth. Photograph dated March 11, 1957.; See image #00133621 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00133620
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d040_f12_i16
CARL0005579073
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63914
Subject
WKFL Fountain of the World
Cults--United States
Boots--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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