Funeral at Utter-McKinley's North Hollywood Chapel for Krishna Venta and two others, 1958.

Title: Funeral at Utter-McKinley's North Hollywood Chapel for Krishna Venta and two others, 1958.
Date Created: December 19, 1958
Date: 1958-12-19
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Krishna Venta and others died in the bombing of the headquarters of Fountain of the World in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Caption: CULTISTS' FUNERAL - Priestesses Mary and Wally and Mother Ruth, from left in front row, attend funeral rites for their leader, Krishna Venta, and two others who died in sect bombing. Mrs. Amelia Baker, sobbing, is comforted by former daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joan Baker, Husband Charles Baker is at right.

Genre: news photographs
Location: North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Religious leaders--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bombings--California.
Chapels--California, Southern

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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