Bishop Asaiah comforts one of the sisters of Fountain of the World at a prayer meeting in comemoration of the bombing that killed sect leader Krishna Venta along with nine others, 1958.

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Title: Bishop Asaiah comforts one of the sisters of Fountain of the World at a prayer meeting in comemoration of the bombing that killed sect leader Krishna Venta along with nine others, 1958.
Date Created: December 11, 1958
Date: 1958-12-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description: A bomb set by two ex-members of the sect destroyed their headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Caption: ALL IS FORGIVEN - Bishop Asaiah, who said the sect asks forgiveness for architect of the searing blast, comforts one of sisters at prayer meeting.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12 cm
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Ventura County (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.2513872
Latitude: -118.6503653
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Disaster
Bombings--California.
Cults--California--Ventura County
Bishops
Prayer

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Local Identifier: b367_114115o
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