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Firefighters combat smoldering ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters after a bomb destroyed the building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley, 1958

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Title: Firefighters combat smoldering ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters after a bomb destroyed the building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 10, 1958
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) 825-3015
Description: ONLY STONE CORNERS AND WALLS OF BOMBED RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION STILL STAND - Volunteer Corps firemen from Moorpark Sector keep smoldering ruins of monastary under control.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115b
ark:/21198/zz001400zv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ruins--California--1950-1960
Bombings--California
Fire fighting--California--Ventura County
Disaster
Cults--California--Ventura County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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