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Title: Firefighters spray the ruins of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December, 10, 1958
1958-12-10
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: A bomb destroyed the building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley and Chatsworth.
Daily Mirror caption: Fireman plays hoses on smoking ruins of bombed building near Chatsworth where nine are feared dead. The blast ignited tinder-dry brush in the surrounding area and other fire companies are battling to keep it from spreading. At right is recent pho of Krishna Venta, sect leader, believed dead in fire.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115c
ark:/21198/zz0014010v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies
Cults--California--Ventura County
Fire fighting--California--Ventura County
Bombings--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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