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Police and photographers outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. B. 1958

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Title: Police and photographers outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. B. 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) 825-3012
Description: Image that appears with caption in print is 114115d_GIB970
The building Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was leveled by a bomb that created a brush fire in the process.
BODIES OF THE BOMBING VICTIMS ARE BROUGHT OUT OF THE RUINS FOR IDENTIFICATION - Fountain of the World's two-story headquarters building was destroyed and nine killed in the blast.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115d_GIB954
ark:/21198/zz0014070r
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Police--California--Ventura County
Dead persons
Photographers--United States
Bombings--California
Victims of Crimes--California--Ventura County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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