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Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. C. 1958

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Title: Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. C. 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: The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed by a bomb, killing 11.
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_GIB970
ark:/21198/zz00140718
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Ruins--California--1950-1960
Dead persons
Police--California--Ventura County
Bombings--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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