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Survivor of Fountain of the World headquarters bombing Jesse Vezina sleeps with her cat in front of the fireplace, 1958

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Title: Survivor of Fountain of the World headquarters bombing Jesse Vezina sleeps with her cat in front of the fireplace, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1958
1958-12-11
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 building, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was bombed and destroyed by two excommunicated followers of the cult.
ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES - Jesse Vezina, 9, one of the children who escaped unhurt from bombing of the Fountain of the World sanctuary near Chatsworth, lies asleep before the fireplace with her cat Jacob.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115f
ark:/21198/zz00140739
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Cats
Children--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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