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Sharva Venta sits outdoors after having survived the bombing of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958

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Title: Sharva Venta sits outdoors after having survived the bombing of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 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: Krishna Venta was killed when two excommunicated group members bombed the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
ESCAPED BLAST - Sharva Venta, 11-year-old son of Krishna Venta, was one of 10 boys who miraculously escaped death and injury when dormitory in which they were sleeping was rocked by explosion.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115i
ark:/21198/zz00140828
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Family--California, Southern
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Children--California--Los Angeles
Victims of Crimes--California--Ventura County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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