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Police question sect members behind an image of the deceased leader Krishna Venta in the ruins of the headquarters of Fountain of the World. 1958

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Title: Police question sect members behind an image of the deceased leader Krishna Venta in the ruins of the headquarters of Fountain of the World. 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1958
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) 825-2996
Description: Building was destroyed when a bomb detonated in the groups home in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Daily Mirror caption: BOMBING WRECKAGE - Charred picture of Krishna Venta rests on metal table as officer in background, probing ruins, questions sect member.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115p
ark:/21198/zz001409p2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Police--California--Ventura County
Cults--California--Ventura County
Ruins--California--1950-1960
Photographers--United States
Bombings--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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