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Title
Fountain of the World leader's surviving son stands in the ruins of the sect's headquarters with another child. B. 1958
Date Created and/or Issued
December 12, 1958
1958-12-12
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
Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115q-1.
The building in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed in a bombing that killed Lael Venta's father, Krishna Venta, along with others.
BLAST SITE - Buddy Consol, 10, standing beside Krishna Venta's son, Lael, points to wreckage of dormitory where both were asleep when explosion came.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
b367_114115q-2
ark:/21198/zz001409sm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Youth
Disaster
Family--California, Southern
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Ruins--California--1950-1960
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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