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Children who survived the bombing of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World sect pose with an adult member in the ruins of the building. D. 1958

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Title: Children who survived the bombing of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World sect pose with an adult member in the ruins of the building. D. 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 12, 1958
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) 825-2988
Description: The building, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was bombed by two former sect members.
MEMORY FADING - Children of sect play happily only short distance from ruins of bombed Fountain of the World monastery. Lael Venta, 11, son of the sect's slain leader, looks through hole at the right.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115t-4
ark:/21198/zz00140c6s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Cults--California--Ventura County
Ruins--California--1950-1960
Bombings--California
Children--California--Los Angeles
Youth
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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