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Firefighters combat smoldering ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters after a bomb destroyed the building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley, 1958.

Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Firefighters spray the ruins of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958.

Description:: A bomb destroyed the building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley and Chatsworth.
Date:: December, 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Patriarch Wilber Foster Yates stands among some remnants of the headquarters of Fountain of the World. B. 1958.

Description:: A bomb destroyed the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, where 11 were killed.
Date:: December 13, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Police and photographers outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. B. 1958.

Description:: Image that appears with caption in print is 114115d_GIB970
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Police and FBI officers search the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters for bodies and evidence, 1958.

Description:: The house in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley and Chatsworth, was destroyed when two excommunicated members bombed and destroyed it, killing 11.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims of the bombing. C. 1958.

Description:: The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed by a bomb, killing 11.
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Police outside of the ruins of Fountain of the World headquarters look at bodies of the victims. A. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies image in print is 114115d_GIB970.
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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. B. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115t-4
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.

Description:: The building, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was bombed by two former sect members.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Krishna Venta's son, Lael, with Sister Nehona, 1958.

Description:: Krishna Venta was killed in the bombing of the headquarters of Fountain of the World in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley.
Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fountain of the World headquarters reduced to debris after a bomb-blast destroyed the two story building in Box Canyon, near Simi Valley, 1958.

Date:: December 10, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Resident assisting with hose line during wildfire in Black Canyon, Calif., 1978

Date:: September 27, 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Yaro, Boris
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Asaiah talks with police and reporters outside the ruins of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World religious collective. B. 1958.

Description:: The building, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed when it was bombed by two excommunicated sect members.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Asaiah leads Fountain of the World followers in prayer for the deceased leader, Krishna Venta, and the other nine victims of a bombing of the group's headquarters, 1958.

Description:: The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed by a bomb planted by two ex-members of the sect.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Nekona raises her palms to the sky as Sister Muriel watches in the ruins of the headquarters of Fountain of the World, 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies captions in print is 114115l-1.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Nekona and Sister Muriel stand, with eyes closed, in the ruins of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958.

Description:: The bombing of the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley was perpetrated by two former sect members who were also killed in the blast.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Priest Mary Meyer, center, holds picture of slain Krishna Venta. Flanking her are Bishop Nekona, left, and Bishop Asaiah, who temporarily assumed leadership of Fountain of the World after the leader was killed, 1958.

Description:: Krishna Venta was killed in a bombing of the group's headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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. C. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115t-4.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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. A. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115t-4.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Patriarch Wilber Foster Yates stands among some remnants of the headquarters of Fountain of the World. A. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115v-JM37.
Date:: December 13, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mugshot of Ralph Muller and portrait of Peter Kamenoff, the two men suspected of bombing the Fountain of the World headquarters. A. 1958.

Description:: The bombing, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, killed the group's leader, Krishna Venta, and nine other followers, including children. Kamenoff and Muller were former members of the sect and also killed in the blast.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Nekona tells Sister Muriel of the fire that enveloped the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958.

Description:: Daily Mirror caption: 'FLAMES WENT UP ALL AROUND, LIKE THIS' - Bishop Nekona gestures, tells Sister Muriel of fire.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Asaiah comforts one of the sisters of Fountain of the World at a prayer meeting in comemoration of the bombing that killed sect leader Krishna Venta along with nine others, 1958.

Description:: A bomb set by two ex-members of the sect destroyed their headquarters in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fountain of the World leader's surviving son stands in the ruins of the sect's headquarters with another child. B. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is 114115q-1.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fountain of the World leader's surviving son stands in the ruins of the sect's headquarters with another child. A. 1958.

Description:: 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 many others.
Date:: December 12, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.

Description:: Building was destroyed when a bomb detonated in the groups home in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police investigate ruins of the Fountain of the World headquarters, 1958.

Description:: The sect's main building in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was bombed, by two former members.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Krishna Venta was killed when two excommunicated group members bombed the house in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: The building, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was bombed and destroyed by two excommunicated followers of the cult.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Brother Martin looks over story of tragedy while he tells of seeing Krishna Venta talking with man suspected of being the bomber of Fountain of the World, 1958

Description:: Brother Martin claims to have seen the blast that shattered the Fountain of the World headquarters. The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed when two excommunicated members of the group bombed it, killing 11.
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bishop Asaiah talks with police and reporters outside the ruins of the headquarters of the Fountain of the World religious collective. A. 1958.

Description:: Image that accompanies captions in print is 114115j-2
Date:: December 11, 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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