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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
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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.

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

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

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

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. B. 1958.

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

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.

Fountain of the World members Brother Alvin and Sister Barbara married by Krishna Venta on the sect's Holy Day, 1955.

Date:: March 30, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Fountain of the World members Brother Alvin and Sister Barbara married by Krishna Venta on the sect's Holy Day, 1955.

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

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

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

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

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