Monthly Archives: November 2007

Brenda Allen

Posted on November 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

The scanner at the Daily Mirror has been working overtime on the Brenda Allen photos. It's interesting to put all the battered old pictures in order and go through them, as if you can pick up a feeling for someone. … Continue reading →

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Nov. 25, 1957

Posted on November 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Brenda Allen

Posted on November 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

    Photograph by Al Humphreys / Los Angeles Times Someone asked: Who was Brenda Allen? I imagine you’ve read something about her or more likely you have at least heard of her. This is Brenda (she also used the … Continue reading →

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Best sellers

Posted on November 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 24, 1957

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Nov. 24, 1957

Posted on November 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Hidden wealth

Posted on November 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 23, 1957 Los Angeles Julius L. Schlosser was a successful, wealthy auto executive who owned Chevrolet dealerships at 1015 S. Western Ave. and 4403 W. Adams. He built a fine Glendale home in 1925 designed by Paul R. Williams … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on November 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles TimesHere’s a recent photo of the new LAPD headquarters under construction, Nov. 7, 2007.

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Nov. 23, 1957

Posted on November 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Grid irony

Posted on November 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 22, 1957Los Angeles

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Santa Claus Lane

Posted on November 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

Stroll with the Daily Mirror down Santa Claus Lane on Hollywood Boulevard.   Photograph by Clay Willcockson / Los Angeles Times Hollywood Boulevard, Nov. 22, 1950 Click below for more photos Email me

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Nov. 22, 1957

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Nov. 22, 1963

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Santa Claus Lane

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s Joe E. Brown to officially open Santa Claus Lane on Hollywood Boulevard, Nov. 20, 1938. (More photos to come!)   Photograph by Cliff / Hollywood Citizen-News The Times published this photo, although the back credits a photographer from a … Continue reading →

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Wife shoots husband

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 21, 1957 Los Angeles You remember that 35-year-old woman out in the Valley who hooked up with her daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend three years ago? Well, she shot him. Accident. Jimmy and Dee Dee got married in 1957 and … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s a detail from one of the photos I found in The Times’ archives on Main Street. I can’t quite tell whether this man is a street artist or just a panhandler. He appears to have a chair and some … Continue reading →

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Nov. 21, 1957

Posted on November 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Hippodrome

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s a photo of South Main at 4th Street looking north. The theater on the right is the Hippodrome and the title "Shifting Sands" on the marquee allows us to date the image to … Continue reading →

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Main Street

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s another photo I found while going through the archives on Main Street. This was taken from City Hall, looking south, showing Main Street on the left and Spring Street on the right.   … Continue reading →

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Mental patient flees

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 20-21, 1957 Los Angeles There are many things we don’t know about Mary H. Andrews. We don’t know, for example, why Judge Elmer D. Doyle committed her to a Glendale mental hospital in November 1952, the first in … Continue reading →

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Traffic jam

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times Photograph This is Main Street, Los Angeles, 1911. I am posting this photo for the benefit of everyone who believes that traffic is a new problem. Los Angeles residents in the early 20th century were already … Continue reading →

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