Monthly Archives: November 2007

Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 11, 1957 From a different era in political cartooning by The Times’ Bruce Russell, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1946.  He joined the staff in 1934 and his works appeared in the paper until his death in 1963. … Continue reading →

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Theater raided

Posted on November 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

  May 17, 1929 Los Angeles While I’m on Main Street: Twenty years after it was built in 1909, the Wonderland Theater, 315 S. Main, was repeatedly in trouble with the law for showing indecent movies. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to … Continue reading →

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Byline: Norman Mailer

Posted on November 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 5, 1968  

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Main Street

Posted on November 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Photography wasn’t allowed in certain spots on the L.A. Conservancy’s Mainly Main tour, so I didn’t take many pictures. A crew was setting up for a private party in St. Vibiana’s where all photography was banned, and the penthouse at … Continue reading →

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Nov. 10, 1957

Posted on November 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Plane crash kills 44

Posted on November 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 9-21, 1957 Los Angeles All that remained of the 42-ton aircraft fit into 14 cardboard cartons and two wooden crates that the sailors of the aircraft carrier Philippine Sea hauled ashore in Long Beach after the debris was plucked … Continue reading →

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Nov. 9, 1957

Posted on November 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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‘-30-‘ revisited

Posted on November 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Speaking of "-30-," (see previous post) here’s a still of Jack Webb and William Conrad that I dug out of the archives.   I’m especially fond of this picture. For many years, there was a huge enlargement of it by … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on November 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Twentieth Century Fox goes to Main Street, Los Angeles. The work of cinematographer Joseph MacDonald: I had an opportunity to tour the Regent, 448 S. Main St. (yes, it’s still standing) during the Los Angeles Conservancy’s recent Mainly Main tour. … Continue reading →

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Nov. 8, 1957

Posted on November 7, 2007 by lmharnisch
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Budweiser boycott

Posted on November 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 7, 1957 Los Angeles Here’s a story that white Los Angeles will never see: An NAACP boycott against Anheuser-Busch because it refused to hire African American truck drivers, plant workers and office staff.    According to the California … Continue reading →

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Jean Spangler

Posted on November 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s our mystery guest with a couple of fine looking collies. The photographer (this is a handout shot) went for an arty look that left her hair buried in deep shadows, so the picture couldn’t be used in the paper … Continue reading →

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November 7, 1957: Saucers Over Air Base!

Posted on November 6, 2007 by lmharnisch
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Actress seeks divorce

Posted on November 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 6, 1957 Los Angeles A dissolute, self-centered millionaire playboy with two marriages under his belt meets a gorgeous starlet on the rebound from her second marriage and the outcome should be obvious to everyone. But it wasn’t. Frederick … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 6, 1957

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A Times legacy

Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Fifty years–almost to the day–that Jack Smith went to the Mediterranean for The Times, his son Doug is on assignment in the Middle East .

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Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 5, 1957 No, I’m not making this up. And what became of the first dog in space? Dog lovers around the world were furious and volunteered to take the animal’s place. The Soviets hinted that there was no way … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

But not everybody was serving Sputnik burgers, certainly not the the Tick Tock Tea Room, 1716 N. Cahuenga, (RIP 1930-1988).  

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Nov. 5, 1957

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Elvis trivia contest

Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Update: The 1947p's/LAPL's own Mary McCoy delves into ProQuest and turns up some ready answers, noting: "Gotta leave some for the rest of the kids to answer – no one likes a ProQuest-it-all!" Update II: I'm going to start filling … Continue reading →

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