Monthly Archives: February 2008

The comics

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1908

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Dear Abby

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 29, 1968 Some evil person asked me to run a "Dear Abby," so here it is. How will this poor woman’s daughter ever marry a doctor and get into the country club if she doesn’t learn to sort laundry? … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The new police headquarters under construction at Spring and 2nd streets, Feb. 28, 2008. Email me

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Feb. 29, 1968

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Faye Dunaway talks with Kevin Thomas about life since "Bonnie and Clyde" … Romney drops out of the presidential race–doesn’t that sound familiar? … According to reports, President Johnson is preparing to mobilize Marine reservists and National Guard troops to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 29, 1908

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Stoddard-Dayton ($58,265.68 USD 2007). Drivers prepare for the annual Pasadena-Altadena Hill Climb, an important event in motor sports in early 20th century Los Angeles. The race course started at Orange Grove and went up Los Robles, took a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 There’s a widespread belief among cynics that civilization hangs by a gossamer thread and if it ever falls it will be because of a trivial miscue somewhere, not, as others think, from a covey of guided missiles. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 The following is not to be construed as against womanhood. Because, in all sincerity, I think women are necessary. They serve a purpose. Just like trees and oceans and poison ivy, they’re part of the scheme of … Continue reading →

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Pacific Electric station

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Regular reader Callbox Sam passes along a photo showing the Pacific Electric building on Hill Street. Hmm. This doesn’t look like the drawing in the Feb. 28, 1908, Times. Aha! Note that the story says the 1908 station is only … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1958

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Studio executive Harry Cohn dies … On the jump, the rest of the Cohn obituary … A man commits suicide by jumping from the Subway Terminal Building … Pilot whale Bubbles "celebrates" a year in captivity … The Fire Department … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1938

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Paul Wright, found not guilty of killing his wife and best friend while they were doing something that couldn’t be printed in The Times, walks out of jail and hopes to be a forgotten man … World War I hero … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1908

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Now this is interesting: Plans for a new Pacific Electric depot on the west side of Hill Street between 4th and 5th. Hm. Isn’t the Subway Terminal Building on Hill Street between 4th and 5th? Sure is … Powdered eggs … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 John Cusic, 25, a Northrop Aircraft worker, his wife, Irma, and their daughter, Pamela, 5, drove to the downtown district of Fullerton one day recently to pay some bills. As Mrs. Cusic came out of a utilities … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 This is a story that never ends. It started two years ago when a man in his early 20s came into my office. He had a problem: Heroin. He’d had it for three or four years. He … Continue reading →

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William F. Buckley, RIP

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 6, 1962 Aug. 19, 1963 Dec. 2, 1963   Jan. 1, 1965 June 19, 1967 Jan. 8, 1969   Dec. 12, 1969  

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Feb. 27, 1958

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

A wayward blimp … A "short, swarthy man" and his partner menace a Pasadena matron (and no, The Times never followed up on this story) … Nixon knows what to do if something happens to Ike … Email me

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1938Los Angeles It’s Sunday in Los Angeles, time for the funnies, like "Smokey Stover," one of the most eccentric American comic strips.  Above, Crenshaw Boulevard and Vernon Avenue. Today, we would probably call this area Leimert Park …  … Continue reading →

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Feb. 27, 1908

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

An interesting slice of life in Los Angeles a century ago: If you have ever seen old pictures of downtown you know the significance of the story about removing excess utility poles. The streetscapes in the old days were a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 After a hard day at the office, two fellows named Bob and Mike like to drop into a Hill Street dive for a cooling draught, to brood, to contemplate the infinite or merely to read THE evening … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 The ghouls never die. Not in L.A., they don’t. They fade away, lay low, sometimes. But always they come back–with new schemes as fantastic as they are sadistic. They dedicate their lives to devising profitable little plots … Continue reading →

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An urge to kill

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 Stanford Thomas was handsome, clean-cut, 19-year-old sophomore on the tennis team at Stanford, where his father had gone to college and was a prominent alumnus. He lived at 248 Edlee Ave., across the street from Mr. and … Continue reading →

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