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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Coming Attractions –- Republic Pictures’ Anniversary [Updated]

Posted on September 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Daily Mirror mystery guest Jimmy Lydon is scheduled to take part in a panel from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of Republic Pictures. Jane Withers, Jane Kean, Theodore Bikel, … Continue reading →

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The Times Eagle [Updated]

Posted on September 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 5, 1891: The Times Eagle is installed on the roof of Times Building No. 2 at First Street and Broadway on Dec. 5, 1891, after being made by the J.L. Mott Iron Works of Chicago and brought to … Continue reading →

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Lakers Sign Jerry West

Posted on September 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 21, 1960: The Lakers signed rookie Jerry West to a two-year contract. West played 14 seasons for the Lakers, winning one championship in a remarkable career that helped make basketball a marquee sport in L.A. He might have … Continue reading →

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Fragments of History

Posted on September 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 1896: The Times published a line drawing of its  counter, which in true Victorian fashion, was made from an array of historic artifacts: Wood from Union and Confederate ships, a piece of the famous Aliso tree that was … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Bullock’s Wilshire

Posted on September 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

This dress from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s Wilshire has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $19.99.

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

Posted on September 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Los Angeles Times file photo  Here’s our mystery fellow with two mystery companions! [Update, Sept. 20, 2010: I usually start a new mystery guest on Monday, but I wanted to run one more photo of our weekend mystery chap, … Continue reading →

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On Assignment – Times Bombing

Posted on September 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  As the anniversary of The Times bombing draws near, I thought I’d ask Daily Mirror readers what they might like to know about the incident. I have spent the last few weeks researching the bombing and I’ve had access … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Wolf Man’ (1941)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

Well, I am fudging on the year again this week, mostly because I had 1941's "The Wolf Man" in my queue and felt like watching it. And here at From the Vaults, that means I felt like writing about it! … Continue reading →

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Voices – Roderick Mann

Posted on September 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Here are two of the hundreds of profiles done for The Times by Roderick Mann, who died Friday at the age of 87. His first byline in The Times was a 1975 interview with Ava Gardner (d.1990), in … Continue reading →

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A Notable Absence – Updated

Posted on September 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Note: A bloodless bullfight at Schuetzen Park. [Update: Schuetzen Park was renamed Rose Hills Park about 1923.] Sept. 16, 1910: Many writers have noted that Gen. Harrison Gray Otis wasn’t in Los Angeles when The Times was bombed but … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Sept. 17, 1940

Posted on September 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 17, 1940: Tom Treanor writes that Italy has banned The Times! No handsomer twosome at the moment than Lana Turner and Victor Mature, Jimmie Fidler says. And: "Climbing Jacob's Ladder," an original spiritual by Prof. William Thomas Wilkins, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo — Updated

Posted on September 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Los Angeles Times file photo  Here’s this week’s mystery fellow with a (not) mysterious companion. Update: I've been completely occupied with an upcoming story about the 1910 Times bombing so I haven't had a chance to post the names … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Bullock’s

Posted on September 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  This outfit from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s in the San Fernando Valley has been listed on EBay. Of the Bullock’s items that are listed on EBay, those from the Valley store are by far the most rare. The … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Sept. 16, 1940

Posted on September 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  On a slow day in wartime Rome, Tom Treanor joins the foreign correspondents in a day at the beach. Sept. 16, 1940: Hollywood Parade —  Clark Gable, in a boulevard sports good store, trying the fit of a new … Continue reading →

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Pages of History

Posted on September 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “Los Angeles – The Chemically Pure” by Willard Huntington Wright/S.S. Van Dine in the March 1913 issue of “The Smart Set” is frequently cited, but almost never quoted. I tracked down the article (which also appears in “The Smart … Continue reading →

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An Important Visitor

Posted on September 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 16, 1910: And what could possibly be interesting about a bankers’ convention? Notice the dates: Oct. 3-7. So if William J. Burns, head of the Burns National Detective Agency, comes to Los Angeles for the convention and arrives a … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Sept. 15, 1941

Posted on September 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 15, 1941: Gracie Allen, pioneer. Typical of Miss Allen's resolute spirit is the campaign which she launched, following curtailment of Japanese silk imports, to persuade every Hollywood woman to buy a mulberry tree and a silk worm, Jimmie … Continue reading →

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Charles Lummis, Columnist

Posted on September 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 13, 1917: I thought I’d take a little detour to 1917 after visiting the Southwest Museum the other day to go through Charles Lummis’ materials on the 1910 bombing of The Times. You may recall that “Charlie” Lummis … Continue reading →

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We’re Searching For …

Posted on September 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

I’m looking for Pauline Jacobson’s “Otis: Jehovah of Industrial Freedom,” which appeared in the Dec. 9, 1911, issue of the San Francisco Bulletin. It was also reprinted in “The Struggles of Organized Labor in Los Angeles.” Does anyone happen to … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Sept. 14, 1940

Posted on September 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II, on a cocktail party in Rome. Sept. 14, 1940: Jimmie Fidler’s staff says Orson Welles, who's worried about recent weight losses, now eats two big steaks, five potatoes and a … Continue reading →

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