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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Found on EBay — Haggarty’s

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

A 1961 catalog for Haggarty’s has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $1.99. Haggarty’s, a prestigious chain of women’s clothing stores that began in 1917, closed in 1970 with $4.4 million in debt after losing money for years, The … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — January 30, 1959

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Life Can Be Lovely Everywhere a person turns, it seems, another Tishman building is springing up. It’s a magic name in the construction industry. And the other day there was 56-year-old, Harvard-educated, serene-looking Norman Tishman himself, proudly showing people around … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 30, 1959

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Crackdown Hits Death Ballads Stop that dancing up there. And sit down a minute. I want to talk to you. I suppose you know that most of this town’s top disc jockeys have — either by choice or … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Update: This is a Los Angeles Times photo of Mary Pickford and Cecil B. De Mille after he received an Oscar and an Irving Thalberg Award at the 1953 Academy Awards. Update: Many Daily Mirror readers have correctly identified the … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Dentist Over Picture, 1936

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

I said in a previous post that the fate of Peter Voiss' burros was unrecorded. Unrecorded in The Times, that is. Regular Daily Mirror reader Dick Morris sent along some information about Voiss and his beloved animals, Trixie, Jimmie and … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe Mystery

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Until I came across the news stories about him threatening his wife with a butcher knife, I’d never heard of Thomas T. Chamales. I picked up a copy of "Never So Few" because The Times’ Robert Kirsch called it "Easily … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — January 29, 1959

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Samaritan on Trial Alvin Thomas is deeply distressed. Health inspectors came into his apartment on N Van Ness Avenue a few weeks ago and cited him for violating a city ordinance, harboring pigeons, nine of them. He told them he … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 29, 1959

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Here’s Volunteer for Outer Space NEW YORK, Jan. 28– T. Keith Glennan, U.S. space chief, announced last night that the selection of America’s first human space traveler is under way. According to Glennan, the new Federal Space Agency … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Player Ejected During Dodger Game, 1958

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s an interesting little item. Umpire Bill Jackowski’s report on why he ejected Don Hoak. Bidding starts at $49.95. The Times’ story doesn’t mention Hoak getting thrown out, but the box score revealed there were only three umpires. Maybe that’s … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Woman Loses Children Over Nude Photos; Angels Earn Most of Cubs’ Income, January 29, 1949

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

A panel from "Terry and the Pirates," by George Wunder. At left, The Times’ comics page from 1949. Moon Mullins … Li’l Abner …  Brenda Starr … Dick Tracy … Orphan Annie … but also Ella Cinders … Napoleon … … Continue reading →

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Jewish Home for the Aged — Ida Mayer Cummings

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ken Dare / Los Angeles Times Ida Mayer Cummings, Dec. 15, 1957. Alicia Mayer Beverley writes from Australia: I ran across your blog entry on the 1957 Women of the Year. My great-grandmother Ida Mayer Cummings is one … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Batchelder Tile

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s a matched pair of Batchelder tile…. This tile is listed here >>> This tile is listed here >>>

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Matt Weinstock — January 28, 1959

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Murder Can Be Fun The science-fiction magazine If for February has a story by George H. Smith titled "The Last Days of L.A.," and if you frighten easily this will do it. The subcaption will give you the idea: "Murder … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 28, 1959

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE They Lost — They Were Lucky The Baumans, mother and daughter, had dinner at 9 o’clock last Sunday — not an unreasonable hour when you’re relaxing in a pleasant coastal resort likeBaja California’s Rosarito Beach. But now, looking … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 13, 1932

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Man Kills Dentist Over Picture, 1936

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

A reader asked if I would do more stories from 1939. Here’s what I found. I guess you can never have too many stories about cantankerous old coots with shotguns. Update: Several people have asked what became of Sylvester Warner. … Continue reading →

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Black students seek to halt minstrel show, 1929

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 28, 1929.

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Missing Boy Found Dead, L.A. Hockey, January 28, 1959

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Bad news for beatniks. Above, the supermarket strike-lockout appears to be over … The Soviet Union promises world domination (remember Nikita Khrushchev is coming to visit Los Angeles later in the year) … Vice President Richard Nixon supports foreign aid … Continue reading →

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