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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Found on EBay

Posted on April 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s a pretty little postcard I spotted on EBay. The building on the left is quite distinctive, although I can’t identify it. Maybe someone will recognize it. The photographer was looking north when he snapped this image of a day … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 8, 1958

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Paul Coates

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 8, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 8, 1958

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April 8, 1958

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Al Jolson in blackface as the lead in "Porgy and Bess" while African Americans play all the other roles? Now there’s a casting idea that takes my breath away. Philip Scheuer interviews Ira Gershwin and notes that the lyricist … Continue reading →

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April 8, 1938

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a mayor is murdered in Mexico and two settlers are ambushed in Israel. How Eliezer Krongold, formerly of Toronto, became an "American" in the headline is a question I can’t answer. Below, Austrian Jews fear reprisals after handbills reading … Continue reading →

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Body found

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 8, 1908 Santa Monica Wouldn’t Sherlock Holmes have fun with this case? I can even imagine him complaining about how anyone could get the name "John Maloney" when the victim’s address book indicates the man’s first name began with … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 7, 1958

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Paul Coates

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 7, 1958 I’ll post more on this story soon. Stay tuned….

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Mystery photo

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times OK, who are they? From left to right: Joyce "Josh" LeRoy and Cheryl Crane, daughter of Lana Turner. (Jessell Ranilla) Absolutely right. Congratulations!    Email me

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 7, 1958

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April 7, 1958

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the quarrel between Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato that led to his death may have begun over whether he was going to accompany her to the Academy Awards! Below, some of the type is missing from the jump of … Continue reading →

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April 7, 1938

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Nazis begin taxing synagogues retroactive to Jan. 1, 1938, and ship former Austrian officials to Dachau. The Rev. Martin Niemoeller, by the way, survived the war. Below, Police Capt. Earle Kynette hires former state Sen. George W. Rochester … Continue reading →

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April 7-8, 1908

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, David Belasco’s play, which closed on Broadway in 1906 after 224 performances, is staged in Los Angeles. Sadly, leading lady Alice Treat Hunt will die of pneumonia June 8, 1908, in her apartment on 9th Street near Figueroa. Below, … Continue reading →

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Charlton Heston, RIP

Posted on April 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Oct. 28, 1956 Los Angeles Look at this! We had our religion writer Dan Thrapp interview Charlton Heston about his role as Moses in "The Ten Commandments." Fortunately, Thrapp was not from the "over a salad and mineral water at … Continue reading →

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Cheryl Crane

Posted on April 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Cheryl Crane in a heavily retouched photograph published April 6, 1958, while she was being held in the stabbing death of Johnny Stompanato. This is one of the most heavily repainted photographs I have … Continue reading →

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Johnny Stompanato, RIP

Posted on April 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Mirror brings out an extra on the Johnny Stompanato killing.

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 4, 1958

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Paul Coates

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 4, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 4, 1958

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