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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Feb. 21, 1908

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, meet Charles West, who says: "I have never treated my wife very mean, although I slapped her a couple of times when I thought she needed it." Below, mayhem on 3rd Street when a piano mover ties a horse-pulled … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

OK, who’s the young man with the guitar? Phil Spector? (Kris Gray, Fred Ahlert). Absolutely…. This is a photo taken Nov. 10, 1958, and published in the Los Angeles Examiner. It was sent to me by William Dotson of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 The case of Tom Garrett, 21, who was denied his $40 weekly unemployment compensation because he was detained for 24 hours at gunpoint by two criminals and therefore was not "available for work," rang a bell for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 I may not be much of a bear around the house, but as a journalist, I’m fearless. I give you All the News That’s Fit to Print. I am an Independent Newspaperman For All the People, the … Continue reading →

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Feb. 20, 1958

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

  A map from 1912 shows the plans for the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Note the Silver Lake Parkway, which was not built. The Arroyo Seco Parkway was actually proposed even earlier, as part of Charles Mulford Robinsons' "City Beautiful" project … Continue reading →

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Model homes

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1938Los Angeles Adjusted for inflation, the price on the first home ($18,750) is $268,116.31 USD 2007. Zillow lists it at $1.7 million. The last home ($28,800) is $411,826.66 USD 2007. Zillow lists it at $3.6 million. I guess … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1938Los Angeles   Yes, the AP actually wrote the above story and The Times actually published it. Below, one of the most backward sentences I have read in a long while: "Not guilty will be the plea of … Continue reading →

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Feb. 20, 1908

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

At top, notice that the buggy dealer was not too far from the auto painting shop. Above, czarist agents in Los Angeles? How cool is that? Reminds me of the Mexican revolutionaries who were arrested in 1907. (Note the arrest … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 Popular music can be a fragile commodity. good tunes die at birth if they don’t have popular appeal, whatever that is. Bad ones make the top 80 without a hitch if the right guy with a guitar … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 May 14, 1954–Three workers were critically burned in a foundry explosion at 1651 S. Compton Ave., Compton, late today. The men, whose bodies were turned into flaming torches when a pot of molten magnesium exploded, were rushed … Continue reading →

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Fidel!

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 24, 1959

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Mass transit

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times I went down into the archives last night and pulled the original photo of Ralph P. Merritt, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and our 1958 rapid transit plan. The map … Continue reading →

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Feb. 19, 1958

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1938Los Angeles Antisemitism in Austria … Earle Kynette is indicted in the Harry Raymond bombing … Unrest in the Mideast … On the jump, two men are executed at San Quentin in a double hanging.   Email me

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Feb. 19, 1908

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Plans for a rail route from the city limits at Sunset Boulevard to Griffith Park (remember, this is 1908) … A tourist is robbed … A domestic is hit by a streetcar … A "training school" in San Fernando is … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Fred Tschantre / Los Angeles Times OK, who’s the blond with Mickey Cohen? (Hint: No, it’s not Walter O’Malley).

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Feb. 18, 1958

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, I’m a sucker for any story that has "love slave" in the headline. This was buried in the back pages of The Times for some reason … The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nominations for … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1938Los Angeles Talk about a big news day … The grand jury, infuriated when most of the subpoenaed police officers refuse to testify in the Harry Raymond case, seizes intelligence files and discovers the unit was spying on … Continue reading →

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February 18, 1908

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

In terms of quirky human drama, it’s hard to beat the early 20th century issues of The Times. Today we have two people who passed themselves off as someone else. The first is the woman who claimed to be a … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1958Los Angeles Here’s Part 2 of Ray Hebert’s look at the consolidation of Los Angeles’ mass-transportation system under the MTA. Note the photograph of the streetcar, No. 312, heading from 6th and Main to Bellflower.  As far as … Continue reading →

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