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About lmharnisch

I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Sports

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4-5, 1958Los Angeles Here are some lead sports pages from the Mirror News. This may not seem funny if you don’t work in the news business but to anyone who lays out the paper, what they did with … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1958 Everyone is out to make an extra buck but sometimes opportunity knocks so hard it takes a man off his feet. As in the case of a mail pitch received by E. Hewe of Pasadena from a … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1958 Mrs. Shannon is not against progress. Her argument is not with the achievement itself. It’s with the method employed to reach it. She phoned me last night with her story. "I live at 16200 Gilmore St. in … Continue reading →

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Woman killed

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1958 Los Angeles They were just four kids out driving around, all jammed in the front seat as Robert cruised South Los Angeles. Judy was sitting next to him. Then there was George and a 16-year-old girl … Continue reading →

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Feb. 4, 1958

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1958Los Angeles More rain … A woman dies in a bizarre shooting … The Norwalk air disaster provokes calls to restrict flights over the city … The governor submits a budget with no tax increases, but calls … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1938Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Buron Fitt investigates charges that Los Angeles city and county officials are being bribed to protect gambling in "Little Tokio" … The city’s first "skyscraper" at Court and New High Street is torn … Continue reading →

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Madame Butterfly

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1908Los AngelesA performance of Puccini’s "Madame Butterfly" at the Mason Opera House is reviewed by The Times’ Harry Carr, an institution at the paper for many years … Carr also wrote "Los Angeles–City of Dreams" … Firefighters were … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Here’s a switch–I don’t have an answer to the question: "Where on Figueroa was this picture taken?" The postcard is for sale on EBay. Any ideas, let me know. I stumbled across this journey through early Los Angeles trying … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times As regular Daily Mirror readers will recall, Jack Webb built an exact duplicate of the Examiner newsroom for "-30-." For "The Soloist," alias "The Steve Lopez Movie," a film crew has … Continue reading →

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Feb. 3, 1958

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Harry Raymond bombing

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 3, 1938Los Angeles  Paul Wright collapses on the witness stand … A car plays "Nearer, My God, to Thee" when it reaches 60 mph … A member of the LAPD Intelligence Unit surrenders in the investigation of the Harry … Continue reading →

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Feb. 3, 1908

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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110 revisited

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Teamsters representative Fred Ferrier was sentenced to three months in jail and a $1,000 fine after a Jan. 29, 1958, accident in which his airborne car jumped the center divider on the Pasadena Freeway and killed the driver of … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times OK, I wandered around to the other side of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction in downtown Los Angeles. Forget what I said about "East Germany, 1962."  Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times  I saw this poster glued to some plywood at a construction site on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice this morning. Alas, there were no similar treatments of other candidates, so I … Continue reading →

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Mini survey

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Daily Mirror Mini Survey, January 2008 More Less Same 1908 pages ****** ** 1938 pages **** *** ** 1958 pages ****** * Historic sports **** * ** Mystery photos **** *** Original stories on vintage crime ***** ** Paul Coates … Continue reading →

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Hollywood landmark

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s one of my favorite pastimes–which I don’t get to do often enough these days: Dig up a "home of the week" from the 1908 Times Real Estate Section and see if it’s still standing. Unfortunately, the residences in downtown … Continue reading →

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Plane crash kills 48

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 2, 1958 Los Angeles A military version of a DC-6 airliner and a patrol plane collide in midair, showering five square miles of Norwalk with flaming wreckage and bits of metal. The main portion of the C-118 plunges into … Continue reading →

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February 2, 1938: Jelousy slaying

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 2, 1938 Los Angeles After watching The Times twist and turn to avoid saying exactly what the victims in the Paul Wright case were doing when they were shot, we finally get around to it–sort of. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Working women

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

American women by the numbers, 1907: 508 machinists 185 blacksmiths 46 carriage and hack drivers 45 engineers and "firemen" 37 "brakemen" 10 "baggagemen" 7 conductors 2 "motormen" 2 telephone/telegraph "linemen" 0 soldiers, sailors, Marines, streetcar drivers, firefighters Leading profession for … Continue reading →

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