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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Found on EBay

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Hotel Alexandria in the background identifies the location as Spring Street south of 6th Street. Note the early design of the streetlights and the streetcar tracks. Here’s a nice little trove of historic Los Angeles images that I … Continue reading →

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Jan. 25, 1958

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

    The February 1938 issue of Vogue–delayed because of antisemitic words hidden in a cartoon. A big news day: Japanese soldiers brutalize Nanking, China, while Japanese authorities apologize and eventually issue an edict that malicious cables discrediting the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Jan. 25, 1908

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Abbot Kinney is the target of 150 complaints about a tent city in Venice … Los Angeles County collects nearly a quarter-million dollars in taxes in one day, its highest record to date … Secondhand dealers — mostly Jews, The … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 24, 1958 There are about 110,000 streetlights in the city of Los Angeles. Keeping them lighted is quite a chore. The Department of Water and Power has 23 two-man crews assigned to service and maintenance. Last month they replaced … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 24, 1958 In 1924, Nathan F. Leopold Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the most vicious, senseless crimes ever committed in this country. He and a fellow University of Chicago student, Richard Loeb, were responsible for … Continue reading →

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Former mayor dies

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Two decades after the Harry Raymond bombing, former Mayor Frank Shaw dies. He denied allegations of corruption, explaining: "They said my administration was filled with graft. Nobody stole any money. There wasn’t any money to steal," according to his … Continue reading →

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Bus strike ends

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Julia Mendoza, left, and Florence Estrada dry a bus that has just come out of the wash rack in preparation for the resumption of service. The bus strike ends after 54 days, the … Continue reading →

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Jan. 24, 1958

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Car dealer H.J. Caruso goes to jail … A witness in the L. Ewing Scott case attacks a TV cameraman … Imperial Emperor Bill Hendrix orders the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to disband … And The Times leads … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

You’re reading this correctly: Police Chief Davis insists the LAPD had nothing to do with the Harry Raymond bombing, and Capt. Earle Kynette, who is out on bail on charges of wiretapping Raymond’s home, says he’ll have the culprits in … Continue reading →

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Jan. 24, 1908

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s what happens when a streetcar jumps the tracks on Los Angeles’ sainted transportation system: There’s a huge traffic jam on the Eastside because no other cars can pass. Throw in human error and the congestion only gets worse … … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 23, 1958 Confidential magazine may have purged itself of obscenity but the expose complex it created is not so easily dispelled. So says an experienced writer of fact articles. The way he analyzes the present situation, the public’s appetite … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1958: Paul Coates

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 23, 1958 There’s an old saying that I frequently call upon which goes: “Omnia vincit amor.” It means “Love conquers all”–and I think it’s pretty applicable to what’s going to happen to the U.S. Marines. I think so because, … Continue reading →

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Jan. 23, 1958

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

A crowd at 5th Street and Main yells "Jump, Jump, Jump! Jump, you coward–jump!" as an unemployed railroad engineer stands at the edge of a hotel roof (the building isn’t identified, but I’m guessing it’s the Hotel Rosslyn) … And … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Mayor Frank Shaw says he has the "utmost confidence" in the LAPD’s investigation of the Harry Raymond bombing. He also says there is no evidence of police involvement in the blast … Allegations of police corruption in Arcadia … The … Continue reading →

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Wyatt Earp

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Drawing by the Los Angeles Times The famed Tombstone lawman and his wife testify for the defense in the Estelle Corwell murder trial–this discovery was an unexpected joy, I must say …  Potential problems in defending California’s coast against … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 No one better mention elk hunting very soon to Bill Molinar, Pasadena real estate man. Bill recently went on a safari in northwest Montana, near Swan Lake. It is very primitive country. His party packed in five … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 Please read this story to the finish. It’s a shocker. But it’s worth the few minutes it’ll take you to read it. Because, as they say, there, but for the grace of God– The subject of the … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Isn’t Google Earth amazing? According to this satellite photo, the distance from the LAPD surveillance post at 2711 E. 7th St. post to Harry Raymond’s house at 955 Orme was 440 feet. Email me

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The cardinal speaks

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s a time capsule of Catholic thought as it stood 50 years ago from the Mirror. Cardinal McIntyre approves of censorship and picketing indecent films (when necessary), discourages teenagers from "going steady," doesn’t think Sen. John F. Kennedy’s religion will … Continue reading →

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