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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Century City

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Jan. 8, 1958 Los Angeles Here’s a wonderful project to put under someone’s microscope: 20th Century Fox decides to cash in 176 acres next to Beverly Hills for a massive development of office towers, apartments, an auditorium and … Continue reading →

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Darrall Imhoff

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s the Laker in our mystery photo: Darrall Imhoff.   Photograph by Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times The Lakers over the Celtics 123-115, April 26, 1966, tying the playoffs 3-3.  The Celtics, playing in Boston, won the seventh game … Continue reading →

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Jan. 8, 1958

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s a relic of headline writing: "H’wood."

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Jan. 8, 1908

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Oil at 40 cents a barrel ($8.36 USD 2006), overcrowded jails,  a road from the San Gabriel Valley to Long Beach (the stirrings of a freeway, perhaps?), a near-lynching and a lady of the stage who had led a colorful … Continue reading →

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Man kills son

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 7, 1958 Los Angeles "Dear mother," the note from 9-year-old Jimmy began. They weren’t his words, of course. They were dictated by his father, David James Darr, a 34-year-old machinist who was apparently holding a .45 to his … Continue reading →

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Main Street

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Trolling EBay, I found this 1908 postcard showing the Jonathan Club when it was on the roof of what is now the Pacific Electric Lofts, 610 S. Main.   Here’s a detail shot from the former Jonathan Club, taken on … Continue reading →

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Ethnic humor

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 7, 1958 Los AngelesA model of ethnic sensitivity from The Times.  

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Mystery photo

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Who is missing from this picture?   Photograph by Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times Guess ONE name at a time, please. Elgin Baylor? No. Jerry West? No. "Hot Rod" Hundley? Nope Harold "Happy" Hairston? Nope. Gail Goodrich? A good … Continue reading →

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Jan. 7, 1958

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Inside… Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke predicts that by 1959, the Navy will have an atomic-powered airplane. The Air Force was working on one too. It’s quite a challenge to build an aircraft in which lead is a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 7, 1908

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

A slice of life in Los Angeles: A man is fined $3 for feeding his horse without the bit in its mouth, a  mother rescues her child after a gasoline stove exploded (which they did all the time) and a … Continue reading →

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Fugitive caught

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 6, 1958 Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies finally caught up with escaped mental patient Mary H. Andrews (alias Mary Mitchell Andrews), who vanished in November after kidnapping her mother and a friend. Since then, The Times said, Mary had been … Continue reading →

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Jan. 6, 1958

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Jan. 6, 1908

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

This is an example of the ghastly injuries that occurred when a streetcar hit a horse. The stories in the days before papers published photos of breaking news were graphic and left little to the imagination–if you are a horse-lover, … Continue reading →

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Dirty streets

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

The question arose as to the cleanliness of streets in 1908. As I noted, a half-ton animal can make a fairly large mess. Interestingly enough, The Times complained that the newer paved avenues were more of a problem than the … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  This is even better than the Pacific Electric detective badge: An envelope addressed to my old friend Victor Segno! Segno was an early 20th century mentalist who conned people into sending him $1 a month in exchange for a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 5, 1958

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Note: Carl Sandburg died at the age of 89, despite his predictions.*   * Of course, if you figure he lived 32,703 days, he was right. It is divisible by 11.

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Health spa

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1908 Los Angeles I love looking through the early 20th century issues of The Times. For one thing, they are only about 26 pages and the ads are amazing. Here’s a shout-out to Nathan Marsak of the 1947project. … Continue reading →

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Jan. 5, 1908

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s what we looked like 100 years ago. Notice we have the eight-column grid, and illustrations instead of photographs. I don’t believe the dropcaps on those stacked headlines will come back anytime soon. Most important, there’s almost no local news … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1908 Los Angeles Journey back with me now to the simple, carefree days of life in Los Angeles in 1908. You might wonder what our great-grandparents were up to 100 years ago, or 30 years before the ground-breaking … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on January 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction, 1st Street and Spring, Jan. 3, 2008.

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