Category Archives: 1905

September 11, 1947: Driver of Beer Wagon Gets Revenge on Streetcars

Posted on September 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 11, 1947: Joseph P. Johnston is a career safecracker who gave up his trade during World War II, considering it unpatriotic, but is up to his old ways. And a flashback to 1905, when a beer truck driver gets revenge on L.A.’s sainted streetcars by blocking the tracks. Continue reading →

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Sept. 11, 1947: Driver of Beer Wagon Gets Revenge on Streetcars

Posted on September 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. “Big Bill,” driver for Maier & Zobelein, blockaded a procession of cars on Spring Street yesterday afternoon because he was insulted and angry. He had driven … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Ocean Park Bathhouse

Posted on May 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

   The bathhouse at Ocean Park, as shown in the Los Angeles Herald. This card, postmarked 1907, showing the bathhouse at Ocean  Park has been listed on EBay. The bathhouse was dedicated on the Fourth of July, 1905. The bathhouse, … Continue reading →

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