Category Archives: 1907

Page 1 News

Posted on March 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

March 2, 1907Los Angeles

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City Fathers Confront an Intractable Problem

Posted on March 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1907Los Angeles Downtown businessmen are at a complete loss over what to do with the garbage from their operations and want the city to either take it or designate a dump they can use. “They declare that the … Continue reading →

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But the Line Is Straight

Posted on February 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1907Los Angeles An old and massive California live oak used to mark the division between three Spanish land grants lies in pieces on the ground because an Edison foreman refused to run a transmission line around it. “The … Continue reading →

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A Secretary’s Dedication

Posted on February 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1907Los Angeles A thick cloud of smoke from a raging fire in the basement swept through the Germain building on South Spring Street at lunch hour, engulfing businessmen and office workers. In a fraction of a second, the … Continue reading →

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In Indiana, There Is No Beer

Posted on February 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14-26, 1907Los Angeles The Rev. Ervin S. Chapman, a Presbyterian minister who heads the Anti-Saloon League of California, has won a victory through an address that persuaded an Indiana judge to rule that saloons are unconstitutional. Chapman concluded his … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 24, 1907Eagle Rock Architect Samuel Tilden Norton has designed a bank building for Townsend Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, The Times says. Just to make research interesting, The Times misspelled his name as S. Tilton Norton. According … Continue reading →

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Soccer Returns

Posted on February 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1907Los Angeles The Scotch Thistles beat the English Victorias 3-2 in Southern California’s first soccer game since the Caledonians and the Pasadena team met at Agricultural Park in 1890, The Times says. Despite the poor condition of the … Continue reading →

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Speaking of the Weather

Posted on February 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1907Los Angeles Here’s how The Times weather stories read a century ago: “For all the daylight hours yesterday, the rain drizzled down, much of the time like a heavy Scotch mist, but toward nightfall the storm deepened and … Continue reading →

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Worst in Show

Posted on February 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1907Los Angeles Someone who hates animals is at work in Angeleno Heights, having poisoned 10 valuable dogs and several cats, The Times says. The killer has an eye for purebreds, the paper says, avoiding mutts and mongrels. “Detective … Continue reading →

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Gardening vs. Yard Work

Posted on February 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1907Los Angeles Apparently mowing the lawn was a formal occasion. lmharnisch.comlmharnisch.blogspot.comE-mail: lmharnisch (AT) gmail.com

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Skeet Shoot

Posted on February 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1907Los Angeles A quick trip to the Thomas Bros. will show that Los Angeles County doesn’t look like this, but it’s not for lack of trying. The wealthy men of Los Angeles and Orange counties are furious with … Continue reading →

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12th Street Ragged

Posted on February 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

Above, a vanished landmark: The Schermerhorn Inn, at Potter Park, a street that has disappeared. Feb. 17, 1907Los Angeles West 12th Street between Main and Hoover is maddeningly crooked, but how to fix it? One set of residents has agreed … Continue reading →

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Shattered Lives

Posted on February 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14-15, 1907Los Angeles An 11:30 a.m. blast caused by an accumulation of gas shattered the Rawson building at 114 W. 2nd St. in an explosion blamed on a gas company employee who struck a match to check the meter. … Continue reading →

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Twin Celebrations

Posted on February 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb.13, 1907Los Angeles An enormous masked ball for the city’s elite was staged on Mardi Gras at Kramer’s Studio and Dancing Academy, 1500 S. Figueroa. Kramer’s Hall, as it was informally known. The Times, in a rare bylined article—by Katherine … Continue reading →

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The Rising City

Posted on February 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 12, 1907Los Angeles Imagine the surprise of Mrs. Robert Jackson, who was about to move into her new home on Vernon Avenue and discovered that the contractor had built it on someone else’s lot, next to the one that … Continue reading →

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Random Shots From Our 12-Bore

Posted on February 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 11, 1907Los Angeles The Eastside gets a new Baptist Church and 2nd Street and St. Louis. Like Tom and Huck A large pond 7 feet deep at Normandie and San Marino left by the runoff of recent rainstorms proved … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1907Los Angeles The Times features a hillside home “near the ostrich farm” in Pasadena. Presumably that was the Cawston farm in South Pasadena. (What, South Pasadena, again?) Unfortunately, many of the homes photographed for The Times in 1907 … Continue reading →

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From the Pen of George M. Cohan

Posted on February 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 9, 1907Los Angeles lmharnisch.comlmharnisch.blogspot.comE-mail: lmharnisch (AT) gmail.com

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Peace Returns to Buena Vista Street

Posted on February 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1907Los Angeles About 1903, Charles E. Donnatin, former Pacific Electric Railway superintendent, apparently said something about the young woman across the street at the Stewart home, Savoy Street and Buena Vista (now 1301 N. Broadway). The woman’s mother … Continue reading →

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Court Briefs

Posted on February 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 7, 1907Los Angeles A Child’s Testimony Charles Babbitt is sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of domestic violence after the testimony of his 6-year-old son. “Papa hit me with a whip and it cut my head,” the … Continue reading →

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