Category Archives: Animals

Downtown L.A. Is Red, White and Blue

Posted on July 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 4, 1889: The cable cars and the engine house are decorated for the Fourth of July … and two neighboring ranchers settle their differences at the blacksmith shop.

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Mayor Orders Crackdown on Animal Cruelty

Posted on July 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 3, 1899: Dog races continue at Agricultural Park despite the mayor's order of a police crackdown. According to testimony in an 1899 animal cruelty case brought by the ASCPA, these races consisted of two greyhounds chasing a California … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Shriners Convention

Posted on July 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

I'm always interested in items from the 1907 Shriners convention (right) in Los Angeles. Here's an interesting companion: A commemorative license plate from the 1959 convention. Bidding starts at $5 .

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Ailing Lou Gehrig Retires From Baseball

Posted on June 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Quiet, Stupid! … Yeow!"  The state Senate approves a bill that would license bookies and take 5% of their gross. I wonder what the lobbying was like on this bill. A Ford executive says industry voluntarily reduced the workweek to … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.

Posted on May 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 9, 1930

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, May 6, 1959

Posted on May 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Prince Otto I Isn't Even Housebroken There is a base canard, perpetrated by the hopelessly sentimental, that a dog is man's best friend. A dog, I say to you, is a false friend. He'll make a slobbering, emotional … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 27, 1959

Posted on March 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File A Depressing Story Brightens Up a Bit Yesterday I told you a rather depressing story. One of its central characters had coldly refused to display any concern for the lives of two young children. I surveyed the facts … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 26, 1959

Posted on March 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Dogs Often Nicer Than Their Owners On Jan. 29, 1958, the state of California began enforcing a law which commands that every dog be vaccinated against rabies. I applauded. Long and loud. And I sat back to wait. … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Pigeon Farm

Posted on March 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1914: The flood waters of the Los Angeles River (no concrete channel in those days) leave half a million pigeons drowned or homeless!  Our ancestors in Los Angeles apparently found pigeons to be rare, exotic creatures. And they … Continue reading →

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California’s Condors; Spring Training in L.A., March 14, 1949

Posted on March 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

A California condor soars over Ventura County. Couple found shot in parked car. Times reporter Ken Nevins and photographer Art Rogers take a backcountry trek with game warden Leslie Edgerton to visit what Nevin called "Condor Cave." Sixty years ago, … Continue reading →

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Baghdad Welcomes Leader; Senate OKs Hawaiian Statehood, March 12, 1959

Posted on March 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem waves to a crowd in Baghdad after putting down a rebellion. He was overthrown and executed in February 1963 after surviving an assassination attempt by a team that included Saddam Hussein. "Throwback" Thursby threw me … Continue reading →

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A Reminder From the Daily Mirror — Daylight Saving Time

Posted on March 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Pier Angeli and her little friend Chris remind Daily Mirror readers to turn their clocks ahead for Daylight Saving Time.

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Random Shot — 1911

Posted on February 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo I found this picture of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Building and thought it would be fun to explore. It’s from about 1911. On closer examination, we find an interesting array of transportation: Horse-drawn … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Dentist Over Picture, 1936

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

I said in a previous post that the fate of Peter Voiss' burros was unrecorded. Unrecorded in The Times, that is. Regular Daily Mirror reader Dick Morris sent along some information about Voiss and his beloved animals, Trixie, Jimmie and … Continue reading →

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Our rural past — farming in Torrance

Posted on November 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

By Russ Parsons You would hardly know it today, when South Bay towns like Torrance and Gardena seem composed of little but suburbs and strip malls, but it wasn’t so long ago that this broad, flat plain included some of … Continue reading →

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Dog IQ test, August 10, 1958

Posted on August 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

How smart is your dog? Read the Gettysburg Address to your faithful friend and find out. No, I mean it! Answers below. No cheating, Princess!

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June 25, 1958

Posted on June 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Someone apparently doesn’t like Dorothy Adamson’s fox terrier, which is missing after her apartment at 1034 Hilldale was bombed. An unidentified caller had complained about the dog’s barking, The Times says. Alas, the paper never followed up on this story. … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on June 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Speaking of watering troughs, at least one has survived in the Los Angeles area. This one in South Pasadena, on Meridian just south of Mission, was built across from the train station … Continue reading →

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June 9, 1958

Posted on June 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

bove, yes, such things really happened. Anybody who thinks the past was a “kinder, simpler time” needs to revisit their history lessons …

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May 30, 1908

Posted on May 30, 2008 by lmharnisch
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