Category Archives: Animals

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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May 22, 1908

Posted on May 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above left, looks like the sailors of the Great White Fleet left with a 19-year-old souvenir of Los Angeles. Her name is Olga Isle and she’s being sent back home after her cruise. Above, L.K. Lessley of Sierra Madre is … Continue reading →

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May 16, 1908: Wanted — Home for 1,000 Ostriches!

Posted on May 16, 2008 by lmharnisch
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March 31, 1908: Traveling Blacksmith Shoes Fire Department Horses

Posted on March 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the city introduces the concept of a traveling blacksmith who shoes all of the Fire Department’s horses rather than take them to the nearest blacksmith. The Times says the blacksmith (for some reason, we didn’t use his name) shoes … Continue reading →

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