Category Archives: Architecture

Highway Patrol Rounds Up Missing Legislators, May 21, 1939

Posted on May 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Teach me to dance, Dragon Lady." View this page At left, my kind of story. The Assembly sends the Highway Patrol to track down legislators who skipped their session on the last day they got paid. Among the missing is … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Downtown L.A., 1908

Posted on May 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  This postcard showing Broadway as seen from around 4th Street has been listed on EBay. The building in the distance with the pointed roof is the old City Hall, now a vacant lot next to the Hosfield/Victor Clothing Building. … Continue reading →

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State Athletic Commission Investigates Boxing, Cartoon Death Match, May 20, 1959

Posted on May 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Isn't the Ambassador Hotel great? Oh wait, we let L.A. Unified tear it down. View this page Gangster Squad Officer J.J. "Jack" O'Mara calls on Joe Sica with a subpoena. Unfortunately, the runover of the story didn't get microfilmed. But … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Somehow, this reminds me of the unfinished house in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Love of the Last Tycoon."

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Found on EBay — Jerry’s Joynt

Posted on May 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

This flier from Jerry's Joynt, a long-vanished restaurant in old Chinatown, has been listed on EBay. The postcards showing the bar are somewhat common, but I've never seen this item before. Bidding starts at $2.

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Found on EBay — Union Station

Posted on May 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of the new Union Station has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at 99 cents.

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Top Comedian Goes Crazy in San Francisco! May 14, 1959

Posted on May 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Winters later used his hospitalization in some of his routines. The Arechiga family, featured in the news because members were forcibly removed from two homes in Chavez Ravine, own 11 homes, The Times says. Mayor Norris Poulson angrily says: "The … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — May 12, 1959

Posted on May 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Moment of Decision A man who lives on Wetherly Drive phones for a cab and when it arrived the driver helped load his suitcases aboard. In so doing the cabby, recently out of a hospital, strained himself and suffered an … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 10, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 8, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Union Station Opens, May 5, 1939

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times March 15, 1939: At a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel to plan the opening gala for  Union Station, R.E. Southworth stamps the tickets of A.D. McDonald, president of the Southern Pacific; J.R. Hitchcock, … Continue reading →

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Churchill Visits Ike, Dodgers Beat Braves, May 5, 1959

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Above, efforts fail to heal a rift between President Eisenhower and former President Truman, who declined an invitation to the White House to dine with former British  Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Assemblyman William B. Rumford (D- Berkeley) calls upon … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Union Station Opens, May 4, 1939

Posted on May 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo June 13, 1915: Before Union Station, there was the Southern Pacific depot on Central between 4th and 5th Streets, which replaced an even earlier depot called the Arcade Station.   Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading →

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Parade Opens Union Station, May 4, 1939

Posted on May 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Found on EBay — California Bungalow

Posted on May 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of a California Bungalow from the Newman Post Card Co. of Los Angeles has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $3.

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 3, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Union Station Turns 70

Posted on May 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times From left, Chester Gan, Chinese district leader; Arthur Kennedy of the city Planning Commission; Vic MacKenzie, American Legion national convention director; George R. Reilly, San Francisco County supervisor; Bruce Iliff, federal liaison officer; Drew … Continue reading →

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