Category Archives: art and artists

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 24, 1940

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Times artist Charles Owens draws a map of fighting in Belgium and France. May 24, 1940: “Hollywood After Dark: Patricia Ellis nursing a bandaged right hand at Cocoanut Grove while an escort gallantly carved her steak,” Jimmie Fidler … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 23, 1940

Posted on May 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Staff artist Charles Owens illustrates the French fleeing the Nazis. May 23, 1940: “Sometimes it seems futile to sit here writing about movies and movie personalities, when on the other side of the world hundreds of thousands are horribly … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Batchelder Vase

Posted on May 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

This Batchelder vase has been listed on EBay. The tile turns up fairly often but this is only the second vase I recall seeing – a previous item was listed in March but didn’t sell. Bidding on this vase starts … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Scaccomatto Chess Set

Posted on May 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

Somewhere in the last 6,000 posts on the Daily Mirror, I ran something about this unusual 1977 chess set in which all the pieces fit together to make two cubes. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to locate the entry at the … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – One Magazine

Posted on May 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

A lot of 34 issues of One Magazine from 1953-55, including the first issue, has been listed on EBay. One, a historic magazine that dealt with gay issues, was published in Los Angeles and figured in a landmark 1st Amendment … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Education

Posted on May 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

I’ve been laughing about this all weekend and wanted to share it.

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Tattooing Is London’s Fashionable Craze, 1910

Posted on May 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1910: A London tattoo artist says, “Not long ago, too, a lady came to me to have a cat's head tattooed on her arm. It was a portrait of a pet animal which she recently had lost. Well, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 6, 1960

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Far into the future, villains will smoke cigarettes! May 6, 1960: “It can be stated unequivocally that in his new album Elvis is as good as he ever was, which is better than the swarm of sickening imitators who … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 5, 1960

Posted on May 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

    May 5, 1960: Here’s another take on Cynthia Lindsay and “Procals.” Her term describes the people of the Southland, who are “pro California.” I’ll be taking a look at Lindsay’s 1960 book “The Natives Are Restless” in an … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 4, 1960

Posted on May 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 4, 1960: Why are people bringing transistor radios to Dodger games? Matt Weinstock has the answer!

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Matt Weinstock, May 3, 1960

Posted on May 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

   May 3, 1960: A stripper named Vagablonde promises to do her Lady Godiva act by riding a white horse down Broadway to protest 15-cent coffee… if someone will furnish a white horse, Matt Weinstock says. 

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 1, 1940

Posted on May 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The Times publishes another drawing by Charles Owens, showing what the fight for Dombas, Norway, might have looked like.  May 1, 1940: “Hollywood After Dark: Amazonian Geraldine Ross, Florentine Gardens star, singing torch songs to mite-y George E. Stone, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 30, 1960

Posted on April 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Boys Are Finding People Aren't So Bad     A recent wire story from Liberty, N.Y., related that business was bad for the brothers Katz-Steven, 10, Arthur, 8, and Robert, 6 — founders of the Sav-A-Fine Co., a non-profit organization.  … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 29, 1960

Posted on April 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Sinatra Admirer Undaunted by Threats     For many years as a disc jockey and program director Frank Evans has played the records of Frank Sinatra.  He knows and admires him.     Several weeks ago he was playing them, no … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 28, 1960

Posted on April 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

“We Failed Miserably!” Time for a Final Note of Appreciation       How's your humility today?  Well, suppose we share mine.      I am haunted by a note from a longtime reader, particularly the last sentence:  "I have cancer and … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Batchelder Tile

Posted on April 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

This Batchelder tile of a cockatoo has been listed on EBay. Although I’ve listed other Batchelder tiles of animals (which featured a rabbit, a deer, a lion and birds), this doesn’t seem to be part of that series.  Bidding starts … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 26, 1940

Posted on April 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nuestro Pueblo artist Charles Owens draws a full-page map on the war in Norway. April 26, 1940: On the set of "Boomtown," Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Frank Morgan "filmed a drinking scene this morning with each demanding his own … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 23, 1960

Posted on April 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “What’s That?! Someone in a Space Suit Is Leaving the Eliza Ann!” The Amok Amoeba     Future historians looking back on 1960 doubtless will make a footnote on April 19, the day of the great L.A. amoeba quest.  It … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, April 21, 1960

Posted on April 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “So I’ll Save the Wear and Tear on Your Tonsils, Mr. Ames.”  A Hard Life     If no one minds, I'd like to get literary for a moment.       Whitney Balliett of the New Yorker magazine, in reviewing … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on April 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 17, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit the Pelanconi House on Olvera Street in another installment of Nuestro Pueblo. At right, a photo of the house from olvera-street.com. In case you just tuned in, I posted most of … Continue reading →

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