Category Archives: art and artists

Matt Weinstock, March 14, 1960

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Writers and Riches Readers occasionally inquire how a person goes about writing a book, getting it published and, it is assumed, becoming rich and famous. There's no easy answer because so many factors are involved. Writing and rewriting a … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Notebook: Drawing Salon

Posted on March 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Everything and Everybody,” by Marion Eisenmann. Marion Eisenmann sends two sketches from one of the recent “Late Nite Drawing Salons,” which are held Monday nights at the E3rd Steakhouse & Lounge. We thought the salon would offer some interesting … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 10, 1960

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

Lesson for Today A group of firemen have been engaging lately in baffling exercises with the fire hose at the north end of Echo Park Lake and a lady who lives nearby says she is losing her mind … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit 942 Yale St. (Google maps’ street view shows the lion is long gone). The original run of “Nuestro Pueblo” concluded last year. I’m going back and picking up the ones I … Continue reading →

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Kennedy, Nixon Lead in New Hampshire

Posted on March 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

On the jump, an attorney seeks to keep state officials from removing Alice Marie Combs, 4, center, from her foster home in an effort to find a more intellectually stimulating family for the girl, who has an IQ of 138. … Continue reading →

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Detective Connor and the Golden Rule

Posted on March 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1910: William Montgomery Clemens’ stories were a frequent feature in an era when newspapers published Sunday supplements. Clemens (1860-1931) was a nephew of Mark Twain.

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Artist’s Notebook: Sign Spinning

Posted on March 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Flying Ads,” by Marion Eisenmann. You find these young men (and they always seem to be young men) with their handheld signs all over Los Angeles, advertising pizza, condos or some other business. I saw one fellow put on an … Continue reading →

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A Letter of Defense

Posted on March 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

Remember the editorial about the Japanese stranglehold on farmland? Here’s a response. More on the jump, plus Clare Briggs.

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Times Advocates Importing Chinese Workers for Menial Jobs

Posted on March 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

“It Happens in the Best-Regulated Families,” by Clare Briggs. March 2, 1920: People – especially women – are drawn by a live model who stands perfectly still in a display window at Harris & Frank’s shop on Spring … Continue reading →

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U.S. Doomed by a Culture of Leisure

Posted on February 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Give Me Your Pistol, Buck. Mine’s Overheated!” In 1960, The Times was inserting This Week magazine in the Sunday papers. The editor was William I. Nichols, who countered the phrase “Better Dead Than Red” with the slogan “Better Brave … Continue reading →

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Americans Lower Expectations for Presidency

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1980: This page is such a time capsule of the 1980s that I couldn’t decide on one story. There's Baltimore Sun columnist Matt Seiden's a piece on the war between humans and computers, an essay by Calvin … Continue reading →

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America Rejects Its Rural Roots

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

“When a Feller Needs a Friend,” by Clare Briggs. Feb. 27, 1920: “How Ya Gonna Keep Them Down on the Farm?” You can’t, according to The Times’ Harry C. Carr, who says former servicemen are abandoning farming in favor … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Notebook: Corvette Driver

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Corvette Driver,” by Marion Eisenmann Feb. 22, 2010: Marion Eisenmann sends a drawing of a Corvette and its driver that she saw over the weekend. Marion writes: After heading out for a bike ride with two male friends at Bonelli … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo – 5121 Franklin

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 3, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit 5121 Franklin Ave. or what we know today as the home of Dr. George Hodel. The original run of Nuestro Pueblo ended in 1939. I’m going back and picking up … Continue reading →

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Anti-Japanese Legislation

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

“The Days of Real Sport,” by Clare Briggs. Feb. 24, 1920: "The great mass of California voters have been roused by the Japanese menace; and they are ready to go to almost any length to break the Jap monopoly … Continue reading →

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Times Calls for Chessman’s Execution

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Times calls the gas chamber “a sanitary disposal mechanism that a civilized society is constrained to set up to shield itself from the contamination of criminal psychopaths.” Feb. 23, 1960: The Times runs letters in response to … Continue reading →

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Hearing on the Gas House, Part 2

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 8, 1959: This is the second part of a transcript of testimony by “Holy Barbarians” author Lawrence Lipton before the the Los Angeles Police Commission on the Gas House, the Beat hangout in Venice. Part 1 is … Continue reading →

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Waiters Go On Strike

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale on the waiters’ strike. Feb. 21, 1920: The Times satirizes a strike by members of the Southern California Waiters Assn. who wanted a raise of $1 a day [$10.66 USD 2008] and rejected restaurant operators’ … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 20, 1960

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Please! My Life Is in Danger!” Mediator in Middle The smoldering dispute between newspapermen and TV reporters over coverage of interviews almost broke out again this week at the press conference for labor Secretary James M. Mitchell. Newspapermen … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Notebook: Grand Central Market