Category Archives: art and artists

Found on EBay — Little Nemo

Posted on July 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Also presenting McCay's "Gertie the Dinosaur" from 1914, in case you have never seen it. A Feb. 17, 1907, page of The Times comics featuring Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" has been listed on EBay. Above, the entire page. … 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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Found on EBay — ‘Last Supper’ Tattoo

Posted on July 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard, showing an amazing tattoo of "The Last Supper" has been listed on EBay. According to the vendor, the woman used the stage name of Artoria and was the wife of tattoo artist C.W. "Red" Gibbons. The postcard reads … Continue reading →

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Holy Barbarians — Police Beat Man in Raid on Gay Club

Posted on July 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

There's a lot of rambling, self-important navel-gazing in "Holy Barbarians" and although these meandering insights are vital to the people in the book, they can be fairly tedious reading. But there are also rewards. Here's an account of a group … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo: The Pico Adobe

Posted on June 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 30, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits the Pico Adobe. May 9, 1889: Pio Pico is back in court. Feb. 12, 1891: A Times editorial soliciting aid for Pico after his courtroom defeat. Today's Nuestro Pueblo sent me in search of … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — One Magazine

Posted on June 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

The inaugural January 1953 issue of One magazine, published in Los Angeles, has been listed on EBay. One was a historic magazine that dealt with gay issues. It was declared obscene by the Postal Service, resulting in a landmark 1st … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Bay

Posted on June 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1921: Our favorite Times artist, Charles Owens, sketches a proposed bridge across San Francisco Bay from Hunter's Point to Alameda.

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Found on EBay — First Methodist Episcopal Church

Posted on June 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 20, 1899: The cornerstone is laid for First M.E. Church This postcard showing First M.E. Church has been listed on EBay. The church was designed by Austin and Skilling and built on the northeast corner of 6th and Hill … Continue reading →

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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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U.S. Bans D.H. Lawrence Novel

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

"I Feel Terribly Different." The Farmers Market ad pokes gentle fun at Times columnist Hedda Hopper. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield defends his decision to ban "Lady Chatterly's Lover" from the U.S. mails. Times book columnist Robert R. Kirsch says Summerfield's … Continue reading →

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John Wayne in ‘Horse Soldiers’

Posted on June 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 20, 1959: John Wayne as interpreted by Al Hirschfeld. Pretty great, no?

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Nuestro Pueblo: Benedict Canyon

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Nuestro Pueblo: Wilmington

Posted on June 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Nixon Urges Whittier Grads to Avoid Prejudice — and He Likes the Dodgers

Posted on June 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Gus Arriola is one of my favorite comic strip artists. His drawings are so clean and he's a marvelous draftsman. Vice President Richard Nixon and his family visit Disneyland and stay at the Disneyland Hotel. He also says he shaves … Continue reading →

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Illegal Immigrants on Welfare! Child Psychic Says Missing Man Was Murdered

Posted on June 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

"What Do You Make of This Hole Under the Instrument Panel?" California, the "welfare magnet," for illegal immigrants. Above, UCLA's famous "pansy ring" for future brides. Hitler pays a surprise birthday visit to Richard Strauss … … and welcomes … Continue reading →

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Teacher Puts the Broom to Process Server in Communist Probe; Meet Wilt Chamberlain

Posted on June 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Terry, What's Wrong?" Police have few leads in the beating of boxing promoter Jackie Leonard, who was left partially paralyzed. Leonard had testified before the State Athletic Commission on corruption in prizefighting. Kindergarten teacher Ruth Adair Bishop, 54, whacks Grant … Continue reading →

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LAPD Detective Held in Death of Ex-Boyfriend’s Wife

Posted on June 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here's the breaking story by Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin: By Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times staff writers 11:33 AM PDT, June 5, 2009 A well-regarded, veteran Los Angeles Police Department detective was arrested today in connection … Continue reading →

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Boxing Promoter Beaten; Dodgers Sign Chavez Ravine Deal

Posted on June 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

"R-R-R-ING!" Life on Mars! Boxing promoter Jackie Leonard had testified before the State Athletic Commission about mob influence in prizefighting. View this page American jazz? Nyet! Charles Hillinger interviews Nicaragua's Luis Somoza. Carole Baker … Jeffrey Hunter … Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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‘Three Little Pigs’ Has Racial Meaning, Official Says!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Did You Hear What I Said, June?" Southern California's aerospace industry! When I saw this headline, I thought it was a joke. It's not. Iraq drops a polite note to the American Embassy saying no thanks to U.S. aid because … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, May 27, 1959

Posted on May 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Is that really Toulouse-Lautrec's "A La Mie" balanced on a chair in a publicity photo for Irving Stone, the Mirror's new art crtic? It most certainly is. Luckily, the painting is now in safer hands at the Museum of Fine … Continue reading →

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