Category Archives: art and artists

June 26, 1938

Posted on June 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

A panel from "Buck Rogers," Sunday, June 26, 1938. arry Raymond finally goes home after 163 days in the hospital, The Times says. He promises a $1-million lawsuit against Mayor Frank Shaw, Joe Shaw, Police Chief James Davis, several subordinates … Continue reading →

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June 24, 1938

Posted on June 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

uestro Pueblo is a new discovery for me, and a very happy one. The Times began the feature by writer Joe Seewerker and artist Charles Owens in June 1938, publishing installments Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The series ended in October … Continue reading →

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June 22, 1938

Posted on June 22, 2008 by lmharnisch
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June 19, 1938

Posted on June 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

ermany begins the systematic roundup of Jews on the pretext of putting them in "protective custody" or claiming that they are foreigners "without proper papers." "At Buchenwald Concentration Camp, near Weimar, it was reported that 65 army buses were arriving … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 7, 1908 Above, the home of J. de Barth Shorb (1842-1896) in San Marino, which Henry Huntington has torn down to make way for his cozy little cottage.  True confession: I have been a member of the Huntington for … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on May 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

A panel from "Buster Brown," May 24, 1908.

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Jack Smith on Wry

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  "Jack Smith on Wry," on display at the Huntington Library through May 12, 2008, focuses on the life and works of columnist Jack Smith, an institution at The Times from the 1950s to the 1990s. I asked his son … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 27, 1938Los Angeles I’m starting to think that no comic strip of the late 1930s was complete without a great white hunter contending with cowardly native tribesmen in "darkest Africa." This is Al Capp’s "Li’l Abner."  Email me

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Woman architect

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1908 Los Angeles I stumbled across the story of Penelope Murdoch yesterday but didn’t have time to pursue it until now. This photograph and few inches of type from The Times may be all that remains of the … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1938 Wow! Here’s a "Joe Palooka" strip from 1938. All of Ham Fisher’s white characters are drawn realistically and the African American is this ghastly caricature who speaks in dialect. Seeing something like this in the daily press … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1908Los Angeles It’s Sunday in 1908, and The Times publishes its weekend features, including the comics. Here’s "Buster Brown" one of the most prominent strips of the era. It featured young Buster, who loved to play practical jokes, … Continue reading →

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Black comix

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s 50 years of "progress" in the portrayal of African Americans in newspapers’ Sunday comic strips. The top panel is from Windsor McCay’s "Little Nemo in Slumberland," as published in The Times on Feb. 9, 1908. To be fair, McCay … Continue reading →

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Little Nemo

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1908Los Angeles

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Last Hope

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Because adult characters never appear in "Peanuts," many comics readers may wonder what Charles Schulz’s grownups looked like. Here’s a sample from a short-lived cartoon strip carried in the Mirror.   Feb. 8, 1958 Los Angeles James Charles Hope, … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times  I saw this poster glued to some plywood at a construction site on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice this morning. Alas, there were no similar treatments of other candidates, so I … Continue reading →

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Edward Weston dies

Posted on January 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 2, 1958 Carmel, Calif.   Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Edward Weston, after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937, when he was living at 4166 Brunswick Ave., Los Angeles.*   One of the greatest photographers of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Nov. 25, 1957

Posted on November 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Elvis trivia contest

Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Update: The 1947p's/LAPL's own Mary McCoy delves into ProQuest and turns up some ready answers, noting: "Gotta leave some for the rest of the kids to answer – no one likes a ProQuest-it-all!" Update II: I'm going to start filling … Continue reading →

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Karil Rogers Graham and ‘The Badge’

Posted on October 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

“She was such a grand, lovely person. She loved flowers, was crazy about them.” That’s what the landlady, Eleanor Lipson, had to say about murder victim Karil Rogers Graham. Her sister, Mrs. H.L. Manley, called her “a well-settled girl.” According … Continue reading →

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Snapshot

Posted on October 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

A typical example of retouching from The Times photo archives:   Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 1973From left, J. Miller Leavy of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, with Dist. Atty. Joseph Busch and Joseph Carr, … Continue reading →

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