Category Archives: Books and Authors

In Indiana, There Is No Beer

Posted on February 26, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 14-26, 1907 Los Angeles The Rev. Ervin S. Chapman, a Presbyterian minister who heads the Anti-Saloon League of California, has won a victory through an address that persuaded an Indiana judge … Continue reading →

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Feb. 24, 1907: Samuel Tilden Norton Designs Eagle Rock Bank Building

Posted on February 24, 2018 by lmharnisch

Eagle Rock bank building designed by Samuel Tilden Norton, via Google Street View. Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 24, 1907 Eagle Rock Architect Samuel Tilden Norton has designed a bank building for Townsend Avenue and Colorado … Continue reading →

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Feb. 23, 1907: Scotch Thistles Beat English Victorias in 1st L.A. Soccer Game of 20th Century

Posted on February 23, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 23, 1907 Los Angeles The Scotch Thistles beat the English Victorias 3-2 in Southern California’s first soccer game since the Caledonians and the Pasadena team met at Agricultural Park in 1890, … Continue reading →

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Feb. 22, 1907: Rainstorm Inspires Lyricism From Times Reporter

Posted on February 22, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 22, 1907 Los Angeles Here’s how The Times weather stories read a century ago: “For all the daylight hours yesterday, the rain drizzled down, much of the time like a heavy … Continue reading →

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Feb. 21, 1907: Mystery Killer Poisons Dogs and Cats in Angeleno Heights

Posted on February 21, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 21, 1907 Los Angeles Someone who hates animals is at work in Angeleno Heights, having poisoned 10 valuable dogs and several cats, The Times says.

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Feb. 20, 1907: How to Dress for Mowing the Lawn

Posted on February 20, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 20, 1907 Los Angeles Apparently mowing the lawn was a formal occasion.

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Delight Evans Sells the Movies to Female Fans

Posted on February 19, 2018 by lmharnisch

  Full of charm and personality, Cordelia D. “Delight” Evans fell in love with the movies as a toddler, and basically dedicated the rest of her life to learning about, watching, and telling others about them. She achieved fame as … Continue reading →

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Feb. 19, 1907: Orange County Accuses L.A. County of Attempted ‘Land Grab’ of Beach Towns

Posted on February 19, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 19, 1907 Los Angeles A quick trip to the Thomas Bros. will show that Los Angeles County doesn’t look like this, but it’s not for lack of trying. The wealthy men … Continue reading →

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Feb. 18, 2007: Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 18, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 18, 2007 Los Angeles The buildings featured in The Times for this week have been torn down, but in glancing through the listings, I found the sale by the Althouse brothers … Continue reading →

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Feb. 17, 1907: Before Staples Center — City Straightens 12th Street

Posted on February 17, 2018 by lmharnisch

Above, a vanished landmark: The Schermerhorn Inn, at Potter Park, a street that has disappeared. Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 17, 1907 Los Angeles West 12th Street between Main and Hoover is maddeningly crooked, but how … Continue reading →

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Black L.A., 1947: Stylish Men in Harlem Wearing Berets

Posted on February 15, 2018 by lmharnisch

At top, the home at 2443 S. St. Andrews Place is for sale at $16,500 cash or $18,000 “terms.” Above, the 2400 block of South St. Andrews Place via Google Street View. Feb. 13, 1947: Columnist Bill Smallwood says “Richard … Continue reading →

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Feb. 14-15, 1907: Gas Explosion in Downtown L.A. Levels Building, Kills 7

Posted on February 14, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 14-15, 1907 Los Angeles An 11:30 a.m. blast caused by an accumulation of gas shattered the Rawson building at 114 W. 2nd St. in an explosion blamed on a gas company … Continue reading →

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Feb. 13, 1907: Hotel Alexandria Celebrates 1st Anniversary

Posted on February 13, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb.13, 1907 Los Angeles An enormous masked ball for the city’s elite was staged on Mardi Gras at Kramer’s Studio and Dancing Academy, 1500 S. Figueroa.

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Feb. 12, 1907: Alhambra Acres and Vermont Avenue Square

Posted on February 12, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 12, 1907 Los Angeles Imagine the surprise of Mrs. Robert Jackson, who was about to move into her new home on Vernon Avenue and discovered that the contractor had built it … Continue reading →

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Feb. 11, 1907: Woman Fractures Skull Leaping From Streetcar That Passed Her Stop

Posted on February 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 11, 1907 Los Angeles   The Eastside gets a new Baptist Church and 2nd Street and St. Louis. Like Tom and Huck A large pond 7 feet deep at Normandie and … Continue reading →

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Feb. 10, 1907: Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 10, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 10, 1907 Los Angeles The Times features a hillside home “near the ostrich farm” in Pasadena. Presumably that was the Cawston farm in South Pasadena. (What, South Pasadena, again?) Unfortunately, many … Continue reading →

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Feb. 9, 1907: George M. Cohan’s ’45 Minutes From Broadway’ at the Mason Opera HouseCohan

Posted on February 9, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 9, 1907 Los Angeles

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Feb. 8, 1907: Peace Returns to Buena Vista Street

Posted on February 8, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore from 2007. Feb. 8, 1907 Los Angeles About 1903, Charles E. Donnatin, former Pacific Electric Railway superintendent, apparently said something about the young woman across the street at the Stewart home, Savoy Street and Buena … Continue reading →

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Feb 7, 1907: Cop Killer’s Widow Arrested in Liquor Raid

Posted on February 7, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 7, 1907 Los Angeles   A Child’s Testimony Charles Babbitt is sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of domestic violence after the testimony of his 6-year-old son. “Papa hit … Continue reading →

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Incendiary Ramblings

Posted on February 6, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 6, 2007 Los Angeles Here’s an architectural drawing of the O.T. Johnson Building, which burned in yesterday’s fire.  

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