Category Archives: Food and Drink

L.A. to Celebrate the Fourth of July in Many Languages

Posted on July 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Maybe beer is something other than “liquid bread.” July 3, 1910: Los Angeles prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July with a parade in the downtown business district followed by a ceremony at the Plaza with a reading of … Continue reading →

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Pinball Raids in South Gate

Posted on June 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Women’s swimsuits are on sale for $11.99 [$85.89 USD 2009]. June 30, 1960: Bad news for the Buzz Inn, 3025 Tweedy Blvd., and the Chug a Lug, 3042 Tweedy Blvd. And yes, the Chug a Lug is still there. … Continue reading →

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A Scientific Way to Make Coffee

Posted on June 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

    June 22, 1960: A Chemex! The scientific way to make coffee. On the jump, “The Apartment” or “Macumba Love?” Tough choice.

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Wife Spanks Husband for Being a Drunk

Posted on June 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1910: Linen suits at Hale’s, $4.95 [$112.56 USD 2009]. On the jump, The Times has another court story in dialect, this time about Olaf Swanson and his drinking problems.

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Homemade Bread Is Slavery!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

   June 2, 1910: Husbands! Homemade bread is slavery! A loaf of Holsum (10 cents/$2.27 USD 2009) is better anyway. On the jump, a pincher gets pinched.

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Men! Don’t Neglect Your Summer Wardrobe!

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 24, 1910: The Porosknit Union Suit – perfect for summer wear! On the jump, 52 motorists face a $2 fine or two days in jail for not having taillights on their autos. One man is insulted that the … Continue reading →

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Misfortune-Telling

Posted on May 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 7, 1910: Messages from the great beyond are causing trouble in Los Angeles! The last time Lee Yew Yee was charged with telling fortunes, he got 60 days on the chain gang, but this time he received a … Continue reading →

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Downtown Cafe Is Too Spicy

Posted on May 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 6, 1910: S. Forzly is forced to close his eastern cafe in the basement of the Central National Bank at 4th Street and Broadway after bank employees get a restraining order due to the lunch room’s pungent, exotic … Continue reading →

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Sunday Drunks

Posted on April 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The Reduso corset reduces measurements of hips and abdomen from one to five inches. April 18, 1910: Police round up 23 drunks on Sunday and the ones who are too intoxicated to give their names have a number stamped … Continue reading →

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The Times’ Changing Nameplate

Posted on April 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The Times’ nameplate before the 1910 bombing, with The Times Building at right.  The revised nameplate of 1913 shows the building on fire. The 1913 nameplate also shows the new building on the site of the old one at … Continue reading →

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Vernon Hog Farmer Accused of Ignoring L.A. Garbage Laws

Posted on April 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 7, 1910: A century ago, hogs were fed garbage, and if you had a lot of hogs, you needed lots of garbage. What better way to get it than what was discarded from Los Angeles restaurants?  P.J. Durbin, … Continue reading →

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‘A Mohammedan Easter’

Posted on April 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  April 3, 1910: This headline stopped me cold: “Mohammedan Easter.” It’s a feature from the Sunday magazine on the Muslim pilgrimage to what the writer calls Neby Mousa and is known today as Nabi Musa. The author, Harold J. … Continue reading →

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Segregated Businesses May Be Legal, Eisenhower Says

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 17, 1960: On the jump, more about Cheryl Crane’s transfer to El Retiro School for Girls in the San Fernando Valley … President Eisenhower says it may be legal for private businesses to bar African Americans or any … Continue reading →

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Times Editorial on the ‘Japanese Menace,’ March 16, 1920

Posted on March 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 16, 1920: Unfortunately, this editorial is nearly impossible to read, but it’s worth the struggle. I rarely republish The Times’ old editorials because they are usually an embarrassment (the U.S. doesn’t need a federal anti-lynching law, don’t accept … Continue reading →

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Get Perking: Coffee Hits 15 Cents a Cup

Posted on March 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

Catch a snooze on the Freeway Flyer!  March 15, 1960: Coffee goes to 15 cents a cup, which would be $1.07 today, adjusted for inflation. Not quite the price of a venti caramel brulee at Starbucks. On the jump: “I … Continue reading →

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TV Show D.A. Arrested in Nude Pot Party

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Uh-oh. March 14, 1960: William Talman, who plays prosecutor Hamilton Burger on the “Perry Mason” TV show, is arrested at a nude pot party in West Hollywood. The Times didn’t report that they were naked until a few days later. … Continue reading →

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Lawyers Too Greedy, Attorney Says

Posted on March 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 9, 1920: Attorneys have given up criminal defense work in favor of wealthy corporate clients and civil cases, attorney Samuel T. Untermyer tells the  county bar association. More on the jump, plus Clare Briggs.

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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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Artist’s Notebook: Grand Central Market

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Grand Central Market” by Marion Eisenmann Marion Eisenmann and I made an art excursion to Grand Central Market on Broadway last year so she could try out a new Tradio pen on some sketch paper, but she wasn’t happy with … Continue reading →

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Bachelors Host Masquerade Ball

Posted on February 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Nov. 7, 1914: The Bachelors Club dinner. Feb. 15, 1960: The Bachelors Club holds its annual masquerade ball. For several years, I’ve been running across references to the Bachelors, a group founded in 1905 with … Continue reading →

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