Category Archives: Food and Drink

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Dec. 10, 1947: Peggy Cleary's restaurant, Talk O’ the Town, gets plenty of talk, especially on Wednesday nights when she shows old pictures. Last week "The Covered Wagon" was shown there and had the crowds roaring. The screen … Continue reading →

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Cost of Living at a Historic High

Posted on December 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

   “Oh, Man – and Woman!” by Clare Briggs April 3, 1920: Former bank executive Frank A. Vanderlip says the American economy is unsound. "Unrestrained extravagance is our national keynote, and the capital of the smaller capitalists, when it isn't … Continue reading →

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Drunk Man Kills Food Wagon Vendor

Posted on December 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

What women want for Christmas: a desk. Dec. 8, 1909: The operator of a food wagon at 9th and Main streets is shot to death after refusing to give some food to a drunk man. The killer escapes through a … Continue reading →

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A Deadly Encounter With John Barleycorn

Posted on December 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles is getting ready for Aviation Week, Jan. 10-20, 1910.   Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I found a copy of the Aviation Week poster on the L.A. Conservancy’s “The Sixties Turn 50” tour.   Reprints … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 3, 1959

Posted on December 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Mirror brings out an extra on killing of Jack “the Enforcer” Whalen.   Google maps’ street view of 13359 Ventura Blvd., site of Rondelli's restaurant. On the Togetherness of Police, Pawnshops     Today's lesson is how to have … Continue reading →

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Court Fight Over Cook’s Biscuits

Posted on November 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Charges are dropped against men accused of violating the law on public speaking in parks.   Nov. 27, 1909: Lucene Farr, an African American cook, tries to recover $40 after quitting her job at the boarding house of Alice … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving, 1959

Posted on November 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Bruce Russell’s take on Thanksgiving. Wives – remember all the times dad “sits with the kids and ‘entertains’ them while we do our personal little chores.” Nov. 26, 1959: “Nothing less than a revival of our Founding Fathers' spiritual faith … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving, 1908

Posted on November 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Above, Thanksgiving, 1908 "Did the Pilgrim Fathers have salads at their Thanksgiving feasts? Nay, verily!" How Did Thanksgiving Get to Be Turkey Day? History: The All-American feast took its time becoming the holiday we all celebrate today. Thursday November 15, … Continue reading →

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Women Postpone Thanksgiving Dinner to Meet Militant Feminist!

Posted on November 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Portraits of Chicago women who deserted their families on Thanksgiving.  Oh, the scandal!! "We will not stone our legislators. We will not horsewhip them in the streets. We will not break up their homes, nor drop stones through their roof … Continue reading →

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An Expensive Thanksgiving Turkey

Posted on November 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Adjusted for inflation, these turkeys cost $5.92 a pound, USD 2008. Nov. 24, 1909: Pompey Smith,  identified as an African American, refuses to leave jail when his term is up because he wants to be exonerated. A judge tells … Continue reading →

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Police Unable to Stop Rising Tide of Auto Thefts

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  As the country went dry, companies offered a way for people to brew their own alcohol.  Remember, beer is a health drink!      Nov. 23, 1919: “Motor car thefts are increasing and will continue to increase until some … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – 1907 Shriners Convention

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The 1907 Shriners convention in Los Angeles  inspired all sorts of commemorative trinkets. Most of the items were pins, badges, glassware and ceramics, which frequently turn up on EBay. Here’s something I’ve never seen before, a spoon that was … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League – The Twin Cities

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Yes, the table is made of ice, Mary says. In her latest installment of Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy looks at the cuisine of Minneapolis-St. Paul. She writes: Visit a city like Minneapolis-St. Paul in high September, and … Continue reading →

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Carl Reiner Explains All About Klutzery

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Braven Dyer writes about the death of W.L. "Pop" Guthrie, a Warner Bros. location manager and USC fan who had adopted the football team in 1926 and had been sitting on the Trojan bench for many years. Guthrie had … Continue reading →

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Hard Cider Is a Soft Drink

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Someone had fun writing this story. But “Remember the Mane"? Cider, even hard cider, is a soft drink.   Nov. 13, 1919: Pastry was flying at the Lewis Bakery, 448 S. Hill St., after Thomas H. Whitfield complained that he … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 12, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit a produce stand on Atlantic Boulevard run by a man “who looked as though he had seven kids and lumbago.” At least we learn that Owens did the driving and … Continue reading →

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Mexico, U.S. Blame Each Other After Border Crackdown Fails

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Lerdo’s Typical Grand Mexican Orchestra and “Eyes of Youth” at Tally’s Kinema at Grand and 7th and “Her Game” at Tally’s Broadway, 833 S. Broadway. Nov. 10, 1919: A plan by American and Mexican authorities to deport 100 to … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League, Pasadena

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

 “It is a very special day in a young woman’s life when she makes her first ice box cake.  And as with the leg of lamb, I regret that they have declined in popularity, because it was delicious.”  This week … Continue reading →

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Men Sentenced for Hitting Women

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Pig’n Whistle – next to City Hall on Broadway. Nov. 3, 1909: Justice Williams hears several cases involving violence against women. A blacksmith was sentenced to 100 days in jail for hitting his wife and a lodger was sentenced … Continue reading →

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Horse Stable a Relic of Long Beach’s Past

Posted on November 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

     Nov. 1, 1919: A judge decides that getting drunk three times a year isn’t grounds for a divorce … And Long Beach police have nowhere to put a runaway horse since the city’s last stable was converted to … Continue reading →

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