Category Archives: Food and Drink

Craby Joe’s RIP

Posted on February 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Craby Joe’s is gone but the sign lives on. Jeremy Hansen writes: The Museum of Neon Art is hoping to have the sign up and running by Feb. 14, the next downtown LA Artwalk.  The new location of the museum … Continue reading →

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Poker Dog update

Posted on January 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

My earlier post on whether there were original "Poker Dog"  paintings at the Redwood prompted this response:  Just read this and it made my day. I can assure you there are no original Coolidge poker dogs here now. yours truly … Continue reading →

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Jan. 29, 1908

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Wow. Despite what I know about local history, I’m stunned by the article on the mass firing of Japanese employees across the city … Los Angeles County is looking for another coroner … Bad news in the courts for automobile … Continue reading →

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Jan. 22, 1908

Posted on January 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

A juicy murder trial draws curious throngs … Food poisoning from a bad sausage kills a Civil War hero and his wife … And note the ad for the Salt Lake Route, which was acquired by Union Pacific in 1921… … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay

Posted on January 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here are a couple of interesting items on EBay, both related to Main Street (shout out to Bukowski Square! Let’s make it official). First, the Milano Cafe, 166 N. Main.   And here’s a shot of Main and 3rd.   … Continue reading →

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Carl Karcher

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 11, 1968 Anaheim

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Johnny Grant

Posted on January 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1948 Los Angeles The King’s, 8153 Santa Monica Blvd.,  1945-1954KWIK-AM (1490) 1947-1951 Johnny Grant 1923-2008

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Health spa

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1908 Los Angeles I love looking through the early 20th century issues of The Times. For one thing, they are only about 26 pages and the ads are amazing. Here’s a shout-out to Nathan Marsak of the 1947project. … Continue reading →

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Budweiser boycott

Posted on November 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 7, 1957 Los Angeles Here’s a story that white Los Angeles will never see: An NAACP boycott against Anheuser-Busch because it refused to hire African American truck drivers, plant workers and office staff.    According to the California … Continue reading →

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October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

October 12, 1957 Burl Ives, who took off more than 40 pounds to play the part of the viciously righteous father in “Desire Under the Elms,’ was putting some of it back on the other day at Frascati’s and between … Continue reading →

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Redwood revisited

Posted on September 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Attention art sleuths: A close examination of the Redwood ad reveals this startling detail!   Yes, that’s right! According to this 1960 ad, the "famed ‘Poker Dog’ original oil paintings" were on display at the Redwood. And the paintings were … Continue reading →

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Wheel-o-meal

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 2, 1957 Los Angeles Let’s suppose you’re a clever businessman. And let’s suppose your city has the nation’s busiest intersection: In three days, 205,022 cars pass through Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. Along with nine horse-drawn milk wagons. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 31, 1957 The whole thing started many months ago when Sparks Stringer poured out his chagrin here at being unable to find any farkleberries in L.A. He had in mind whipping up a farkleberry pie like his mother used … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 22, 1957 This is to report that a distressing situation has arisen in MacWestlake Park. Certain pigeons–just a few of the hundreds in the park, mind you–have adopted a decidedly unmilitary attitude toward the recently dedicated statue of the … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch Los Angeles Times Here’s something fun to do on a Saturday morning: Meet friends for breakfast at a restaurant where a drunk movie actress plowed her new convertible through the front window in 1957. The … Continue reading →

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A knight on the town

Posted on April 29, 2007 by lmharnisch

April 29, 1957Los Angeles When I saw this ad, my first reaction was: “You have GOT to be kidding me.” My next reaction was: “Maybe it’s still there!”

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Le-Mon! Le-Mon!

Posted on January 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 23, 1907Los Angeles Pity, for a moment, Felix Chavarino, caught in the grips, not of opium, morphine or heroin, but of citrus, for he is a “lemon fiend.” He was arrested after begging for food in a small restaurant. … Continue reading →

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A Cold Dose of Reality

Posted on January 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 8, 1907Los AngelesPerhaps Mayor Arthur C. Harper and the incoming slate of officials are focused on how they will divide the spoils of the city and assign patronage jobs, although the mayor says the “last seat at the pie … Continue reading →

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January 1, 1907: Alive!

Posted on January 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Dec. 7, 1906-Dec. 22, 1906, Bakersfield January 1, 1907 Los Angeles For 15 days, miner Lindsay P. Hicks lay trapped by a cave-in that killed his five companions tunneling in a mountain above the Kern River for an Edison hydroelectric … Continue reading →

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2 Die in Tong War

Posted on October 13, 2006 by lmharnisch

Oct. 13, 1907Los AngelesGunmen imported from out of town by the Hop Sing Tong entered the tailor shop of Lem Sing at 806 Juan St. in Chinatown and under the pretense of having some clothing made, wounded him when he … Continue reading →

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