Category Archives: Front Pages

March 3, 1958

Posted on March 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, this is hard to believe, isn’t it? Below, things get nasty in the DUI case of Marjorie Durant Waller, wife of  Rams star Ron Waller, who accuses two LAPD officers of making "improper advances" after a traffic stop … … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1938

Posted on March 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

The great storm of 1938 roars through Los Angeles, isolating the city from the outside world by taking out bridges and utility lines, touching off mudslides and leaving the city in darkness. Ten spectators are killed when a pedestrian bridge … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1908

Posted on March 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Judge Smith tries to sort out a drunken brawl between neighbors … Police arrest John Herr, a local red agitator, during a speech at 7th and Grand as the nation fears the spread of anarchy …   Three reds are … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1958

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Fort Dobbs," with Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo and Brian Keith. Below, our own Chuck Hillinger and photographer Bruce Cox try to go rafting in the L.A. River after the Army Corps of Engineers finished its project to cover the … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1938

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

At top, "Snow White" in Spanish … Above, a Baltimore wife-beater gets 20 lashes, the most severe flogging since 1889, The Times says …  Garbo and Stokowski? … Nazi Field Marshal Hermann Goering says the Luftwaffe is ready to protect … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1908

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, beer, the health drink, with a mere trace of alcohol–just to aid digestion. A deadly crash involving a car and a train is reconstructed at a coroner’s inquest … Will the Great White Fleet bypass Los Angeles and head … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1958

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Granted, President Eisenhower’s health was an important issue by 1958, but it’s hard to picture anyone pitching a story about his dental work for Page 1 … An atomic-powered rocket to the moon … And a major setback for Caryl … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1938 Los Angeles Reinforcements pour into Graz, Austria, in an effort gain control over Nazi unrest. Below, The Times spills lots of ink over "industrial freedom" … Officers are assigned to protect vegetable peddler George Sakalis, a witness … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1908

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Pat Garrett, the man who killed Billy the Kid, dies by the gun … An update on the Great White Fleet … Grisly details about a crash in which a car ran into a train … And priests in Chicago … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1908

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Feb. 29, 1968

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Faye Dunaway talks with Kevin Thomas about life since "Bonnie and Clyde" … Romney drops out of the presidential race–doesn’t that sound familiar? … According to reports, President Johnson is preparing to mobilize Marine reservists and National Guard troops to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 29, 1908

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Stoddard-Dayton ($58,265.68 USD 2007). Drivers prepare for the annual Pasadena-Altadena Hill Climb, an important event in motor sports in early 20th century Los Angeles. The race course started at Orange Grove and went up Los Robles, took a … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1938

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Paul Wright, found not guilty of killing his wife and best friend while they were doing something that couldn’t be printed in The Times, walks out of jail and hopes to be a forgotten man … World War I hero … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1908

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Now this is interesting: Plans for a new Pacific Electric depot on the west side of Hill Street between 4th and 5th. Hm. Isn’t the Subway Terminal Building on Hill Street between 4th and 5th? Sure is … Powdered eggs … Continue reading →

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Feb. 27, 1958

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

A wayward blimp … A "short, swarthy man" and his partner menace a Pasadena matron (and no, The Times never followed up on this story) … Nixon knows what to do if something happens to Ike … Email me

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1938Los Angeles It’s Sunday in Los Angeles, time for the funnies, like "Smokey Stover," one of the most eccentric American comic strips.  Above, Crenshaw Boulevard and Vernon Avenue. Today, we would probably call this area Leimert Park …  … Continue reading →

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Feb. 27, 1908

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

An interesting slice of life in Los Angeles a century ago: If you have ever seen old pictures of downtown you know the significance of the story about removing excess utility poles. The streetscapes in the old days were a … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1938Los Angeles Above, now playing at the Mason Opera House. Below, Harry Raymond’s wife identifies Police Capt. Earle Kynette as a prowler she saw near their garage before the bombing that nearly killer her husband … Charges of … Continue reading →

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Japan attacks L.A.?

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1942Los Angeles Above, suspicious Japanese Americans are rounded up after the great battle of Los Angeles. Yes, it was a false alarm that left parts of the city peppered with unexploded ordnance. A special thanks to my colleague … Continue reading →

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Feb. 25, 1958

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a profile of William Alland, who played the reporter tracking down the life of "Citizen Kane" and in his final years worked for the Los Angeles Times poll. Below, A race car plows into a crowd of spectators at … Continue reading →

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