Category Archives: LAPD

Random Shot — Hollywood 1941

Posted on February 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s another picture I found while looking for something else. It’s the Hollywood Professional Building, 7046 Hollywood Blvd., built about 1925, in a photo dated July 2, 1941. Luckily, there are all sorts of details … Continue reading →

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Sirhan Trial, February 15, 1969

Posted on February 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

A Navy inquiry into the Pueblo incident, Gabby Hayes dies, a landslide closes the Pomona Freeway and the State Board of Education decides that a school is racially imbalanced if there’s a 15% difference from the racial makeup of youngsters … Continue reading →

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LAPD Officer Suspended for Misconduct, January 5, 1959

Posted on February 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Police Officer Charles Wolf, serial No. 4115, got himself into a bit of trouble… … at 502 S. Westlake Ave. … … with a "dissolute person" named Ruth Schneider. — She was also a prostitute. — She also got possession … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, January 12, 1933

Posted on February 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

And so we complete our journey through the official documents telling the unfortunate saga of Walter and Christine Collins. I heard from a number of Daily Mirror readers who enjoyed the trek (scanning all these documents was more labor than … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 10, 1959

Posted on February 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Soothing Music Tempers Justice (News item) Use of background music in the Los Angeles Police Building to "alleviate tensions" of 280 employees was authorized today by the City Council. * * Scene is an interrogation room in the … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, January 11, 1933

Posted on February 10, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, September 29, 1932

Posted on February 9, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, September 25, 1932

Posted on February 8, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Trial of Former Mayor’s Aide to Begin, Feburary 7, 1939

Posted on February 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

It’s a bit hard to tell from reference photographs, but I believe this is a Lockheed Hudson being assembled in Burbank. Trial of Joe Shaw, brother of recalled Mayor Frank Shaw, on 66 counts of altering public records. Fire Department … Continue reading →

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February 3, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on February 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Notice the item about the police psychiatrist. This post will eventually be filled by Dr. Joseph Paul De River.

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Nuestro Pueblo, February 1, 1939

Posted on February 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

This is the bluff overlooking the Cornfield and a good route into downtown if the Pasadena Freeway is jammed. I’ve been neglectful in posting Nuestro Pueblo — so many stories, only one Larry Harnisch. Here’s an interesting entry on a … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 22, 1932

Posted on February 3, 2009 by lmharnisch
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President to Press for Mideast Peace, Bomb Scare at Lakers Game, February 3, 1969

Posted on February 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

"President Nixon plans to take two moves shortly to obtain an Arab-Israeli peace settlement and improve this country’s relations with the Arabs." When this was written, President Barack Obama was 7 years old; Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was 23; … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 18, 1932

Posted on February 2, 2009 by lmharnisch
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2 Die in Midair Plane Crash; Lombardi at USC? February 2, 1959

Posted on February 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Wreckage landed in the 7900 block of East 8th Street, Buena Park.   At left, Officer J.F. Harkan shoots Edwin Kelly, 17, during a stakeout at the RKO Hill Street theater at 8th and Hill. Above, Judy Holliday will appear … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 17, 1932

Posted on February 1, 2009 by lmharnisch
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January 31, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Junks ‘Junk’; Grads Applaud It’s commencement week, but the proudest graduate in Southern California today isn’t from any institution of learning. He went through his ceremony in a shabby Ocean Park store-front dwelling crowded with friends whose combined … Continue reading →

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Voices — Christine Collins, August 17, 1932

Posted on January 31, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Voices — Christine Collins, August 16, 1932

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch
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