Category Archives: LAPD

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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TLC

Posted on January 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 7, 1907Long BeachElizabeth Mahler, a dainty brunette with a “sunny and jolly disposition,” is one of the bright spots at Long Beach Hospital. She had many male suitors and a few a months ago became engaged to a young … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on January 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

A Trip to Oxford Avenue Here’s an interesting contrast: Oxford Avenue between Washington Boulevard and the Santa Monica Freeway and Oxford Avenue north of Washington. South of Washington, Oxford seems a bit wider and the land between the curb and … Continue reading →

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Engine Co. 10 Weeps

Posted on January 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 6, 1907Los AngelesThe Los Angeles Fireman’s Relief Association is staging a benefit for the young widow of ladderman Adolph Hermansen, who plunged out a window and fell five stories while fighting a spectacular blaze that destroyed the new Cohn … Continue reading →

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Speaking of City Hall

Posted on January 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s one of my favorite views of Los Angeles: City Hall at night with the Lindbergh Beacon.

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A Fatal Can of Beans

Posted on January 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1907Los AngelesCharles Edward Abbott, 23, of Artesia had lived his entire life in California without seeing snow except on faraway mountains and suggested that Mabel Carter, 28, and her father, Henry, 63, join him on a trip to … Continue reading →

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The Mayor Departs From His Prepared Remarks

Posted on January 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 4, 1907Los AngelesMayor-elect Arthur C. Harper stood before 200 members of the Municipal League and their friends in a dinner at Levy’s who were eager to hear what he planned for his incoming administration.Harper took his typewritten speech from … Continue reading →

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For Sale on EBay

Posted on January 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

“escalante_sandy” is offering an original mug shot of Elizabeth Short, with bidding starting at $50. The seller says this mug shot, among a lot of 23 photos, belonged to a retired detective and is not a reproduction, a claim that … Continue reading →

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Some Nice Boring Statistics

Posted on January 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Jan. 2, 1907Los Angeles Some diligent soul at The Times dug through the number of marriage licenses and divorces and put together a small story that traced the city’s growth through the increase in couples that joined or separated. This … 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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The Old Watchman

Posted on December 31, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 31, 1907Los AngelesHis name was W.H. Reynolds and the old watchman for E.H. Howard Contracting had laid out all night after being beaten up and thrown in the weeds by two robbers who said they were garbage men looking … Continue reading →

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The Old Men in Blue

Posted on December 30, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 30, 1907Los AngelesJames Sullivan, 64, was a prisoner of the Confederates held at Belle Isle, Libby and Andersonville, where he and war correspondent Albert D. Richardson escaped by tunneling for three months with a spoon.Henry Russell, formerly of the … Continue reading →

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The City Grows

Posted on December 29, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 29, 1907Los AngelesThe Times real estate pages feature homes under construction around Washington Boulevard west of Hobart Boulevard. “This section is just being built up with a splendid class of dwelling houses,” The Times says. “There are several car … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on December 28, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 28, 2006Los AngelesAs promised, here are some photos of a few neighborhoods I visited recently. Views of South Pasadena First, a few shots of South Pasadena taken along Mission and El Centro to contrast with the views from 1907, … Continue reading →

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A Gruesome First

Posted on December 27, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 27, 1907 Henryetta, Okla., by the Associated Press A little more than a month after Oklahoma achieved statehood, James Garden became a wretched statistic: the first black to be lynched there. On Dec. 24, Garden went to see liveryman … Continue reading →

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Blunder the Double Eagle

Posted on December 26, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 26, 1907Pittsburgh, by direct wire to The TimesAs Christmas celebrations concluded at Knoxville Presbyterian Church, the congregation presented the Rev. W.A. Jones with $100 ($2,052.36 USD 2005). A banker who was among the worshipers made a point of getting … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Gen. Otis

Posted on December 24, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 24, 1907Los Angeles Last-minute shopping, crowded post offices, trees decorated in hotel lobbies and toys given by Santa to the neediest children of the city; it was a Christmas season very much like today. And at Levy’s, 310 Times … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Mental Health

Posted on December 23, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 23, 1907St. Louis, via Direct Wire to The TimesDr. Henry S. Atkins, superintendent of St. Louis’ insane asylum, has found that Christmas is a perfect time to test his theory that shopping cures insanity.Atkins and two attendants took 60 … Continue reading →

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A Mystery Solved

Posted on December 22, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 22, 2006Los AngelesA quick (well, relatively) check of the Sanborn maps (online via the Los Angeles Public Library website) shows (Vol. 11, Sheet 1143) the intersection of McCollum and Berkeley. Alas, the impact crater was not recorded. Apparently all … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastes 1:9

Posted on December 22, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 22, 1907Los AngelesAs Police Capt. Flammer approached Yuma, Ariz., to take custody of George White, he noticed the smoke of hundreds of campfires made by hobos burning old railroad ties.The hobos, Flammer learned, were avoiding Yuma because the marshal … Continue reading →

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