Category Archives: @news

A Times legacy

Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Fifty years–almost to the day–that Jack Smith went to the Mediterranean for The Times, his son Doug is on assignment in the Middle East .

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Elvis trivia contest

Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Update: The 1947p's/LAPL's own Mary McCoy delves into ProQuest and turns up some ready answers, noting: "Gotta leave some for the rest of the kids to answer – no one likes a ProQuest-it-all!" Update II: I'm going to start filling … Continue reading →

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The cloudy crystal ball

Posted on November 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 3, 1957 Los Angeles I typed the words "Southern California Research Council" and I could already imagine the snoring. What, no crime? Hear me out. Its question was an essential one: How many people would be in what they … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 3, 1957

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Posted on November 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 1, 1957 Los Angeles This is a DC-7 coming in for a landing at Los Angeles International Airport and if you look carefully, you’ll notice that the wheels are up. This is bad. Although it’s a relief that … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 1, 1957

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Oct. 31, 1957

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Tribute to Jack Gaunt

Posted on October 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times published the obituary of photographer Jack Gaunt, who won a Pulitzer for his 1955 picture of a couple whose young child had been swept out to sea. Joe Jares writes of Gaunt: I had the privilege of working … Continue reading →

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Bel-Air jewel theft

Posted on October 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 23, 1957

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Bombing in Viet-Nam

Posted on October 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 22, 1957

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Storm drenches Southland

Posted on October 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 21, 1957

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In which some in-jokes get outed

Posted on October 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Above, the birth of Phlange Welder, Nov. 26, 1961. Comes now the time to divulge two of the deeper secrets of L.A newspaper lore, which I had forgotten until dinner recently with Carolyn Strickler, former head of The Times … Continue reading →

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Honor Rancho to open

Posted on October 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 20, 1957 UCLA defeats Oregon State, Purdue beats Michigan and Stanford beats Washington. USC loses to Cal, 12-0. Society for News Design members please note the eight-column grid: 16 stories, plus the weather and the index. And one picture. … Continue reading →

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Mideast crisis

Posted on October 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 16, 1957

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Ike turns 67

Posted on October 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 15, 1957  

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Plane crash

Posted on October 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 14, 1957

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Space race

Posted on October 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 13, 1957

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Brando marries

Posted on October 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 12, 1957

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Snapshot

Posted on October 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

A typical example of retouching from The Times photo archives:   Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 1973From left, J. Miller Leavy of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, with Dist. Atty. Joseph Busch and Joseph Carr, … Continue reading →

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Smog and Sputnik

Posted on October 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 10, 1957

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