Category Archives: Nuestro Pueblo

Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on August 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 14, 1939: The Camino Real bells.

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on August 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 7, 1939: Only a few more Nuestro Pueblo installments are left. In September 1939, Joe Seewerker was hurt in a car accident and the columns stopped except for a final farewell in October. 

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Artist’s Notebook — Vista del Arroyo Hotel

Posted on August 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Vista del Arroyo Hotel by Marion Eisenmann, July 31, 2009 This week, Marion Eisenmann sends a view from the Rose Bowl of one of Pasadena's old landmarks, the former Vista del Arroyo Hotel, which houses the Southern California headquarters of … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo — San Pedro

Posted on July 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 31, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits San Pedro and encounters an irascible lighthouse keeper, Irving Conklin. "Some idiot will write a story with a lighthouse in it," Conklin says of filmmakers. "It doesn't matter if the lighthouse is in the … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Notebook — MacArthur Park

Posted on July 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

MacArthur Park by Marion Eisenmann, 2008 This is a piece Marion did last year of MacArthur Park, which is only one Red Line stop from downtown, but a world away. On one corner, a 24-hour check-cashing business does a brisk … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo — Gage Mansion

Posted on July 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 24, 1939: Gov. Henry T. Gage's home was such a well-known landmark that The Times rarely said where it was in writing about it during his term in office, from 1899 to 1903. The answer is yes, the Gage … Continue reading →

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July 17, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo / Hollywood

Posted on July 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo stops at the Lasky barn on the Paramount lot, where it’s being used as a gymnasium.

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on July 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

On July 15, 1939, Jane Seewerker, wife of Times writer Joe Seewrker, died in Long Beach. Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens had been producing three features a week, but after Jane Seewerker's death, their schedule went to once a week.

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Nuestro Pueblo: Long Beach

Posted on July 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 10, 1939: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens go down to Long Beach and visit Shorty Orr.

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Nuestro Pueblo: West Pico

Posted on July 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 7, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo stops at 5000 W. Pico, site of a one-room schoolhouse. View Larger Map

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Nuestro Pueblo: Arcadia

Posted on July 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 5, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits Lucky Baldwin's ranch in Arcadia.

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Nuestro Pueblo: The Pico Adobe

Posted on June 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 30, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits the Pico Adobe. May 9, 1889: Pio Pico is back in court. Feb. 12, 1891: A Times editorial soliciting aid for Pico after his courtroom defeat. Today's Nuestro Pueblo sent me in search of … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Bay

Posted on June 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1921: Our favorite Times artist, Charles Owens, sketches a proposed bridge across San Francisco Bay from Hunter's Point to Alameda.

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Nuestro Pueblo: Point Fermin

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 26, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits Point Fermin.

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Nuestro Pueblo: Central Jail

Posted on June 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 23, 1939: I think this is my favorite "Nuestro Pueblo" so far. The dialogue could come right out of some 1930s movie. Interestingly enough, the text was completely rewritten for the book.

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Nuestro Pueblo: Wilmington

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Nuestro Pueblo: Benedict Canyon

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Nuestro Pueblo: Wilmington

Posted on June 16, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo: Santa Anita

Posted on June 14, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo: Weller Street

Posted on June 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Today, we know Weller Street as Little Tokyo's Onizuka Street, named for the astronaut who was killed in the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.

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