Category Archives: Nuestro Pueblo

Nuestro Pueblo: Filming a Fairbanks Picture

Posted on June 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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The Pershing Square Mystery, Part II

Posted on June 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times Dec., 11, 1975: "The Last Argument of Kings" cannon is at Travel Town. Note that the plaque is missing from the base. I went to Travel Town on Sunday in search of … Continue reading →

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Homeless Sleep in All-Night Theaters!

Posted on June 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

  "Norda Noll Slain" The Lugo Adobe on Gage Avenue. The Police Commission wanted to close all-night theaters but the council rejected the action amid debate over whether the city, county or state should care for the homeless who would … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on June 2, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 31, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo: Pumpkin Church

Posted on May 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Below, Strangler Lewis vs. Toots Mondt at the Philharmonic, Aug. 14, 1924. Notice the byline: Braven Dyer, who retired from The Times in 1964 and died in 1983 at the age of 83.

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Nuestro Pueblo: L.A.’s Fountains

Posted on May 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Declared a slum in 1939, the old Central Station on 1st Street between Broadway and Hill wasn't demolished until August 1955, below. The Central Station figured in the Carl Warr bombing case of 1912 and William  Hickman's kidnapping and murder … Continue reading →

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Highway Patrol Rounds Up Missing Legislators, May 21, 1939

Posted on May 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Teach me to dance, Dragon Lady." View this page At left, my kind of story. The Assembly sends the Highway Patrol to track down legislators who skipped their session on the last day they got paid. Among the missing is … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Somehow, this reminds me of the unfinished house in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Love of the Last Tycoon."

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 12, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 10, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 8, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 3, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 1, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on April 28, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on April 27, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — April 19, 1939

Posted on April 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

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