Category Archives: Nuestro Pueblo

Mystery Boy Found in Echo Park, Famous Poet Serenades Goats, April 17, 1939

Posted on April 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times noted that Charles Owens had an art exhibit on the third floor of City Hall. A 27-year-old man says he robbed the country club where he worked to provide a few essentials for his mother. He was sentenced … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo, April 14, 1939

Posted on April 14, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — April 10, 1939

Posted on April 10, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo, April 3, 1939

Posted on April 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

View Larger Map Eighth and Fickett streets via Google maps' street view.

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Nuestro Pueblo, April 5, 1939

Posted on April 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Every week I visit former Times reporter Eric Malnic in the hospital, where he's recovering from cancer surgery. There's a large blowup of an old postcard of the Figueroa Tunnels on the wall across from the elevators, so I always … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo, March 31, 1939

Posted on March 31, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Actress Near Death After Beating; Gehrig in Decline, March 29, 1939

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dewitt Clinton Cook, who admitted attacking actress Delia Bogard, was executed Jan. 31, 1941, in the fatal beating of Anya Sosoyeva.  Bogard died in 1995 in Los Angeles at the age of 74. Ouch! A Duesenberg Model J sedan for … Continue reading →

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Mayor’s Aide Guilty of Selling Jobs, March 24, 1939

Posted on March 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

A line of Nazi tanks crosses into Czechoslovakia.  Head of Federal Reserve calls for a balanced budget. Joseph Shaw, brother former Mayor Frank Shaw, is convicted on 63 counts of selling jobs and promotions in the Los Angeles police and … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo — March 20, 1939

Posted on March 20, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — March 17, 1939

Posted on March 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Below, 2062 N. Highland via Google maps’ street view.

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on March 11, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — March 1, 1939

Posted on March 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Above, a quirky sentinel welcomes visitors to Sylmar. Below, a 1949 feature on the Olive Festival.    

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Nuestro Pueblo — February 6, 1939

Posted on February 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Citizens Chevrolet, 2030 Colorado Blvd. I was pleased to find a little documentation of this method of advertising. I first heard about it when I interviewed Walter H. "Tim" Leimert Jr., who said his father did the same thing to … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo — Fish Harbor, February 13, 1939

Posted on February 13, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — February 3, 1939

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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Top stories of the year, 1938

Posted on December 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Czechoslovakia, the Holocaust, gains by the Republican Party and "Wrong Way" Corrigan’s flight to Ireland were the four most important stories of the year, according to the Gallup poll. http://www.archive.org/flow/FlowPlayerLight.swf One 1938 story we neglected at the Daily Mirror was … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo — 1st and Broadway

Posted on December 9, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Nuestro Pueblo — Whittier Boulevard

Posted on November 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Nuestro Pueblo visits Whittier Boulevard, although it’s unclear exactly where this giant pepper tree was located on Rancho de Bartolo. I can’t locate anything about the tree’s ultimate demise, but I did find this 1930 story about what I … Continue reading →

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November 23, 1938: Nuestro Pueblo — Lincoln Heights

Posted on November 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Sam’s Lunch Room in 1938 and below, Avenue 19 via Google maps street view.  

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Beverly Boulevard –Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on November 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, 1801 Beverly Blvd. and below, the 1800 block of Beverly shown in Google maps’ street view.

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