Category Archives: Streetcars

Soccer Returns

Posted on February 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1907Los Angeles The Scotch Thistles beat the English Victorias 3-2 in Southern California’s first soccer game since the Caledonians and the Pasadena team met at Agricultural Park in 1890, The Times says. Despite the poor condition of the … Continue reading →

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Speaking of the Weather

Posted on February 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1907Los Angeles Here’s how The Times weather stories read a century ago: “For all the daylight hours yesterday, the rain drizzled down, much of the time like a heavy Scotch mist, but toward nightfall the storm deepened and … Continue reading →

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Worst in Show

Posted on February 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1907Los Angeles Someone who hates animals is at work in Angeleno Heights, having poisoned 10 valuable dogs and several cats, The Times says. The killer has an eye for purebreds, the paper says, avoiding mutts and mongrels. “Detective … Continue reading →

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Gardening vs. Yard Work

Posted on February 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1907Los Angeles Apparently mowing the lawn was a formal occasion. lmharnisch.comlmharnisch.blogspot.comE-mail: lmharnisch (AT) gmail.com

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Skeet Shoot

Posted on February 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1907Los Angeles A quick trip to the Thomas Bros. will show that Los Angeles County doesn’t look like this, but it’s not for lack of trying. The wealthy men of Los Angeles and Orange counties are furious with … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 2007Los Angeles The buildings featured in The Times for this week have been torn down, but in glancing through the listings, I found the sale by the Althouse brothers of a lot at 3006 S. La Salle. 3006 … Continue reading →

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12th Street Ragged

Posted on February 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

Above, a vanished landmark: The Schermerhorn Inn, at Potter Park, a street that has disappeared. Feb. 17, 1907Los Angeles West 12th Street between Main and Hoover is maddeningly crooked, but how to fix it? One set of residents has agreed … Continue reading →

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Shattered Lives

Posted on February 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14-15, 1907Los Angeles An 11:30 a.m. blast caused by an accumulation of gas shattered the Rawson building at 114 W. 2nd St. in an explosion blamed on a gas company employee who struck a match to check the meter. … Continue reading →

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Twin Celebrations

Posted on February 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb.13, 1907Los Angeles An enormous masked ball for the city’s elite was staged on Mardi Gras at Kramer’s Studio and Dancing Academy, 1500 S. Figueroa. Kramer’s Hall, as it was informally known. The Times, in a rare bylined article—by Katherine … Continue reading →

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The Rising City

Posted on February 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 12, 1907Los Angeles Imagine the surprise of Mrs. Robert Jackson, who was about to move into her new home on Vernon Avenue and discovered that the contractor had built it on someone else’s lot, next to the one that … Continue reading →

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Random Shots From Our 12-Bore

Posted on February 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 11, 1907Los Angeles The Eastside gets a new Baptist Church and 2nd Street and St. Louis. Like Tom and Huck A large pond 7 feet deep at Normandie and San Marino left by the runoff of recent rainstorms proved … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1907Los Angeles The Times features a hillside home “near the ostrich farm” in Pasadena. Presumably that was the Cawston farm in South Pasadena. (What, South Pasadena, again?) Unfortunately, many of the homes photographed for The Times in 1907 … Continue reading →

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From the Pen of George M. Cohan

Posted on February 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 9, 1907Los Angeles lmharnisch.comlmharnisch.blogspot.comE-mail: lmharnisch (AT) gmail.com

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Peace Returns to Buena Vista Street

Posted on February 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1907Los Angeles About 1903, Charles E. Donnatin, former Pacific Electric Railway superintendent, apparently said something about the young woman across the street at the Stewart home, Savoy Street and Buena Vista (now 1301 N. Broadway). The woman’s mother … Continue reading →

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Court Briefs

Posted on February 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 7, 1907Los Angeles A Child’s Testimony Charles Babbitt is sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of domestic violence after the testimony of his 6-year-old son. “Papa hit me with a whip and it cut my head,” the … Continue reading →

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Incendiary Ramblings

Posted on February 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 2007Los Angeles Here’s an architectural drawing of the O.T. Johnson Building, which burned in yesterday’s fire. Looking north on Broadway at 4th Street. The burned structures are at the right. And here are some snaps of the damaged … Continue reading →

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Centennial Ramblings

Posted on February 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 2007Sierra Madre Because it’s celebrating its centennial this month, I paid a visit to Sierra Madre and while savoring a cinnamon dolce latte at the local Starbucks, watched the sun set on a historic Union 76 ball. A … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 2007South Pasadena The Times publishes three architectural drawings of “artistic bungalows” prepared by the firm of Wilson and Barnes. One is being built by W.E. Fox on Columbia near Sunset Boulevard, the second by Dr. T.H. Lowers on … Continue reading →

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Officer C.A. May, End of Watch

Posted on February 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 3, 1907Los Angeles About 1 a.m. on a dark corner at East Adams and South San Pedro, the hard, shabby life of William Ross ended when he said, “What in hell are you fellows up to?,” drew a pistol … Continue reading →

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A Trip to the Zoo

Posted on February 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 2, 1907Los Angeles Conditions at Chutes Park are so bad that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is making a second inspection to see whether operator J.B. Lehigh has made any improvements before his Feb. 20 … Continue reading →

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