Category Archives: Streetcars

Our Prolific Poets

Posted on September 24, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 24, 1907Los AngelesA First Day in Los AngelesRoving, roving, ever restless, driftingOn from strand to strand.Have I see the years slip by me,Seeking for the promised land.From the palm trees of Jamaica andThe Golden Spanish main.To the gray and … Continue reading →

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Take Me to the Water

Posted on September 23, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 23, 1907Los AngelesA crowd of 2,000—the faithful and the doubters—gathered at Echo Park Lake as black evangelist the Rev. J.L. Griffin prepared to baptize five believers in the cold water. Children climbed in the trees to get a better … Continue reading →

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Less Than Eternal Love

Posted on September 22, 2006 by lmharnisch

Less Than Eternal Love Sept. 22, 1907Los AngelesShe was 34 and a successful businesswoman. He was a 19-year-old bellboy at the Hollenbeck Hotel. Emma and George Lloyd were married and for a time were quite happy, with Emma running her … Continue reading →

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Not a Pretty Moment

Posted on September 21, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 21, 1907 Los Angeles It is one thing to know in the abstract about racial intolerance at the turn of the 20th century and quite another to have to read it in the daily paper. I will spare you … Continue reading →

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Everything Is Boiling

Posted on September 20, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 20, 1907Los AngelesFor weeks, Colorado mining investor John Geisel, 57, had confided in his diary as he felt his mind and his life coming unraveled “Good God,” he wrote, “for the first time today I began to fear that … Continue reading →

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El Grito

Posted on September 18, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 17, 1907Los AngelesMexican Independence Day was celebrated in a grand program sponsored by the Club Porfiro Diaz of Los Angeles at Turner Hall, 325 S. Main (demolished 1951), which was decorated with American and Mexican flags.“The exercises were begun … Continue reading →

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No Corduroys for the Frosh!

Posted on September 16, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 16, 1907Los AngelesOccidental’s fall semester has gotten underway with a boisterous gathering in the Hall of Letters. The first order of business was to punish underclassmen who dared to wear corduroy trousers, a right restricted to the upper classes. … Continue reading →

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Her Last Walk

Posted on September 13, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 13, 1907Los AngelesThe family was too poor to take a streetcar, so Concepcion Parra, 60, and her sister Mrs. J.L. Ghiotto began walking the 12 miles to El Monte with Parra’s 5-year-old granddaughter, Delphina Verde, to see the girl’s … Continue reading →

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The Fall Collection

Posted on September 11, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 11, 1907Direct Wire From New York Wow! Now this is the kind of quote one simply doesn’t see every day, at least in the 21st century. The Victorians certainly had a different attitude toward women’s physiques: “The woman who … Continue reading →

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Horoscope for the Day

Posted on September 10, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 10, 1907Los Angeles A very uncertain day. No evil omens glare anywhere but in all aspects there lies a heavy veil, defying those who would peer into this day. Beware, therefore, of all and any unconsidered act. Promise nothing … Continue reading →

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The Infancy of Polling

Posted on September 9, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 9, 1907Los AngelesMore than a year before the 1908 presidential election, Republican William Howard Taft is far and away the favorite over Democrat William Jennings Bryan in a straw poll reported by The Times.Taft has strong support across the … Continue reading →

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A Flirtation Goes Awry

Posted on September 8, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 8, 1907Los Angeles Jack Foster, a handsome, blond actor who is the toast of the vaudeville circuit, noticed a young lady standing at 3rd Street and Main after a show. Seeing that she was alone, Foster said: “Rather late … Continue reading →

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September 7, 1907: Aren’t We Healthy?

Posted on September 7, 2006 by lmharnisch

September 7, 1907 Los Angeles Henry Sief of the health office has released the latest figures on infectious diseases in Los Angeles and the news is wonderful. There were only 20 cases of diphtheria in August, a 31% decrease from … Continue reading →

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The Little Devil

Posted on September 5, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 5, 1907Los AngelesPoor old Mrs. Moore was ill, so instead of paying the grocer his monthly bill, she put a $10 gold piece in an envelope and told her 9-year-old son, Cecil, to take it to him. But Cecil, … Continue reading →

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A Labor Day Oration

Posted on September 3, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1907Editorial, Los Angeles Times“I have no patience with the prejudices which exist between alleged classes when the classes themselves do not exist. There is no reason for hostility between employer and employee, between capitalist and wage earner. A … Continue reading →

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A Nation of Vice

Posted on August 31, 2006 by lmharnisch

Aug. 31, 1907Los AngelesThe ugly statistics should dishearten even the most ardent temperance worker. According to federal tax data for the last fiscal year, distillers produced 20 gallons of beer and 1.4 gallons of whiskey for every man, woman and … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Higher Learning

Posted on August 30, 2006 by lmharnisch

Aug. 30, 1907Los Angeles Led by Rabbi Alfred Arndt of Congregation Beth Israel, the local Jewish community hopes to open what The Times describes as “the only Hebrew university within the entire United States.” Noting the increased immigration to Southern … Continue reading →

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Firefighters’ Pranks

Posted on August 29, 2006 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1907Los Angeles Around Engine Co. 20 at Sunset Boulevard and Mohawk Street, Lt. Samuel Dodd is something of a practical joker, so when he left on his honeymoon with his bride, Juanita, his fellow firefighters decided to get … Continue reading →

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He Lives

Posted on August 27, 2006 by lmharnisch

Manhattan BeachAug. 27, 2006Retired Episcopal minister the Rev. John Jewett, 83, wanted to die, so while staying with his son-in-law, J.D. Porter, he slit his throat with a razor.The undertaker was called, but when he arrived with his hearse, Jewett … Continue reading →

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Save Those Redwoods

Posted on August 26, 2006 by lmharnisch

Aug. 27, 1907Santa Rosa, Calif.Elected officials addressed a large rally devoted to saving the 800-acre Armstrong Grove, named after lumber baron J.B. Armstrong, who decided to save the stand of soaring redwoods rather than clearing it.“Armstrong Grove contains the finest … Continue reading →

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