Category Archives: Transportation

Police Urge Ban on Women Drivers

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

“The Saddest Scene,” by Clare Briggs.     Feb. 23, 1920: Los Angeles is the deadliest city in the nation for pedestrians, The Times says. Solution? Ban women drivers because women account for more than 30 percent of the fatalities, says … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Streetcar Items

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Pacific Electric Railway routes radiated from downtown like the spokes of a wheel, as one early transportation engineer observed. What's this? A subway to Avalon? A recent post referred to the dangers of streetcar crossings. These photos provide a … Continue reading →

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Chinatown to Make Way for Union Station

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Feb. 22, 1920: Guy W. Finney, the author of “Angel City in Turmoil,” touches on the Chinese massacre of 1871 in exploring the changes ahead for Chinatown, which is being moved to make way for Union Station. Union … Continue reading →

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1910 Auto Show

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1910: The Auto Show at Fiesta Park featured nearly 200 cars. An enormous tent was built at the park and redwood limbs were used to disguise the uprights so that the entire show resembled a forest. There are … Continue reading →

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Streetcar Crossings Pose Danger

Posted on February 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 19, 1910: A Board of Public Utilities meeting focuses on the dangers of speeding streetcars at crossings on the Pacific Electric right of way from 8th Street to Vernon Avenue on the Long Beach line.  “ ‘It is … Continue reading →

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New LAPD Chief Takes Office

Posted on February 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 16, 1910: Police Chief Alexander Galloway receives his badge and is told that it will allow him free passage on all the streetcars. The chief says that if a conductor insists, he’ll pay rather than risk getting into … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Pacific Electric Trolley Waltz

Posted on February 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

I would have never guessed that there was a tune called “The Pacific Electric Trolley Waltz,” but there is. It was written by Eliza Mahala Greenough and published in 1906. In case you’re wondering, it sounds like this. A copy … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Jan. 12, 1910, Louis Paulhan sets an altitude record. Los Angeles Times file photo Jan. 12, 1910: Many photos from the Aviation Meet show a balloon advertising the Los Angeles Examiner. Someone at The Times … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Speedway to Open

Posted on February 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

    A gas station occupies the spot where the track's gateway used to be. Feb. 8, 1920: The Los Angeles Speedway is about to open at Pico Boulevard and Beverly Drive. The property was sold in 1923 to be … Continue reading →

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Rancher Killed Outside Old Mission Winery

Posted on February 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

The 1910 auto show is coming Feb. 19!     Feb. 7, 1910: The story about the shooting of William Moss outside the Old Mission Winery  could have come out of the Old West, for it refers to a horse and … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Dec. 25, 1910: These photos were actually taken at the second Aviation Meet, held at the end of 1910. The aircraft in the foreground is the Bleriot monoplane of James Radley. The aircraft in the … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Photograph by Martin “M.E.” Rafert / Los Angeles Times Photograph by M.E. Rafert / Los Angeles Times  January 1910: Yes, even 100 years ago, caption information from news photographers had whimsical capitalization and spelling. “Areoplanes? Curtis? Some things do not … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Charles Dillon evidently mailed this photo of Glenn Curtiss’ plane to The Times in 1938. A century after the Aviation Meet, the photo is finally published on the Internet.

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Roy Knabenshue’s dirigible at the Aviation Meet. January 1910: The Aviation Meet is viewed primary for its accomplishments with airplanes, and the balloonists tend to be overlooked. This photo (possibly by Sawyer and Dwyer, the handwriting on the back is … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on February 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo January 1910: I found this photo of Louis Paulhan’s plane in The Times’ archives. The aircraft looks incredibly fragile, even more in the photo than in the drawings or pictures published in The Times. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Republicans Losing Strength, Poll Finds

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

Jan. 31, 1960: A progress report on the construction of Los Angeles’ freeways.   The Democrats try to assess the political weaknesses of Vice President Richard Nixon. The unpublished study obtained by the Herald Tribune News Service finds that most … Continue reading →

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L.A. Prepares for Auto Show

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Jan. 31, 1910: Some grand old names of the past are at the auto show, like Packard and Pierce-Arrow. Buick and Cadillac seem to be about the only survivors. The first Los Angeles auto show was held in … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on January 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo January 1910: Here’s a photo taken inside one of the tents that was erected at Dominguez Field to serve as a temporary hangar. According to the handwritten information on the back, the man at the … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens: Aviation Meet

Posted on January 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo January 1910: A crowd of people watches an airplane (marked by the black arrow) from the roof of the Virginia Hotel in Long Beach.

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Photograph by M.E. Rafert / Los Angeles Times The crowded grandstands at the Aviation Meet, January 1910.I can’t quite make out the wireless antenna that was supposed to be strung along the back of the stands. This is why I … Continue reading →

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