Category Archives: Transportation

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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Horses vs. Streetcar

Posted on January 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “Imagination Is the Only Real Thing in the World.”    A wagon drawn by runaway horses crashes into a streetcar, sending the wagon tongue through the side of the trolley and injuring passenger Howard Siebold. The horses, which were … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens – Aviation Meet

Posted on January 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Here is another original photo of the 1910 Aviation Meet that I found in The Times’ archives. The contrast of horses and airplanes at the meet always amazes me. It’s hard to read the writing on the back of this … Continue reading →

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Women and Cars

Posted on January 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 24, 1910: Sydney Ford writes about women, cars and the annual Los Angeles auto show. She touches on America's only auto club for women and talks about fashions, including the latest outfits for chauffeurs. Ford took a trip … Continue reading →

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On the Future of Aviation

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The Times publishes a map of Louis Paulhan’s flights over Los Angeles. It would be fun to do this as an overlay on Google Earth. I’ll see if I can manage it.   Jan. 23, 1910: The Times speculates … Continue reading →

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Aviation Meet – Through the Lens

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Here’s a photo that shows the grandstands under construction for the 1910 Aviation Meet. The stands were built quickly, according to The Times, and were considered an achievement for the day. Here’s a detail of … Continue reading →

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Council Studies Parking Bans

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Mr. Thorkildsen answers the telephone in the nude.    Jan. 22, 1920: Ninety years ago, the City Council was studying a proposal for no parking zones to ease bad traffic that was impeding streetcar service in downtown Los Angeles.  … Continue reading →

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Officials Honor Louis Paulhan

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

   After a boat trip to Santa Catalina Island, Louis Paulhan says he hopes to fly there the next time.   Jan. 22, 1910: Child molester Edward Powelson thanks the judge for sentencing him to 180 days for vagrancy. "Judge, … Continue reading →

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