Category Archives: Transportation

Mass transit

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times I went down into the archives last night and pulled the original photo of Ralph P. Merritt, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and our 1958 rapid transit plan. The map … Continue reading →

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February 18, 1908

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

In terms of quirky human drama, it’s hard to beat the early 20th century issues of The Times. Today we have two people who passed themselves off as someone else. The first is the woman who claimed to be a … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1958Los Angeles Here’s Part 2 of Ray Hebert’s look at the consolidation of Los Angeles’ mass-transportation system under the MTA. Note the photograph of the streetcar, No. 312, heading from 6th and Main to Bellflower.  As far as … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles County, founded Feb. 18, 1850, prepares to celebrate its 88th anniversary … Irving Berlin’s daughter is out of the hospital … The City Council prepares to give the Navy 4 1/2 acres in Chavez … Continue reading →

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Feb. 17, 1908

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Mass transit

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Hey look, it’s the Gold Line pulling into Union Station! Oops, I’m about 50 years ahead of myself. Does this elevated train look familiar? Or maybe you remember this artist’s conception of an elevated train, below, from January 1907.   … Continue reading →

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Feb. 13, 1958

Posted on February 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Metropolitan Transit Authority takes its first steps toward "a speedy mass transit system." Will it build a monorail from the Valley to downtown Los Angeles? Reporter Ray Herbert is going to look at the implications for bus and … Continue reading →

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Rocket to Stardom

Posted on February 11, 2008 by lmharnisch
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February 11, 1958

Posted on February 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Weather makes the front page … Another youngster is stricken with a rare disease (The Times apparently never followed up on this story) … Fighting in the Mideast … And a new weapon in the Cold War against the Soviets … Continue reading →

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Dogfight

Posted on February 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1908Los Angeles     The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raids a carefully planned dogfight in an orange grove outside Covina. Officers capture 23 spectators who came to the fight from across the country while … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1958 I received a phone call last night, sheriff. A man asked me to pass a message along to you. My caller was Raymond McCafferty of Whittier. Maybe you remember the name. He’s the father of one of … Continue reading →

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Streetcar wreck

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 31, 1908 Los Angeles What happens when a freight train hits a streetcar near what is now Cesar Chavez Avenue and the Los Angeles River.  

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Feb. 6, 1908

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  As I keep saying, the carnage on the streets of early 20th century Los Angeles is not to be believed. A detailed story on a fatal car accident … A brave teamster struggles to control a runaway team of … Continue reading →

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On the streetcar

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1908Los Angeles Just another day on the city’s sainted transportation system.

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1958 Mrs. Shannon is not against progress. Her argument is not with the achievement itself. It’s with the method employed to reach it. She phoned me last night with her story. "I live at 16200 Gilmore St. in … Continue reading →

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Feb. 4, 1958

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4, 1958Los Angeles More rain … A woman dies in a bizarre shooting … The Norwalk air disaster provokes calls to restrict flights over the city … The governor submits a budget with no tax increases, but calls … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Teamsters representative Fred Ferrier was sentenced to three months in jail and a $1,000 fine after a Jan. 29, 1958, accident in which his airborne car jumped the center divider on the Pasadena Freeway and killed the driver of … Continue reading →

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Plane crash kills 48

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 2, 1958 Los Angeles A military version of a DC-6 airliner and a patrol plane collide in midair, showering five square miles of Norwalk with flaming wreckage and bits of metal. The main portion of the C-118 plunges into … Continue reading →

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U.S. launches rocket

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 1, 1958 Los Angeles Scientists–bruised by the Soviet success with Sputnik–celebrate the successful launch of Explorer … The launch is a triumph for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Rocketdyne, The Times says. … Worries about a television strike against … Continue reading →

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Feb. 1, 1938

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Harry Raymond undergoes surgery to remove more bomb fragments … Times columnist E.V. Durling, an institution of the 1930s, urges restraint in deciding whether the LAPD was involved in the Raymond case   … Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses for … Continue reading →

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