Category Archives: Transportation

Jan. 13, 1908

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

An experiment in powering streetcars via rails rather than overhead wires (the car reaches 35 mph and the inventor says it could hit 70 mph–an interesting idea when sharing the street with horses and autos)… A clothing sale… And how … Continue reading →

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Streetcar holdup

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 12, 1908Los Angeles Streetcars robberies, although not everyday occurrences, were a regular risk 100 years ago on our sainted mass-transit system. In this instance, a passenger grabbed the bandit as he was holding two guns to the conductor’s head … Continue reading →

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Foreign cars

Posted on January 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 10, 1958Los Angeles This is an old joke, but these are old pictures: Question: Why don’t the British manufacture typewriters? Answer: They can’t figure out how to make them leak oil. OK, this is the Berkeley roadster, which … Continue reading →

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Jan. 6, 1908

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

This is an example of the ghastly injuries that occurred when a streetcar hit a horse. The stories in the days before papers published photos of breaking news were graphic and left little to the imagination–if you are a horse-lover, … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1908 Los Angeles Journey back with me now to the simple, carefree days of life in Los Angeles in 1908. You might wonder what our great-grandparents were up to 100 years ago, or 30 years before the ground-breaking … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Every year, in the middle of broken glass, bits of metal and trash, these California poppies come up in a crack in the pavement at the Salonica Street entrance to the … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 11, 1917 Los Angeles The Times published a map of the Silver Lake Parkway, intended as a beautification project for something called the Bimini Slough. The article notes that Westlake (MacArthur) and Sunset (Lafayette) parks were also built from … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times   I found a trace of the past while exploring Sterling Place just west of Orange Grove Avenue: A parking sign from the Automobile Club of Southern California. I can’t say … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on December 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

  I realized I got more than I bargained for as soon as I found this map among The Times pictures of the Pasadena Freeway. As this 1912 map shows, the Arroyo Seco Parkway was originally intended to link Elysian … Continue reading →

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The 110 revisited

Posted on December 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1939 He looks out from the bridge as if he is gazing toward the future. Not that this is what the photographer intended. Like The Times "Scout Car," a new 1939 … Continue reading →

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Traffic jam

Posted on December 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 18, 1913 Los Angeles   To anyone who thinks traffic is a new problem here: Los Angeles studies elevated trains in an attempt to relieve congested streets–nearly a century ago. 

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Gas prices

Posted on December 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 22, 1957Los Angeles The statements in this ad may all sound remarkably familiar. In case you young people are wondering what’s going on in this picture: Once upon a time there were service station attendants who pumped the gas … Continue reading →

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Things to come

Posted on November 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 25, 1957Los Angeles The designers display a painting of the proposed Theme Building at LAX:  

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Traffic jam

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times Photograph This is Main Street, Los Angeles, 1911. I am posting this photo for the benefit of everyone who believes that traffic is a new problem. Los Angeles residents in the early 20th century were already … Continue reading →

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Mickey Cohen’s Cadillac

Posted on November 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

Would you like to see another picture of Mickey Cohen with one of his Cadillacs? Of course you would! This one is a bit mysterious. This is the Cadillac that took a few shots in 1949 outside Sherry's on the … Continue reading →

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1957 auto show

Posted on November 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Plane crash kills 44

Posted on November 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

Deke Houlgate writes about covering the loss of the Pan Am Stratocruiser "Romance of the Skies" (the lost plane in a publicity shot, below right):  That story was a real panic operation. I came to work for my 3 to … Continue reading →

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1958 auto show

Posted on November 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Plane crash kills 44

Posted on November 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 9-21, 1957 Los Angeles All that remained of the 42-ton aircraft fit into 14 cardboard cartons and two wooden crates that the sailors of the aircraft carrier Philippine Sea hauled ashore in Long Beach after the debris was plucked … Continue reading →

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Death trip

Posted on November 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 5, 1957 Los Angeles "I just shot a man, but it was self-defense." Bobby Gene Gray was stopped at a light in South Gate when Harris (Harrison) C. Foster, 26, and his ex-wife Carolyn (Caroline) Foster Alcala, 20, forced … Continue reading →

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