Tag Archives: 1891

Charles Ives’ ‘Variations on America’

Posted on July 4, 2014 by lmharnisch

And here’s what we’re listening to in the Daily Mirror city room this morning. It was written by Charles Ives in 1891 but not published until 1949.

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Lovers’ death pact at downtown hotel

Posted on July 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Hotel Ramona on Spring Street.   I stumbled across this story while researching something else and it’s too good not to post. From The Times, Dec, 28, 1891. Email me

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Here’s a switch–I don’t have an answer to the question: "Where on Figueroa was this picture taken?" The postcard is for sale on EBay. Any ideas, let me know. I stumbled across this journey through early Los Angeles trying … Continue reading →

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