Tag Archives: 1908

April 4, 1908

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Opening Day in the Pacific Coast League. Below, a bitter legal battle in which a woman is seeking a court order barring her husband and his adopted children from selling any of their real estate because she would receive … Continue reading →

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April 3, 1908

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Sunset Magazine urges readers to send copies to their friends back East. Presumably it worked more often than not. Below, a tragic accident between two streetcars in heavy fog leaves a carload of oilfield workers injured and at least … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1908: Great White Fleet Out of Tunes, Seeks Songs in the Key of Sea

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the tars of the Great White Fleet are fed up with the same old songs. I’m not sure about “I’m Afraid to Go Home in the Dark,” but I did find a song titled “I Used to Be Afraid … Continue reading →

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Former slave speaks

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Aunt Lucy Chiviss. If you look closely, you’ll notice this page says "Wednesday" and "Sunday" and the caption type is pied. Someone was certainly having a bad day. Below, the story of Lucy Chiviss. Yes, I know slave narratives … Continue reading →

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March 31, 1908: Traveling Blacksmith Shoes Fire Department Horses

Posted on March 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the city introduces the concept of a traveling blacksmith who shoes all of the Fire Department’s horses rather than take them to the nearest blacksmith. The Times says the blacksmith (for some reason, we didn’t use his name) shoes … Continue reading →

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March 30, 1908: U.S. Seeks to Deport Immigrant Radicals From L.A.

Posted on March 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a look at the Great White Fleet in Magdalena Bay. Below, the federal government interviews prisoners and mental patients in Los Angeles in a campaign to deport immigrant radicals. Recall that The Times bombing will occur Oct. 1, 1910.

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Home of the week

Posted on March 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 29, 1908 Here’s the northeast corner of Washington and Wilton, 1908. Today it looks like this. The home was built by Herman Blumenthal and designed by Robert D. Farquhar.

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March 28, 1908

Posted on March 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the circus is coming to town–apparently. I can’t find any further mentions of "Towle’s Circus." Below, Rep. J. Thomas Heflin hates African Americans and he hates drinking, so you can imagine how he feels about African Americans who drink … Continue reading →

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March 26, 1908

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Joseph H. Maulhard becomes the first firefighter to be buried in the Firemen’s Relief Assn. plot at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Unfortunately, I can’t find any information about whether his death was related to his job or some other cause. … Continue reading →

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March 26, 1908

Posted on March 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, with the Great White Fleet on its way to Los Angeles, the PE promotes pleasure excursions to see ships in Venice … Below, 14 socially prominent women patients who have undergone face peels testify on behalf of J.T. Harris, … Continue reading →

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March 25, 1908: U.S. Advisor to Japan Assassinated in San Francisco

Posted on March 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, time to get ready for barbering the lawn … Below, the Korean community voices strong criticism of Durham W. Stevens, an American adviser to Japan, who was assassinated in San Francisco.  Feelings against Stevens are so strong among local … Continue reading →

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March 24, 1908

Posted on March 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the daily horoscope as it existed a century ago. Below, the plight of hobos who are running afoul of a tough constable around Burbank. In an interview, a homeless man complains of being sentenced to the chain gang … … Continue reading →

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March 23, 1908

Posted on March 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an exhausted mother kills herself … Below,  Bishop Conaty dedicates St. Patrick’s Church at Central Avenue and 34th Street. According to the church’s website, the Long Beach earthquake heavily damaged the building, which was eventually destroyed in the Sylmar … Continue reading →

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March 22, 1908: Plans for a New Hall of Records

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an artist’s concept of the proposed Hall of Records, a white gingerbread building between Broadway and New High Street that was one of the landmarks of old Los Angeles.

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Woman architect

Posted on March 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1908 Los Angeles I stumbled across the story of Penelope Murdoch yesterday but didn’t have time to pursue it until now. This photograph and few inches of type from The Times may be all that remains of the … Continue reading →

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March 21, 1908

Posted on March 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, baseball and ostriches. Below, the Rev. G.W. Woodbey, an African American minister described in The Times as a rabid radical, is convicted of speaking on a street corner without a license.

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March 20, 1908

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

A German politician speaking in the Reichstag provokes snide remarks from the press gallery for saying "a Negro also has an immortal soul." Below, an Examiner reporter is jailed in the theft of photos that were published in the Hearst … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1908

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, development spreads across Southern California. And of course, once people move to Chino they will need some sort of transportation … Below, a clever fraud by a clever, affable insurance man who fakes a death … At an African … Continue reading →

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March 17, 1908

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the St. Vincent nine … Below, The Times’ Harry Carr files a firsthand report on the U.S. fleet in Magdalena Bay, Mexico … Quote of the day: "The fleet in the distance really looked like a great smoky factory … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1908: Homeless Camps in Mojave

Posted on March 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above, The Times examines life among the homeless in the railroad yards and encampments of Mojave. Note the particularly unfortunate use of an ethnic slur in the artwork by The Times’ cartoonist Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale …

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