Tag Archives: 1957

It was a kinder, simpler time

Posted on October 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 1, 1957Los Angeles I can’t believe Christmas ads have started running already! It certainly wasn’t like this when I was your age!

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October 31, 1957: Trick or Treat murder

Posted on October 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The “Trick-or-Treat Murder” house, 13236 Community St., October 27, 2007. October 31, 1957 Los Angeles They had planned the murder for months as the vague wish turned into a solid, horrible truth. … Continue reading →

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Foreign correspondent

Posted on October 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 31, 1957

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Posted on October 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 31, 1957

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With the angels

Posted on October 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 30, 1957Los Angeles In the last few hours of his life, the young boy was unable to tell anyone who he was. A newspaper circulation worker found him lying naked in a driveway at 1459 N. Main St., where … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 29, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 30, 1957

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Posted on October 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times1116 S. 10th Ave., Arcadia, Calif., Oct. 28, 2007.  Arcadia Police Officer Harry Sessor was wounded when he responded to an incident at 1116 1/2 S. 10th involving Ernest Edward Yeager.  Yeager … Continue reading →

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It was a kinder, simpler time

Posted on October 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 28, 1957Los Angeles The Christmas ads start earlier every year! I remember when the merchants at least used to wait until after Halloween! When I was a kid, you didn’t see Christmas ads until after Thanksgiving!! Christmas has gotten … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 28, 1957

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Tribute to Jack Gaunt

Posted on October 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times published the obituary of photographer Jack Gaunt, who won a Pulitzer for his 1955 picture of a couple whose young child had been swept out to sea. Joe Jares writes of Gaunt: I had the privilege of working … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 27, 1957

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The Digital Age

Posted on October 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

Clay Haskell sends along an enhanced version of “Lazy Boy” Beckham’s mug shot. Note the hairline mustache. And here’s Officer Christensen.

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Fatal plunge

Posted on October 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 26, 1957Los Angeles There are so many things we don’t about this case. We don’t know where Elizabeth Eigel Senigram was going. We don’t know where she had been. We don’t know if she had any relatives except an … Continue reading →

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USC vs. Washington State

Posted on October 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 26, 1957

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Another dose of skepticism

Posted on October 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Theodore Roosevelt “Lazy Boy” Beckham has been dead for 50 years and is still causing trouble. I was already bothered by the conflicting accounts of his death, but now that I’ve gone into the microfilm at the Los Angeles Public … Continue reading →

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Bing marries

Posted on October 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 25, 1957

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Blue movies

Posted on October 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 24, 1957Los Angeles The wages of sin was a hilltop mansion in Bel-Air for Donald De Munck, who according to The Times provided his home at 10689 Somma Way as a location to shoot stag films.* The Times account … Continue reading →

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Scott trial update

Posted on October 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 24, 1957Los Angeles So many stories and only one Larry Harnisch. Here’s The Times coverage of the L. Ewing Scott case. Note the testimony of Detective Herman Zander:

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October 23, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

Oct. 23, 1957 The lady, an Ay–Ayer, is sober again, and philosophic. Not long ago, she slipped, as A-Ayers sometimes do. Finding herself well-soused, with no money left for a cab and little sense of direction, she decided the clink … Continue reading →

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A dose of skepticism

Posted on October 23, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 22, 1957 Los Angeles And here’s where storytelling trumped skepticism. Recall the death of Theodore Roosevelt Beckham, who killed Juvenile Officer Robert R. Christensen at 1524 Ingraham St. during an attempted arrest. The first news accounts said officers … Continue reading →

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