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Church Organist Accused of Killing Parents
June 20, 1942: Officials of San Diego’s streetcar system are dismayed that the 20 surplus cars obtained from New York are in worse shape than the ones San Diego scrapped two years earlier. San Diego...
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A 100-Year-Old Lesson on L.A. Traffic
A Times graphic shows the problem of passengers caught between the streetcars and lanes of traffic. Broadway and 7th Street in 1934, showing a man crossing through a lane of traffic to get to a...
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Board of Supervisors Plan Toll Road to San Fernando Valley
Read the entire April 4, 1863, issue, from the Huntington Library, scanned by USC. April 4, 1863: Most of this issue of the Star is devoted to the Civil War and virulent criticism of the North,...
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Getting L.A. Traffic Wrong
Zocalo repeats the old bromide that “once upon a time” the streets of Los Angeles were empty and getting around was simple. Nothing could be further from the truth. After years of reading old...
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N.R.A. Frees Workers to Visit the Library
August 1933: In my journey through years ending in “3,” I have neglected 1933, when the National Recovery Act took effect Aug. 1. President Roosevelt’s plan was to put people back to work by raising...
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Our Sainted Streetcars – Glendale Edition
A postcard showing what the vendor says is a depot for the Los Angeles and Glendale Electric Interurban Railway system has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $249.99. Times clips show that by...
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L.A. Streetcars — Another Look
March 4, 1907: Los Angeles’ sainted streetcar system has a bad day. Beacon and 6th streets, minus the streetcars, via Google Street View. One of the most deeply held and ardently expressed beliefs...
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1947 World Inventors Exposition at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
An EBay vendor has listed a program from the 1947 World Inventors Exposition. According to ads in The Times, this is where the Tucker automobile had its “premiere public showing.” Bidding on the...
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Union Station Opens in Los Angeles, May 1939
June 29, 1938: Nuestro Pueblo, by artist Charles Owens and writer Joe Seewerker, depicts the construction of Union Station. Here are some posts that I wrote years ago, including several when Union...
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L.A.’s Transportation Past Found in Broadway Excavation
This work site at Broadway and 2nd Street is fenced off, but a gate was left open Friday long enough for me to snap a picture. The ongoing excavation for the Metro station has revealed railroad ties...
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Rediscovering Los Angeles: Why Are L.A. Streets So Narrow?
Nov. 14, 1924: This is the second of two articles I have from the Los Angeles Examiner titled “Rediscovering Los Angeles.” Notice that even in 1924 people were complaining about traffic and congested...
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Church Organist Accused of Killing Parents
June 20, 1942: Officials of San Diego’s streetcar system are dismayed that the 20 surplus cars obtained from New York are in worse shape than the ones San Diego scrapped two years earlier. San Diego...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A 100-Year-Old Lesson on L.A. Traffic
A Times graphic shows the problem of passengers caught between the streetcars and lanes of traffic. Broadway and 7th Street in 1934, showing a man crossing through a lane of traffic to get to a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Board of Supervisors Plan Toll Road to San Fernando Valley
Read the entire April 4, 1863, issue, from the Huntington Library, scanned by USC. April 4, 1863: Most of this issue of the Star is devoted to the Civil War and virulent criticism of the North,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting L.A. Traffic Wrong
Zocalo repeats the old bromide that “once upon a time” the streets of Los Angeles were empty and getting around was simple. Nothing could be further from the truth. After years of reading old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
N.R.A. Frees Workers to Visit the Library
August 1933: In my journey through years ending in “3,” I have neglected 1933, when the National Recovery Act took effect Aug. 1. President Roosevelt’s plan was to put people back to work by raising...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Sainted Streetcars – Glendale Edition
A postcard showing what the vendor says is a depot for the Los Angeles and Glendale Electric Interurban Railway system has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $249.99. Times clips show that by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
L.A. Streetcars — Another Look
March 4, 1907: Los Angeles’ sainted streetcar system has a bad day. Beacon and 6th streets, minus the streetcars, via Google Street View. One of the most deeply held and ardently expressed beliefs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1947 World Inventors Exposition at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
An EBay vendor has listed a program from the 1947 World Inventors Exposition. According to ads in The Times, this is where the Tucker automobile had its “premiere public showing.” Bidding on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
L.A.’s Transportation Past Found in Broadway Excavation
This work site at Broadway and 2nd Street is fenced off, but a gate was left open Friday long enough for me to snap a picture. The ongoing excavation for the Metro station has revealed railroad ties...
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