Los Angeles Times turns 133 today

By Amy HubbardDeputy Editor, Fast Break Desk

Dec. 4, 2014 2:31 PM PT

The Los Angeles Times first appeared in print (under the Los Angeles Daily Times banner) 133 years ago today.

History is chronicled in the pages of The Times. Tumult. Disaster. Triumph. April 19, 1906: "Heart Is Torn From Great City -- San Francisco Nearly Destroyed by Earthquakes and Fire." Nov. 1, 1918: "PEACE -- World War Ends as Germany Signs Armistice."

But the content of the inaugural issue was a bit less memorable. Among headlines were "A Vial of Vitriol -- An Unknown Scoundrel Hurls it on a Crowd" and "Cutting Whales in Two -- The Steamship Newport Runs into a School of Them."

Below, a zip through The Times' Globe Lobby, a look at the emblematic eagle, a spin through a few great front pages and a quick peek at our archives.

#TBT: Today is our 133rd #birthday! Here's a quick #tour of our Globe Lobby, which has remained virtually unchanged since #1935. #throwbackthursday #hyperlapse #video #history #newspapers #artdeco

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Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard is a deputy editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She’s worked in a range of departments at The Times since 1993, including as copy chief for daily Calendar, Travel, Books and the AM Copy Desk; SEO chief; morning editor on the Metro desk; and assistant newsletters editor. In 2015, she began a four-year stint at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was the Banking editor. Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism.

Los Angeles Times turns 133 today

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