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Pages of History – The Walrus of Moron-Land
The Daily Mirrorcame across this article from the February 1928 issue of “The American Mercury” while researching the 1910 bombing of The Times. It’s a bit difficult to determine from ProQuest precisely when Louis Sherwin [Hugo Louis Sherwin Golitz] worked for... -
L.A. Archives Bazaar
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The fifth annual L.A. Archives Bazaar on Saturday at USC’s Doheny Library. I had the pleasure of being on one of the panels at the annual L.A. Archives Bazaar on Saturday at...... -
Another Good Story Ruined -- The Battle of Los Angeles
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo I haven’t talked to a movie publicist since Brian De Palma’s ghastly “The Black Dahlia” came out, but I was recently bombarded with pitches to do some sort of story about the rather comical February....... -
Bullet of Mystery – Part 1
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles history in the 1900s is an acquired taste. Most people limit themselves to the Raymond Chandler era, the 1930s through the 1950s, as if Philip Marlowe moonlighted as a historian. Perhaps they find the city’s horse-and-buggy days too........ -
Bullet of Mystery – Part 2
The Daily MirrorIn case you just tuned in, I’m posting a small case study of research I did with Caroline Comport on her grandfather Lionel Comport for her master’s thesis. Researching Los Angeles is a treasure hunt, and every time I dig...... -
Movieland Mystery Photo -- Update
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo Here’s another mystery photo I found in Mack Sennett’s file. Update: Alas, these young women aren’t identified on the back of the photo. It was supposedly published in The Times on June 27, 1948, and...... -
Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays
The Daily MirrorOne of the more annoying political pinatas of our era, in which every facet of life is subjected to a “red litmus test” of partisan correctness, is notion that “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays” are trendy euphemisms to keep Christ...... -
The Black Dahlia -- Another Good Story Ruined
The Daily Mirrorhe anniversary of Elizabeth Short’s killing is Jan. 15, so I thought I would try to anticipate the annual rehash of fiction and mistakes with a post commenting on potential sources on the 1947 case. People often ask me which...... -
Pages of History -- Morrow Mayo's 'Los Angeles'
The Daily MirrorIn one of my previous posts about Morrow Mayo’s “Los Angeles,” I said that The Times did not review it. In fact, The Times did review the book, but the item somehow manages to evade ProQuest’s search engine and it...... -
Major Crimes Decline, LAPD Says
The Daily Mirror“I’m No Good … No Good … No Good!” June 12, 1960: The LAPD, which has kept detailed statistics for decades, finds that major crimes declined 5.7% in 1959 after a three-year increase. Of the 3,124 people who applied to be officers, 256 joined the... -
It's in the Cards
The Daily MirrorJuly 20, 1960: For the longest time I’ve been thinking that I have ignored the bridge fans among the Daily Mirror's readers. Here’s a syndicated column by Alfred Sheinwold (d. 1997), which debuted in The Times in 1958. Sheinwold's columns weren't... -
Movie Star Mystery Photo
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Creighton Hale in a photo dated Feb. 17, 1924. He died in 1965. Aug. 12, 1923: Newcomer Creighton Hale is making a picture with "Ernest" [Ernst] Lubitsch. [ProQuest shows that The Times frequently misspelled...
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