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| Aug. 12, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit a produce stand on Atlantic Boulevard run by a man “who looked as though he had seven kids and lumbago.” At least we learn that Owens did the driving and picked the sites. Note: The original run of Nuestro Pueblo concluded in 1939. I’m going back and picking up the entries that I missed the first time. |
 Lerdo’s Typical Grand Mexican Orchestra and “Eyes of Youth” at Tally’s Kinema at Grand and 7th and “Her Game” at Tally’s Broadway, 833 S. Broadway.  |
| Nov. 10, 1919: A plan by American and Mexican authorities to deport 100 to 200 “undesirables” to the U.S. was repeatedly postponed because the "hopheads, thieves, gamblers and those who live from the earnings of others" could not be found. Finally, the Mexican police turned over 13 men who worked at the Owl, a gambling house closed by government edict. The men were freed through the efforts of “Booze” Byers, one of the Owl’s proprietors, and allowed to return to Mexico ... And although Wagner's operas provoke riots by World War I veterans in New York, patrons of a Parisian theater vote in favor of performing the German composer's music. |
“It is a very special day in a young woman’s life when she makes her first ice box cake. And as with the leg of lamb, I regret that they have declined in popularity, because it was delicious.” | This week in Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy visits the cuisine of Pasadena. She writes: The Junior League of Pasadena’s classic Pasadena Prefers (1964) is another of those time capsule cookbooks that perfectly capture the home cooking of a particular time, place, and people. Here, it’s affluent suburban housewives in southern California in the 1960s, the kind of women who might be called upon to wrangle a hoard of hungry small children, whip up a weeknight supper for the family, or pull off some gracious, elegant entertaining at a moment’s notice, and make it look effortless. Read more>>> |
| Pig’n Whistle – next to City Hall on Broadway. |
| Nov. 3, 1909: Justice Williams hears several cases involving violence against women. A blacksmith was sentenced to 100 days in jail for hitting his wife and a lodger was sentenced to 180 days in jail for striking his landlady. |
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| Nov. 1, 1919: A judge decides that getting drunk three times a year isn’t grounds for a divorce … And Long Beach police have nowhere to put a runaway horse since the city’s last stable was converted to a garage. |
 And all this time, I thought people were joking about winning the Irish Sweepstakes. The prolonged steel strike puts 6,100 local General Motors employees out of work. The affected factories are GM's Chevrolet, Fisher Body and truck plants in the San Fernando Valley and the Buick-Pontiac-Oldsmobile plant in South Gate. Note: GM called it the Van Nuys plant, but the factory was actually in Panorama City. |
Oct. 28, 1959: Women working in a Little Tokyo restaurant are charged with violating the law against B-girls.  San Francisco’s ballpark is nearly ready, with an enormous parking area and seating for 44,000, the Mirror says … and Mickey Mantle says he wouldn't be surprised if the Yankees traded him. |
Beef with beer, ala New York of the 1970s. | At Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy writes: The Frenchified ’70s vibe of the Junior League of the City of New York’s New York Entertains is ideal if you’re hosting a retro ladies’ luncheon, a benefit for the Philharmonic, or perhaps a key party. However, any cookbook that suggests cream of scallop soup for a tailgating menu just does not have its finger on the pulse of the sporting community. Read more>>> |
| Photograph by Navid Nonahal / Los Angeles Times |
| Oct. 17, 2009: We had a festive time on Saturday at Philippe, discussing Los Angeles history, vintage movies, the true origin of the French dip sandwich and tips on blogging. I think we have enough material for someone to do a doctoral dissertation analyzing the enduring influence of car dealers’ TV ads on the vernacular culture of Los Angeles. Above, from left, Robert Daeley (Trolley Dodger), Larry Harnisch, Bruce Swanson (a second- generation LATer), Ed Fuentes (View From a Loft), Alex Justice (Loyola Marymount) and James Curtis (biographer of Preston Sturges, W.C. Fields and Spencer Tracy). Not shown, Miles Corwin (“Homicide Special”) and Navid Nonahal, who is interning with the Daily Mirror this semester. I hope to have another lunch in early December. Stay tuned for details. |
| Our lunch gatherings at Philippe have been so enjoyable that I thought it would be fun to have another. We’re shooting for Saturday, Oct. 17, at noon in the mass transit/clown alcove. Stop by and discuss mystery photos, old Los Angeles, classic movies and whatever else we think up. Philippe is at 1001 N. Alameda near Union Station. |
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| Oct. 14, 1909: The City Council bans women from serving alcohol. The council killed a portion of the ordinance that would have imposed a 9 p.m. curfew on unescorted women at any business selling liquor, which the police wanted as a way to control prostitution … A woman seeking a divorce says her husband is still married to someone else … And a Pasadena gardener is convicted of molesting the young girls in his clients’ families. |
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