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Times Woman of the Year – Anais Nin
The Daily MirrorI stumbled across this article while searching for something else (research is like that) and was stunned. When I started at The Times in the late 1980s, the Women of the Year Awards were viewed as something of a joke,...... -
Tip Poff, July 17, 1932
The Daily MirrorJuly 17, 1932: I’ve been meaning to post some of the Tip Poff gossip columns that The Times used to run in the movie/drama pages of the 1930s. The Times experimented with the column and by 1939 was calling it...... -
Climbing Mt. Bassett
The Daily MirrorSept. 27, 1978: James Bassett dies. am climbing Mount Bassett. It’s as if I’m halfway up and have come across the abandoned camp of an expedition that vanished many years ago while trying to conquer some snowy, fog-shrouded peak. Abandoned equipment... -
Mt. Bassett Revisited
The Daily MirrorAs a footnote to my previous post, I thought it would be valuable to list some of the people Jim Bassett interviewed for his ill-fated book on the Los Angeles Times. I’m not sure this is complete, but it’s a start. One of the more interesting is... -
Paul Coates, March 1, 1961
The Daily MirrorMarch 1, 1961: Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler becomes a vice president of Times-Mirror. Recent revelations by the Eisenhowers’ maid and Princess Margaret’s butler make Paul Coates wonder about his domestic help.... -
Found on EBay – Duesenberg
The Daily MirrorPerhaps your Duesenberg Model J needs a rebuilt generator. Or perhaps you can’t afford an entire Model J but would like a piece of one. A Delco-Remy generator for a Duesenberg has been listed on EBay for $755. As with...... -
Google launches its eBooks store
Jacket CopyGoogle launched Google eBooks Monday, becoming the third major ebooks retailer alongside Amazon and Apple.... -
Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo [Update: This is Joan Crawford in “The Ice Follies of 1939.” ] Hm. What’s going on here? [Update: This image was published Jan. 3, 1939, in The Times Midwinter Edition, which wasn’t microfilmed, so no...... -
Dick Turpin dies at 91; longtime real estate editor of The Times
Dick Turpin, a longtime real estate editor of The Times and part of the team that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 1965 Watts riots, has died. He was 91.
Turpin died in his sleep Friday at the Northridge Care Center in Reseda,...Tags: New York, San Rafael (Marin, California), Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Human Interest, California
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California dreaming at the Autry
Culture Monster"Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams." This memorable quote from the film "Pretty Woman" echoes in the hearts of many Angelenos who ventured west to pursue fame, fortune, a better life...... -
What Goodreads will do with its new millions
Jacket CopyLast week the books-and-social-networking site Goodreads announced it had received $2 million in venture capital, led by start-up-friendly True Ventures. This seems to position Goodreads as a leader in the field: Another book-sharing site, Shelfari, was... -
Mystery Photo
The Daily MirrorIsn’t this a great photo? There’s a little story that goes with it. Update: As everybody realized, this is an extremely casual Otis Chandler in one of the few pictures I’ve ever seen of him in which he’s not wearing a suit – and notice the...
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