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Wadsworth Chapel

Los AngelesKeith HarrisOctober 20, 2022Wadsworth ChapelWadsworth Chapel, Veterans, Veterans Administration, National Soldiers' Home, West LA, VA, Lincoln, WadsworthComment

Rebels L.A. - Joseph LeConte

Rebels L.A., Los AngelesKeith HarrisOctober 17, 2020Joseph LeConte, Stephen Hood, Savas Beatie, Los Angeles, Confederate, Reconstruction, Science, Sierra Club, Hollywood, Rebel, Racism, Scientific Racism, Joseph LeConte Junior High School, Joseph LeConte Middle School, Fountain Blvd.Comment

Students' Reflections and the Global Pandemic

Los Angeles, MemoryKeith HarrisApril 13, 2020COVID-19, Carona virus, high school, reflections, teach history, journals, Pandemic, crisis, 2020, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, safe at home, ZoomComment

Hillside Homes of Happiness

In the midst of all the much-derided construction and the ever-changing landscape of our great city there is plenty of history that remains intact…or just beneath the surface…or in this case, rusted and overgrown with chaparral.

Los Angeles, VeteransKeith HarrisMay 30, 2019Thomas Satterfield, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, Union veterans, Illinois, 96th Illinois Regiment, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Boone County Illinois, McHenry County IllinoisComment

The Cemetery as a Classroom

Education, Los AngelesKeith HarrisJanuary 3, 2018Los Angeles, cemetery, Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Los Angeles in 1912

Los AngelesKeith HarrisJune 1, 20161910s, 1912, California, downtown Los Angeles, dtla, history, Los Angeles, twentieth century, Urban historyComment

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Los AngelesKeith HarrisMay 24, 2016Chase Bank, Garden of Allah, Hollywood, Los Angeles, MCM, mid-centruy, silent film, Spanish architectureComment

LA Story

Los AngelesKeith HarrisFebruary 27, 2016#harristorian, California, city of angels, dtla, keith harris history, Los Angeles, web coursesComment

A Keith Harris History PSA - Watch Out for Pedestrians!

Los AngelesKeith HarrisFebruary 13, 2015drive carefully, Hollywood, keith harris history, Los Angeles, PSA Comments

Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles

Los AngelesKeith HarrisJanuary 8, 2015Civil War, Clune's, D- W- Griffith, Film, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Reconstruction Comment

Los Angeles Plaza - 1860s

Los AngelesKeith HarrisMarch 29, 2014historical memory, Los Angeles, memory, Old LA, Olvera Street, PlazaComment

A Drive Through Bunker Hill and Downtown Los Angeles

Los AngelesKeith HarrisMarch 7, 2014background plate, Bunker Hill, feature films, Los Angeles, movie business, the industryComment

From the Mountains to the Sea

Los AngelesKeith HarrisJanuary 9, 2014highland ave, Los Angeles, pasadena, pasadena pacific railway, potholes, public transportation, subwayComment

Old (Really Old) Town Pasadena

Los Angeles, MigrationKeith HarrisOctober 4, 20131880s, Boomtown, Colorado Blvd, Immigration, Los Angeles, old town Pasadena, Southern California historyComment

Any Ideas?

Los AngelesKeith HarrisAugust 30, 2013Library of Congress, Los Angeles, photography, VictorianComment

The Oldest Known Aerial Photograph of Los Angeles

Los AngelesKeith HarrisAugust 28, 2013Bunker Hill, Edwin H- Husher, Los Angeles, William Randolph Hearst Comments

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