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Teaching Local History

EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 29, 2023teaching, local history, classroom, cemetery, Los Angeles, local, history, students, teachersComment

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

Another Local Civil War Veteran

I know it isn’t such a big deal to find a Civil War veteran in a local cemetery in some parts of the country - but it is something of a novelty here in Hollywood.

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

Local History and Why I love It

EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 21, 2018Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl, F. W. Blanchard, Local History, Hollywood, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, bibliophile Comments

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

Stanton Post, GAR - Angeles Rosewood Cemetery

VeteransKeith HarrisApril 4, 2015Civil War, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, Los Angeles, Rosedale Cemetery, Spanish American War, veterans Comments

Petersburg in The Birth of a Nation

FilmKeith HarrisMarch 16, 2015Civil War, Civil War film, confederate, D- W- Griffith, Hollywwod, Los Angeles, Movies, Petersburg, The Birth of a Nation Comments

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

Office Hours Shorts Episode One: Drum Barracks

Office HoursKeith HarrisMarch 14, 2014California, Civil War, Drum Barracks, keith harris history, Los Angeles, Office Hours Comment

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

Civil War Los Angeles - A Tour?

CultureKeith HarrisOctober 11, 2013Civil War, Gone with the Wind, Los Angeles, The Birth of a Nation, tourguide, tourism, tourists Comment

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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