Please join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special webinar with Jeff Lapides, author of The Mojave Road in 1863: The Pioneering Photographs of Rudolph d’Heureuse.
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special tour of the Virginia Robinson Gardens, a unique historic estate and cultural jewel that transports the visitor back to the birthplace of Beverly Hills. Built in 1911, it was once the residence of retail giants Virginia and Harry Robinson (of the Robinson department stores) and now occupies an illustrious place in history as the first luxury estate built in Beverly Hills.
The Los Angeles City Historical Society will host its 2020 annual awards banquet at the TAIX French Restaurant on Sunday, May 19th 2024 with the social hour starting at 5 pm, followed by dinner and the awards program.
The third lecture in the 2024 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Christina Rice, head of the Los Angeles Central Library’s photo collection, and Wendy Horowitz, the library’s archivist, as they discuss the library’s recent acquisition of photographs by the late photographer John Verzi. The collection includes hundreds of never-before-scene photos of Hollywood stars, big and small, throughout the decades.
Please join us for a webinar with our 2023 LACHS Scholarship recipients from California State University, Long Beach. The two students will present their essays followed by a Q&A session.
7:00 pm
”The 1956 Machris Brazilian Expedition: A Vehicle for Scientific Discovery and Ecological Conservation” with Araceli Ramos
7:30 pm
"Conspirando en Los Ángeles" with Hazel Carias-Urbina
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
The Los Angeles City Historical Society is proud to partner with the UCLA Film and Television Archive for a special free film screening of ‘Smog’ (dir. Franco Rossi, 1962) at the Billy Wilder Theater inside the Hammer Museum. In ‘Smog’, an Italian tourist wanders around Los Angeles while on a layover, passing by various LA architectural monuments.
The second lecture in the 2024 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with author Dr. Julia Ornelas-Higdon on her latest book, “The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769-1920” (University of Nebraska Press).
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a special tour of the African American Firefighter Museum – home of the old Fire Station # 30 in Los Angeles. The event includes an exclusive docent-led tour of the museum followed by a Q&A session.
This lecture series is co-sponsored by Los Angeles City Historical Society and the History Department of the Richard J. Riordan Central Library. Lectures are held in the Mark Taper Auditorium, on the first floor of the Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles.
Join the Los Angeles City Historical Society for a webinar featuring author Roger Rapoport and his new book, “Searching for Patty Hearst.”
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Watch the recorded webinar presentation of the new book Oldest Los Angeles with author Mimi Slawoff.
Come by and meet some of our board members at our exhibit table.
Photo: Rich Schmitt
Please join us for a webinar presentation of the new book California, A Slave State with author Jean Pfaelzer.
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
Please join us for a webinar presentation of Los Angeles Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for LA’s Hidden Treasures with author and LACHS Board Member Danny Jensen.
The third lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Darryl Holter and Stephen Gee based on their new book Driving Force – Automobiles and the New American City 1900-1930 (Angel City Press).
Please join us for a webinar presentation with the ONE Archives Foundation, the oldest active LGBTQ organization in the United States, based in West Hollywood.
The second lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Ken Bernstein based on his book Preserving Los Angeles.
Join LA City Archivist Michael Holland on a guided exploration of the rarely seen City Archives!
The first lecture in the 2023 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a discussion with Stephen Gee based on the book Paul R. Williams (Tailwater Press / Angel City Press) which he coauthored with Marc Appleton and Bret Parsons.
Please join us for a webinar presentation with photographer Ken Karagozian. Ken has been documenting Los Angeles transit project construction for about 30 years and will showcase photographs from past and current projects.
Please join us for a webinar with our 2022 LACHS Scholarship recipients from Cal State Long Beach. The students will present their essays followed by a Q&A session.
7:00 pm
Militant Machismo: Hypermasculinity & The Brown Berets - Hector Gamboa
7:30 pm
The San Diego Blood Sisters: Highlighting Queer Women’s Activism During the AIDS Epidemic - Zachery Roethlisberger
Please join us for a webinar with our 2022 LACHS Scholarship recipients from Cal State Los Angeles. The students will present their essays followed by a Q&A session.
7:00 pm
It’s Complicated: Cross Purpose Politics and Reassessing Community in New Deal Era Whittier - Christopher Empett
7:30 pm
Shared Experiences and Regional Kinship Webs: Mid-Twentieth Century New Mexico, México, and Los Angeles - Jerry Sisneros
Please join us for a webinar presentation with Marc Wanamaker - one of the leading historians of Los Angeles, Hollywood, and the Motion Picture and Television Industries. Marc will make a presentation based on the book that he co-authored Hollywood’s Trains & Trolleys.
Come by and meet some of our board members at our exhibit table.
Photo: Rich Schmitt
The first event in the 2022 Marie Northrop Lecture Series will be a screening of the documentary “Bridging Los Angeles” and a post-screening discussion with the filmmakers and participants.
Please join us for a webinar presentation with award-winning chef, best-selling author and renowned educator George Geary. George will make a presentation based on his latest book Made in California.
Please join us for a webinar presentation with Lennart Christofferson, the programs chair for the Los Angeles City Historical Society. Lennart will make a presentation based on his collection of vintage Los Angeles postcards.
Please join us for a webinar presentation with Joseph Francis Ryan presenting his new book Ice & Oil – The Life and Legacy of Dan Murphy, California's Unlikely Titan.
7:00 pm - A Municipal Tail: The Rise of Animal Control in Los Angeles, 1880-1909 - Sean McCaskill
7:30 pm - La migra in 1980s Los Angeles: Exploitation, unemployment, and the legality of the INS raids - Arnoldo Toral
7:00 pm - Calaveras in the Streets: Chicano Death, Art, and Día de los Muertos in Los Angeles, 1970-1980 - Ariel Hernandez
7:30 pm - The Most Amazing Chapter in the Southland’s History: Mythmaking and Boosterism in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics - Chris Fennessy
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Dr. Geraldine Knatz worked nearly four decades at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, her last eight years as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Harbor. Join us at the Central Library for a discussion with Dr. Knatz about her new book “Port Of Los Angeles”. Books will be available for sale at the Library bookstore. A book signing will follow the presentation.
