Videos

Author Ken Bernstein and photographer Stephen Schafer talked about their book, Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities. This virtual program was hosted by …

On April 18, 1906, an earthquake shook San Francisco, igniting a fire that lasted for three days. With the advancement of personal cameras, the earthquake became one of the most photographed…

Professor Benjamin Madley talked about his book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. In his book, Professor Madley argues that vigilante…

Professor Carlos Manuel Salomon, author of Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California, talked about Mexicans of African descent who were some of the first non-Indian settlers in Calif…

Laura Ackley talks about the 1915 World’s Fair, officially known as the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco, California. The fair was a celebration of the Panama C…

California Historical Society Executive Director Anthea Hartig visited the official society, and spoke about the history of San Francisco while presenting a selection of photographs and arti…

California Historical Society Executive Director Anthea Hartig visited the official society, and spoke about the exhibit, “Curating the Bay,” which explored the history of the waters and por…

Richard Rayner talked about his book The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California, published by W. W. Norton/Atlas and Company. In his book he chronicles the four men who financed…

Author J. S. Holliday talked about his book Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California, published by University of California Press. He focused on the impact of the gold rush o…