Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive: Interview with Lionel Harris

Audio Oct. 30, 2024
Lionel Harris, Ira Vann Harris, yet-to-be identified child, and George “Georgie” Hall Jr. (left to right) on a Company 26 fire engine, ca. 1945

Listen to Lionel Harris (b. 1945), son of Charles “Teenie” Harris, talk about learning to drive around the city with his father, going on a Gateway Clipper photography assignment, and the darkroom in the basement of their house. This interview was conducted and recorded by Charlene Foggie-Barnett and Kerin Shellenbarger on April 20, 2011.

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Excerpt 1: Learning to drive around the city with his father

Excerpt 2: Anecdote about Gateway Clipper photography assignment

Excerpt 3: On the darkroom in the Harris basement

Excerpt 4: Memories of his father’s activeness

Excerpt 5: Takeaways from his father