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DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2411
title: Trench digging machine for the Los Angeles Aqueduct, dual photograph, circa 1909

description: A dual photograph of a trench digging machine for the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1909. The close up shows the machine working in the trench area with a man seated aboard it and another behind it. Dark smoke belches from the engine and there are chains, pulleys and a conveyor as part of the machine. The trench, a pile of dirt and the ground level are also of note, as are other workers in the background. The photo was taken by a University of Southern California student who worked on the project in 1908 and 1909. With slight curvature and light soiling, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-865
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-899
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-176
title: An album page with thirteen photographs, Japanese Americans in Los Angeles, circa 1920

description: An album page with thirteen photographs, Japanese Americans in Los Angeles, circa 1920. On the front are nine small photographs of children and adults dressed in traditional Japanese attire. On the reverse are four photographs, two group portraits taken outdoors, a pond scene and a woman dressed in a kimono standing next to an automobile. The photographs are generally in good condition.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2754
title: Alberto Muzquiz, photograph, 1933-04-16

description: A photo album page with an image of student Alberto Muzquiz, Raenford Military Academy, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1933 April 16. The image is a studio portrait of Alberto in his school uniform. There is an inscription to the former owner, Rosita Tona, at the bottom of the photo. Attached above the image is a Raenford epaulet, presumably from Alberto's uniform. There were two photos on the reverse but they were removed. With tears, creases, browning, pin holes, and edge bumping, the condition is fair, though the photo is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2755
title: Alberto Muzquiz, photograph, 1933-04-16

description: A photo album page with an image of student Alberto Muzquiz, Raenford Military Academy, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1933 April 16. The image is a studio portrait of Alberto in his school uniform. There is an inscription to the former owner, Rosita Tona, at the bottom of the photo. Attached above the image is a Raenford epaulet, presumably from Alberto's uniform. There were two photos on the reverse but they were removed. With tears, creases, browning, pin holes, and edge bumping, the condition is fair, though the photo is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2377
title: Zimmer Produce, photograph, circa 1920s

description: A photograph of Zimmer Produce, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1920s. The view shows the interior of the retail establishment, which also had a meat department (at the left) and other grocery items (in back, to the right.) Two men are posed in the middle of the produce section, consisting of angled wooden display tables. On the reverse is an ink inscription: "Zimmer Produce L.A." With stains, soiling, and edge rubbing, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2475
title: Densmore-Stabler Refining Company plant, cabinet card photograph, circa 1901

description: A cabinet card photograph of the Densmore-Stabler Refining Company plant, by Theodore C. Marceau, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1901. The image shows several men and a boy gathered in and near the foreground. A few have suits on, possibly the owners, and other wear work clothes. Some are on or near horse-drawn vehicles, including two with tanks and one a flatbed conveyance. Some men stand on or near five large steel tanks behind the vehicles and one man is atop a wooden structure further back. A brick refining structure is at the far left distance and across the street to the upper right are two structures. Both have company signs and one notes the company made lubricating oils, asphaltum and distillates. One founder was Emmet Densmore, a medical doctor with oil experience in Pennsylvania, whose company was located at East Ninth Street at the Santa Fe Railway tracks (the photo was then likely looking southeast.) In 1904, the Densmore-Stabler firm was bought out by the Turner Oil Company. With some light stains or foxing in the sky portion of the image and rubbing and stains to the mount, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2404
title: Los Angeles restaurant interior, photograph, 1920s

description: A restaurant interior, assumed to be in Los Angeles, California, USA, 1920s. The view shows two women at left behind the counter, which has glass top display cabinets and barstool seating. At the right is a table with three chairs and a series of high-backed wooden booths. The kitchen is at the the rear of the narrow building. The restaurant may be associated with Morton B. Card, owner of the auto garage in item .1-.2. Card was a restaurant salesman in Iowa in 1910, prior to coming to California. With soiling, edge rubbing, and some creases, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2405
title: Los Angeles restaurant interior, photograph, 1920s

description: A restaurant interior, assumed to be in Los Angeles, California, USA, 1920s. The view shows two women at left behind the counter, which has glass top display cabinets and barstool seating. At the right is a table with three chairs and a series of high-backed wooden booths. The kitchen is at the the rear of the narrow building. The restaurant may be associated with Morton B. Card, owner of the auto garage in item .1-.2. Card was a restaurant salesman in Iowa in 1910, prior to coming to California. With soiling, edge rubbing, and some creases, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2378
title: Zimmer Produce, photograph, circa 1920s

description: A photograph of Zimmer Produce, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1920s. The view shows the interior of the retail establishment, which also had a meat department (at the left) and other grocery items (in back, to the right.) Two men are posed in the middle of the produce section, consisting of angled wooden display tables. On the reverse is an ink inscription: "Zimmer Produce L.A." With stains, soiling, and edge rubbing, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2446
title: Jefferson Street Elementary School kindergarten class, cabinet card photograph, 1907

description: A large format cabinet photo of the Jefferson Street Elementary School kindergarten class, Los Angeles, California, USA, unattributed, 1907. The image shows part of the teacher at the lower left sitting at an upright piano, while the thirty or so student sit at tables looking, excepting one student, at the photographer. The back wall is decorated with pictures, drawings or paintings on the wall and models. A clock is at the left and there is a decoration of paper and greenery hanging from the ceiling. One framed work is of the Virgin Mary and Christ child and an ink inscription on the reverse identifies the class, school and city, while a pencil inscription under that reads "Catholic School 1907." With many tears on the photo, a missing corner of the matte, soiling and rubbing, the condition overall is poor.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2746
title: Janoff's Restaurant, photograph, circa 1920s

description: A photograph of Janoff's Restaurant, Fourth Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1920s. The view is of the interior of the small eatery and shows an older man and woman and another man and woman at the left and a woman at the right, standing next to one of the tables. There are also about a dozen stools at two counters. At the left is a glass display case, a storage unit against the wall, signs on the wall with prices, and other items. In the back is a partitioned area containing the kitchen. On the reverse are some pencil inscription of mathematical figures and the restaurant's name and location at 4th and Los Angeles streets.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2745
title: Janoff's Restaurant, photograph, circa 1920s

description: A photograph of Janoff's Restaurant, Fourth Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1920s. The view is of the interior of the small eatery and shows an older man and woman and another man and woman at the left and a woman at the right, standing next to one of the tables. There are also about a dozen stools at two counters. At the left is a glass display case, a storage unit against the wall, signs on the wall with prices, and other items. In the back is a partitioned area containing the kitchen. On the reverse are some pencil inscription of mathematical figures and the restaurant's name and location at 4th and Los Angeles streets.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2611
title: Los Angeles Athletic Club soccer team, photograph, circa 1920s

description: A studio portrait of the Los Angeles Athletic Club soccer team, Keystone Photo Service, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1920s. The view shows two players sitting cross-legged with arms crossed on the floor in the front and a soccer ball between them on the flooor, a row of players on a bench also with arms folded, and a row of players and men with suits standing in the back. On the reverse is an inscription, "L.A.A.C. Soccer Team champions of So. Cal. 1923 to 193-," with the last date partially lost by a missing portion and the remainder of that date nearly detached. The photographer's stamp is also on the reverse. With the nearly detached corner, other edge tears, a tape-repaired corner, stains from a paper clip and browning, the condition is fair.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-905
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2627
title: Young black woman, studio portrait, circa 1900s

description: A studio portrait of a young black woman, Pacific Studio, 221 1/2 West Fourth Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1900s. The image in an oval frame within a thick matte shows the woman in a dark skirt, white blouse with a high collar, and hair pulled up in back, standing and looking to her right, and she holds a floral bouquet in her hands, on the left of which appears to be a wedding ring. The studio cartouche is at the lower right. On the reverse is a faint pencil inscription, which appears to read, "Mr. E. Lewis / Res 842 Hemlock St." In the 1900 census, there was a Eugene Lewis at that address, living with his parents and siblings. Lewis died in Los Angeles in 1950, but it is not known who the woman was. With a missing part of the matte at left, stains, pin holes, soiling, darkening to the matte and edge rubbing, the condition is fair.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2626
title: Young black woman, studio portrait, circa 1900s

description: A studio portrait of a young black woman, Pacific Studio, 221 1/2 West Fourth Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1900s. The image in an oval frame within a thick matte shows the woman in a dark skirt, white blouse with a high collar, and hair pulled up in back, standing and looking to her right, and she holds a floral bouquet in her hands, on the left of which appears to be a wedding ring. The studio cartouche is at the lower right. On the reverse is a faint pencil inscription, which appears to read, "Mr. E. Lewis / Res 842 Hemlock St." In the 1900 census, there was a Eugene Lewis at that address, living with his parents and siblings. Lewis died in Los Angeles in 1950, but it is not known who the woman was. With a missing part of the matte at left, stains, pin holes, soiling, darkening to the matte and edge rubbing, the condition is fair.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25234636
title: Imaging_Speed_Data_Breast_Biopsies

description: Raw data for calculating the imaging speed of fresh diagnostic breast biopsies with structured illumination microscopy from a 20X and 10X imaging objective.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-895
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-897
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2673
title: Elementary school classroom, cabinet card photograph, circa 1900s

description: A cabinet card photograph of an elementary school classroom, Alfred Greene, 1724 Merrill Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1900s. The image shows about twenty students sated at their desks with two desks at the front having stacks of textbooks on them. Three students are the chalkboard writing on it. The teacher is at the far left sitting at her desk. The name of the school and other information is not known and only the photographer's stamp is on the reverse Aside from some bumping to the matte, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2476
title: Densmore-Stabler Refining Company plant, cabinet card photograph, circa 1901

description: A cabinet card photograph of the Densmore-Stabler Refining Company plant, by Theodore C. Marceau, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1901. The image shows several men and a boy gathered in and near the foreground. A few have suits on, possibly the owners, and other wear work clothes. Some are on or near horse-drawn vehicles, including two with tanks and one a flatbed conveyance. Some men stand on or near five large steel tanks behind the vehicles and one man is atop a wooden structure further back. A brick refining structure is at the far left distance and across the street to the upper right are two structures. Both have company signs and one notes the company made lubricating oils, asphaltum and distillates. One founder was Emmet Densmore, a medical doctor with oil experience in Pennsylvania, whose company was located at East Ninth Street at the Santa Fe Railway tracks (the photo was then likely looking southeast.) In 1904, the Densmore-Stabler firm was bought out by the Turner Oil Company. With some light stains or foxing in the sky portion of the image and rubbing and stains to the mount, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2398
title: "No. 163. An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel", stereoscopic photograph, circa 1878

description: "No. 163. An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel," stereoscopic photograph, originally photographed by Alexander C. Varela, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1878 and republished by Isaiah W. Taber, San Francisco, circa early 1880s. The view shows at least three rows of stacked boxes in which honeybees were kept for the production of honey. At the left is a white two-story structure, probably the house of the apiarist. The land on which the apiary was kept is mowed and there is one lone tree in the background, behind which are the San Gabriel Mountains. Varela moved to San Jose and worked as a photographer there in 1880, but evidently sold his negatives to Taber before returning to Washington, D. C., where he worked in the federal government system. With slight mount curvature, some soiling and edge rubbing, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2111
title: Chinese dragon carried in a parade in the Los Angeles Chinatown, photograph, 1899

description: A Chinese dragon carried in a parade in the Los Angeles Chinatown, Frank L. Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1899. The view is taken from an elevated position and shows men moving the traditional colorful paper dragon through a dirt street, possibly Apablasa Street, in the Chinese neighborhood now the site of Union Station. Simple wood and brick structures, some with signs in Chinese letters, line the road. The overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2216
title: Los Angeles machine shop employees, photogaph, circa 1910

description: A photograph of Los Angeles machine shop employees, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1910. The view is a closeup of fifteen men, two wearing suits and ties and the others wearing aprons and/or work clothes, in front of a wide open entrance to the shop. While a small portion of the wooden structure is at the left, there is no identification as to the name of the business nor is there a photographer's stamp. With heavy wear to the mount, including abrasions and chipping at the edges and with some small stains and soliling to the image, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-867
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2399
title: "No. 163. An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel", stereoscopic photograph, circa 1878

description: "No. 163. An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel," stereoscopic photograph, originally photographed by Alexander C. Varela, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1878 and republished by Isaiah W. Taber, San Francisco, circa early 1880s. The view shows at least three rows of stacked boxes in which honeybees were kept for the production of honey. At the left is a white two-story structure, probably the house of the apiarist. The land on which the apiary was kept is mowed and there is one lone tree in the background, behind which are the San Gabriel Mountains. Varela moved to San Jose and worked as a photographer there in 1880, but evidently sold his negatives to Taber before returning to Washington, D. C., where he worked in the federal government system. With slight mount curvature, some soiling and edge rubbing, the overall condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2523
title: "2nd Annual Barbecue, Retail Butchers, Board of Trade, Los Angeles Co. Cal.", photograph, circa 1900s

description: A photograph titled "2nd Annual Barbecue, Retail Butchers, Board of Trade, Los Angeles Co. Cal.," Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1900s. The image is in a park with many trees. Three dozen men stand or sit in three rows and most of the men have ribbons pinned to their suit jackets. The title is in a caption box at the bottom The photo has some abrasions at the lower left and the matte has a torn, but attached piece at the lower left and edge rubbing, but the condition is good overall.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-877
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-876
title: "The Land of Sunshine", magazine, 1896-09, vol. 5, no. 4

description: "The Land of Sunshine," magazine, 1896 September, volume 5, number 4, published by the Land of Sunshine Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California, USA. Edited by Charles F. Lummis, the item has a reprint of Nahl's "The Fandango" painting; poetry; regular features, including a report of the Landmarks Club preservation society; and features on western schools, southern California clams, natural bridges, beet sugar farming in the state, and California's Chinese population. There are also many advertisements and photo illustrations. With soiling, creases, an edge tear and rubbing to the wrappers and clean pages, the condition is good.
DOI: 10.25549/wthm-c116-2731
title: "154. Picking Oranges at Santa Ana", cabinet card photograph, circa 1890s

description: A cabinet card, "154. Picking Oranges at Santa Ana," James B. Blanchard, 513 North Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1890s. The view showsseven men in the foreground gathered near piled oranges on the ground and others in crates, with one man standing on a ladder next to a tree. Another man is at the reins of a horse-drawn wagon in the background. Four of the men appear to be field workers and all look to be Chinese, while the other men are white. Several trees are in view with taller ones, perhaps eucalypti for wind breaks, are in the distance. Blanchard's cartouche is on the reverese. With mount curvature, slight soiling and some edge rubbing, the overall condition is good.