cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6185
title: View of Colorado Boulevard looking west from Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Colorado Boulevard looking west from Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, ca.1910. A streetcar makes its way up the paved street, with horse-drawn carriages parked to either side at the foot of Victorian-style high rise buildings. A spired building is pictured on the left corner with a cross at its roof, possibly a church. A deer head extends from the corner of the building in the right foreground. A carriage to the left has an umbrella extended over it that advertises furniture. Other legible signs include: "P.A. Collins Pianos", "Metcalf's Pharmacy", and "Drugs".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6188
title: View of Colorado Boulevard looking west, Pasadena, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Colorado Boulevard looking west, Pasadena, ca.1910. The bell tower of a church can be seen to the side of the road at the right, while a streetcar makes its way towards the camera from the distance at center. Other three- to four-story buildings can be seen along the street, fronted by trees planted along the sidewalk. The road appears unpaved. Tree foliage hangs in from the left foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6177
title: View of Colorado Boulevard at Fair Oaks Avenue looking east from the north side, Pasadena, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Colorado Boulevard at Fair Oaks Avenue looking east from the north side, Pasadena, ca.1910. A streetcar makes its way down the street, a sign on it that reads "Orange Grove Ave." while automobiles and pedestrians navigate the area around it. The three-story Victorian-style Arcade building stands along the street to the left, with more Victorian and non-Victorian high rise buildings continuing down either side of the street. Legible signs include: "Grand Rapids Furniture House", "Breaker", "New York Rental Co.", "First National Bank", "Austin's Bakery", "First National Bank" and "Hotel".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5500
title: View of Avalon in the 1890s showing a church under construction on Metropole Avenue, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a view of Avalon in the 1890s showing a church under construction on Metropole Avenue, ca.1895. The half-constructed building of the church is visible in the distance just right of center, next to a dirt path. Hills and mountains surround the clearing and a second building can be seen finished closer to center. A tent is partially visible in the right foreground. More houses are visible along the dirt path in the background hills. Picture file card reads: "S.C. Weston--photo Willmington.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5527
title: Exterior view of the Alouvo Wheeler Bakery in Avalon, ca.1895

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Alouvo Wheeler Bakery in Avalon, ca.1895. Six people stand on the porch of the Avalon Bakery at left, with more near the Avalon Shell Store and Avalon Ice Cream Parlor and Confectionary, which extend down the unpaved road, respectively. Hills are visible in the background. Other portions of the signs read: "Family Groceries", "Coffee Room", "Cigar and Tobacco / Stationary", and "Fruit and Vegetables". A steamer trunk sits on the left side of the bakery's porch. Crates of goods stand off of it further left. Wheeler was the purchaser of the first lot sold in Avalon, and owner of Schooner Ruby, the first boat to arrive. Picture file card reads: "Punt Shell Store".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5480
title: Portrait of the attendees of a Swan's Valley fund-raising picnic, Catalina Island, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of the attendees of a Swan's Valley fund-raising picnic, Catalina Island, [s.d.]. The attendees pose in the open air, several dozen men, women and children dressed at various levels of formality, arranged in approximately five rows. A shack is visible behind two trees that can be seen behind the posed group. A large, cactus-laden hill is visible in the background. A man with a candy-striped coat squats in the second row, holding a guitar in his lap. A man at the far back center holds his hat in the air in order to be seen. The picnic was held in order to raise money for the purchase of a church bell.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m718
title: View of Santa Barbara Avenue (later Martin Luther King Boulevard) west of Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Santa Barbara Avenue (later Martin Luther King Boulevard) west of Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1910. A boy stands walking his bicycle at center, beneath the shade of the trees lining either side of the street. A man in a top hat and jacket stands behind him in the distance, his hands folded behind his back. Through the trees to the right, a small, one-story building shows a sign on its side that reads "West Park Tract". A craftsman-style house can be seen a little beyond this behind a utility pole farther left. Previous record file asserts: "A sign on a frame building states, West Park Tract, Photo credit to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2380
title: View of Los Angeles, showing the Plaza and Pico House from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1876

description: Photograph of a view of Los Angeles, showing the Plaza and Pico House from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1876. The Pico House and Merced Theatre can be seen on Main Street at the foot of the hill that is partially visible in the foreground, while the Romanesque architecture of the Plaza is seen surrounding its circular courtyard a little farther back at center. The Plaza Catholic Church and Lugo house can be seen in the same vicinity to the left, with the Los Angeles River visible in the background. A residential area filled with one-story homes can be seen to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1282
title: Exterior of the Saint Elmo Hotel, ca.1890

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Saint Elmo Hotel on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1890. The three-story Romanesque hotel stands eleven windows across, between two other building that are partially visible to either side. At center, over the main entrance, A balcony extends, which has been decorated in an American flag motif and on which several people stand. Below several other groups of people pose on the sidewalk among the signs affixed to the buildings.; Legible signs include: "Southern California Fire Insurance Co.", "Rail Road Tickets [...] Bought  Sold Exchanged / Cut Rates", "Office of the Los Angeles Steam Laundry Co. [...] Called For  [...] Returned [...] Day", "Excursion", "Evan[...] & Cornwill[...] Gentleman's Neckwear", "[...] Fine Furnishings for Men", "Hosiery", "Shirts" and "Crockery and Glassware".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8152
title: First hotel in Palm Springs, ca.1901

description: Photograph of a small group of people playing croquet at Dr. Welwood Murray's hotel in Palm Springs, ca.1901. This was the first hotel in Palm Springs. Also visible is the south porch. Numerous trees surround the hotel. People are also sitting on the covered porch on the one-story structure. Mount San Jacinto is visible in the distance.; "First Palm Springs Hotel in 1903. Dr. Welwood Murray, who came to Palm Springs in 1886, was so impressed with the curative powers of the sun there and the unusually dry climate that he established a sanitarium. Later he began to take in a few 'boarders,' in addition to those who came seeking health, and the sanitarium became, in a sense, a hotel, though it was not until 1909 that the first real hotel was established by Mrs. Nellie N. Coffman." -- Newspaper clipping.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12465
title: Portrait of passengers, conductors and engineers posing near Pico Boulevard Electric Railroad cars, Los Angeles, 1887

description: Photographic portrait of passengers, conductors and engineers posing near Pico Boulevard Electric Railroad cars, Los Angeles, 1887. The cars stand on two tracks; the leftmost car is pictured on the back track, while the car on the front track is farther back to the right. Each car features a windowed control cabin that stands separate of the longer, open-air passenger car, which stands hitched to it. Passengers, a few of whom are full grown men in suits and top hats, some of whom are children and one of whom is a woman, stand inside or to the side of the leftmost passenger car. The conductor stands with his watch in hand at the front. Farther back, two men stand to either side of young boys who are sitting on the front of the control-cabin of the second car. Other individuals hang out from the side of its passenger car. Streetcar cables and a tree are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3844
title: Exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889. The modest, two-story brick church stands to the left of center. Its doors are visible through an arched entranceway. Its bell tower is attached to the left side of the roof and appears to be something very similar to a gazebo in construction. Several porthole windows are installed in the building's upper levels, while a cross stands at the peak of the roof. A rancher-style house is visible behind a picket fence and a tree to the right, while a second, large home can be seen in the left distance on a hill, behind a brick wall. The road in front is unpaved. Two men stand under the shade of the tree, conversing.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5986
title: Ruins of the Mission San Diego Alcala, as seen from the rear, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the ruins of the Mission San Diego Alcala, as seen from the rear, ca.1900. A man and a woman stand near the doorway of the ruined two-story adobe wall to the left of center, while a second man stands on a pile of rubble to the right of them at center. The collapsed front half of the mission's roof is visible behind the adobe wall. Almost all of the adobe's spackle is gone; the brick is evident. Scrub vegetation fills the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6534
title: Activity in the street in front of Horton House in San Diego, ca.1898

description: Photograph of activity in the street in front of Horton House in San Diego, ca.1898. Crowds of men and women congregate around the small garden and gazebo in the center foreground, with horse-drawn carriages also in attendance. On the left side of the street, in the background, the two-story Horton House is visible, a horse-drawn coach drawn by white horses parked at its entrance. A three-story building with a large spire is visible to the right of it. Streetcar cables can be seen stretched out across all of the roads, which are paved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7620
title: View of Alvarado Street, showing the Sanchez -Castro and Malarin-Spence homes, Monterey, 1884

description: Photograph of a view of Alvarado Street, showing the Sanchez -Castro and Malarin-Spence homes, Monterey, 1884. A bicycle is visible along the unpaved street in the extreme right foreground, beyond which the one-story barn-style rancher of the Sanchez-Castro home shows three doors and multiple windows. Farther down the street, the two-story barn-style Spence Malarin home is shown, a balcony extending from its second floor. A third, two-story building identified as the J.B. Alvarado home is also visible behind it, with bay windows extending from its second floor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2609
title: Kindling being brought to market on burros, Sonora Town, 1870

description: Photograph of kindling being brought to market on burros, Sonora Town, 1870. Four donkeys are immediately evident, with only the feet of two others to mark their presence. The wood is lashed to their backs by means of "aperejo" (pad) pack saddles. The one-story buildings of Los Angeles' plaza town are visible in the background, lining the unpaved road. Picture file card reads "in the 70th", and photoprint reads "Market on Aliso Street and around the Plaza".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18075
title: Painting "He Is Risen" by Axel Ender, depicting an angel alighted on a tomb, Norway, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "He Is Risen" by Axel Ender, depicting an angel alighted on a tomb, Norway, [s.d.]. The painting, which was located in the church at Molde, shows a female angel seated on a slightly opened stone casket at left. Three onlookers at the right are dressed in robes and gaze in amazement, the foremost holding each other's hand.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1740
title: Exterior view of the O.W. Childs residence on Main Street, Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the O.W. Childs residence on Main Street, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. A two-story clapboarded house is partially visible in profile behind one of the trees lining its paved driveway. The porch is visible to the right, while farther back the steps to the front entrance can be seen, along with a second-story bay window and a small balcony. A small circle of grass stands at the center of the curved driveway, a tree planted on its fringe. More tree foliage can be seen in the background. The parameters of the residence stretched from 11th Street to 12th Street and from Main Street to Hill Street. It was once the Huntington Hall Girl's School. Picture file card reads "Examiner building".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8076
title: Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) over a creek, ca.1901

description: Photograph of view of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) over a creek, ca.1901. See CHS-2104.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8736
title: Bells, cross and thatched arbor at the Asistencia Santa Ysabel at the Mission San Diego Alcala, 1905

description: Photograph of bells, cross and thatched arbor at the Asistencia Santa Ysabel at the Mission San Diego Alcala, 1905. A tall wooden cross stands to the left of center while two bells hang from wooden pole at right. The pole that the bells hang on is supported by two thick pieces of wood that appear to be straight from nature. A mess of branches and twigs that look as if they are trying to form a rectangular structure stand behind the cross in the center. The elevating grasses of a hillside with trees rolls up behind these structures.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m148
title: View of Broadway looking north from Tenth Street, Los Angeles, November 21, 1931

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Tenth Street, Los Angeles, November 21, 1931. High rise and skyscraper buildings line the busy street to either side, displaying advertisements on their sides. Streetcars as well as automobiles make their way through the city below. In the middle, at left the large gothic tower of the United Artists/Texaco building can be seen behind another building. A large cumulus cloud rolls in from the right, over the tops of the mountains visible in the distance.; Legible signs include: "Standard Oil Products", "Help the Unemployed! Attend Gala Midnite Shows / Wed. Nov. 25th / Hospice and the President's Committee for Unemployment Relief", "California vs. Florida! U.C.L.A. vs. University of Florida / Thanksgiving, Nov. 26th, L.A. Coliseum", "Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in CHAMP / [...] Twice Daily NOW Grauman Chinese / Hail the Return of the Super Show! / Night Stage Show", "Ground Lease 99 Years / Phone Owner 593-201", "United Artists Theatre Auto Park", "Coca-Cola", "Nine-Three-Nine So. Broadway Los Angeles / Room 800 Va-2542 / building being modernized for occupancy of large business organizations / For Lease inquire office of building", "The May Co.", "Majestic Theatre", "Eddie Borden / Al Herman", "Gude's", "Loew's State", "Kress", "Paramount", "The Broadway", "Boos Bros.", "Southern California Music Co.", "Platt Music Co.", "Orpheum", "Rialto", "Free Turkeys", "L.L. Burns Building 910 Broadway", "Western Costume Co., Ltd.", "Radio Supply Co.", "System Auto [Wor]ks Inc.", "Southern California Gas Company / Dependable Service", "Radio Corner", "Hotel Apex", "Radio Manufacturer's Supply Co.", "SNHOMG", "Eastside / The Perfect Brew", "[Martin]dale's Buffet / Cigars Hot Lunches Sandwiches and Magazines", "Wholesale Chemicals Glassware and Reagents", "Print Cards", "W.P. Fuller & Co. / Manufacturers / "Paints for Every Purpose" / Varnishes Brushes Glass / 1001 So. Main Street / Fuller since 49", "[...] O. Smith / The Sign Man", "Tenth and Broadway Auto Service / Repairs on Weekly Payment Plan / Bill Grant / Complete Brake Service Ignition Battery Valves / Ford", "Rives Strong Building / Absolutely Fireproof / Safe Deposit Values", "Enjoy Warehouse Savings and Good Furniture / Peck & Hills / After 25 Years of Wholesale Leadership", "Quaker Oats / The World's Quickest Hot Breakfast", "California [...] 21 [...] 'Karamazov' [...]",  and "Acme [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m844
title: Birdseye view of Eleventh Street looking west from Hill Street, Los Angeles, 1931

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Eleventh Street looking west from Hill Street, Los Angeles, 1931. Automobiles make their way through the city on the paved streets below the high rise buildings that flank them to either side. In the foreground, a bus tries to make its way across 11th from the intersection. In the lower left foreground, an arabesque spire can be seen, highly decorated. Advertisement signs are affixed to buildings everywhere. The Hydril building can be seen in the distance to the right. Mountains are visible in the background.; Legible signs include: "Union Oil Dag / Union Gasoline / Union Ethyl / Complete Lubrication", "The Store Where Bargains Reign", "Texaco", "L.A. Wheel and [...] Specialists", "Hotel Plesanton 1120 So. Grand Ave", "Oakland and Pontiac Motor Cars", "Firestone", "Dorothy Apts.", "Wagner Woodruf Building / Lighting Fixtures", "Home of the Western Auto Supply Co. 1100 So. Grand Ave", "Willys Distributors Inc. / Willys Knight Automobiles and Trucks / Willys Sixes Eights", "Earl V. Lewis Co. Kodak Finishing Dept. / Leave Orders Here / Will A. Kistler Company / Printers Lithographers Engravers / 215 W. Eleventh St. / Westmore 8636", "Hardy Park Economy", "Three Delicious Aunt Jemima Pancakes for 1 Cent!", "Le-Co. Flag Rental Service", "Belasco Theatre / Los Angeles Finest Legitimate Play House", "American Mortgage Company", "Curtiss Baby Ruth Candy and Gum", "Red Cap Candy", "Old Gold", "La Vida", "Winslow B. Felix Commercial Car Dept.", and "The Wade Apartments".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3813
title: Glendale from the hills above the Eagle Rock Valley, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Glendale from the hills above the Eagle Rock Valley, ca.1910. Brush and a tall hill stand in the left foreground with the orchards of Glendale visible in the right distance, a long dirt road running from the edge of the frame towards the horizon. The more tightly-packed blocks of the city's more urban area are visible in the distance. Mountains and more hills can be seen in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5565
title: View of Avalon from the west looking towards the sea, ca.1892-1893

description: Photograph of a view of Avalon from the west, ca.1892-1893. Low-growing vegetation and hilly terrain stand in the foreground while the town descends from the hillside in the left distance and extends toward the shore at right. A large two-story beach house can be seen at center, with a similar hut to the far right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8852
title: Balance Rock on the Crosselle Ranch, Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900-1940

description: Photograph of Balance Rock on the Crosselle Ranch, Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900-1940. A large oblong boulder is pictured balanced on a rounder boulder beneath it. Scrub vegetation surrounds them. The ground beneath them appears dry.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9456
title: View of Balance Rock on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900/1940

description: Photograph of a view of Balance Rock on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900/1940. An oblong boulder is pictured balancing on top of the more rounded boulder beneath it. Scrub vegetation surrounds them. Hills can be partially seen in the distance. Picture file card identifies the ranch's brand as well as stating: "Crosselle Ranch, 75,000 acres.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13284
title: View of Comanche Indian Rock on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Comanche Indian Rock on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900. A large, jagged boulder stands on the ground in an open plain next to a leafless tree, which stands to the right. Hills can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17848
title: View of Comanche Indian Rock with Native American art, on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Comanche Indian Rock on the Crosselle Ranch in Folsome, New Mexico, ca.1900. The boulder is shown in detail, revealing Native American painting along its side, depicting what appear to be deer. Hills are visible beyond the plain in the background. Compares to: CHS 7628. Photo shows a wider shot of the rock.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8075
title: Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing bushes in the foreground, ca.1901

description: Photograph of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing bushes in the foreground, ca.1901. A variety of dry bushes sit in the foreground at the floor of the canyon. Many palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) stand on either side of the barely-visible creek at center. Mountains stand in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17851
title: View of Shoshone Indian Rock at Crosselle Ranch in Fulsome, New Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Shoshone Indian Rock at Crosselle Ranch in Fulsome, New Mexico, ca.1900. A large slab of rock, located in Cimerron Canyon, is pictured at center, with what appears to be carvings along its side. Trees are partially visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9560
title: View of Walker Lake in Nevada, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of Walker Lake in Nevada, [s.d.]. A rocky shore stands in the foreground, the lake stretching out calm and flat beyond it. Hills are visible along the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9609
title: View of Walker Lake in Nevada, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of Walker Lake in Nevada, [s.d.]. A rocky shore stands in the foreground, the lake stretching out calm and flat beyond it, filling most of the image. Hills are visible along the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10080
title: Burkhams Garage and Genral Store near Walker Lake, Hawthorne, Nevada, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Burkhams Garage and Genral Store near Walker Lake, Hawthorne, Nevada, [s.d.]. The long, barn-style garage is pictured at center, its name written across its side and roof. A smaller barn-style building is visible to the left. What appears to be snow dapples the vacant lot in the foreground at right. Bare trees are visible near the side of the building at right. Mountains can be seen in the background at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9620
title: Flock of sheep in a field, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a flock of sheep in a field, ca.1900. The sheep fill the pasture disparately at roughly eye-level; in the foreground, a lamb can be seen to the left of a smaller group within the flock. Trees and what appears to be a dirt road can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2223
title: Los Angeles Fire Department fighting a fire on Broadway looking north from Third Street, ca.1913

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Fire Department fighting a fire on Broadway looking north from Third Street, ca.1913. Fire hoses lay in a tangle on the street in the foreground, while firefighters blast a burning building with water to the left. A water pump with spoked wheels stands at left, with a larger pump surrounded by firefighters standing to the right. A third machine appears to be connected to the streetcar cables that hang over the street. High rise buildings line the street to either side.