cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13611
title: Drawn portrait of Captain Henry Delano Fitch, for whom Fitch Mountain is named, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a drawn portrait of Captain Henry Delano Fitch, for whom Fitch Mountain is named, [s.d.]. Captain Fitch is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is looking at the camera with his body turned to the right. He is wearing a dark jacket, light shirt and light tie. He has thick dark hair and sideburns. Fitch married Josepha Carrillo in the first elopement in California. On their return from South America, he was assessed a bell for the old Plaza Church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13492
title: Drawn portrait of Josefa Carrillo of San Diego, wife of Henry Delano Fitch, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a drawn portrait of Josefa Carrillo of San Diego, wife of Henry Delano Fitch, [s.d.]. Mrs. Fitch is shown from her upper torso to her head and is looking to the right with her shoulders turned toward the camera. She is wearing a dark dress with a lace collar. She has long dark hair tied up on top of her head. She is a heavyset woman. She eloped with Captain Fitch. After they eloped and were married, her husband did penance by giving a bell to the Old Plaza Church. She lived from 1810 to 1893.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19734
title: Portrait of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, [s.d.]. Mr. Pedrorena is pictured from his shoulders to his head and is looking to the left. He is wearing a dark suit and bowtie with a white shirt. He has short dark hair neatly combed and parted at right and a short dark mustache. He has a youthful-seeming face.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13259
title: Map depicting the actions fought at San Pasqual between the Mexicans and the Americans on  December 6 and 7, 1846

description: Photograph of a map depicting the actions fought at San Pasqual between the Mexicans and the Americans on  December 6 and 7, 1846. The map shows a valley with the San Bernardino River in the middle. There are hills on both sides. Small boxes show the location of military units, and areas where fighting occurred are labeled with illegible notes. The upper left corner is occupied by the title of the map.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13591
title: Portrait of Jose Guadalupe Estudillo, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Jose Guadalupe Estudillo, [s.d.]. Mr. Estudillo is shown full length and is looking straight ahead with his body turned slightly to the left. He is holding a hat at left and is resting on a cane at right. He is wearing a dark suit and white shirt. He has short dark hair and a dark mustache and goatee. There is a fur-covered chair at right, and a painted backdrop behind him shows a fireplace at left. In addition to holding many public offices, he was State Treasurer and son of the founder of the Estudillo family of San Diego.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14902
title: Snow-covered rocks and trees in Yosemite National Park, from Artist Point, ca.1850-1930

description: Photograph of Yosemite from Artist Point. Snow covers most of the visible trees and rocks, ca.1850-1930.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19735
title: Portrait of Jose Antonio Altamirano, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Jose Antonio Altamirano, [s.d.]. Mr. Altamirano is shown from his knees to his head and is facing straight ahead. He is resting his elbow on a podium at right. His right hand is on his waist while the other is inside his vest. He is wearing a dark suit, dark vest, dark bowtie, and white shirt. He has short, dark, wavy hair parted at left, and a dark mustache and goatee. He was related to the Carrillos and served with the Americans in the Mexican War.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m22188
title: Portrait of Alfred C. Robinson, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Alfred C. Robinson, [s.d.]. A balding man with a curling moustache faces towards the right. He is clad in a dark suit, light under shirt and bow tie.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13804
title: Portrait of Jose Antonio Serrano in San Diego, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Jose Antonio Serrano in San Diego, [s.d.]. Serrano is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is looking slightly to the right. He is visible wearing a gray jacket with a black collar, black bowtie, and a white shirt. His gray hair is combed and parted at right, and a wide gray goatee occupies his chin. He has a thin, stern face with prominent cheekbones. Serrano served under Pio Pico in the Mexican War and participated in the battle of San Pasqual.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13540
title: Portrait of Philip Crosthwaite, an early settler, businessman and policitcian, in San Diego, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Philip Crosthwaite, an early settler, businessman and policitcian, in San Diego, [s.d.]. Mr. Crosthwaite is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is looking straight ahead with his shoulders turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark jacket with a white shirt. Attached to his jacket at right are a compass and a medal. He has short white hair parted at right and a thick, square beard. Picture file card reads "Crosthwaite was related to early Spanish families".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18890
title: Portrait of George L. Mesnager, an early French citizen, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of George L. Mesnager, an early French citizen, [s.d.]. A young man with thick short black hair and a dark beard stares toward the left. He has a subdued widow's peak, long pointed nose, thin lips and clear complexion. He wears a dark suit, with a white undershirt beneath it.; In 1914 George Mesnager, French-American of Los Angeles, left to fight for France. He was 64 years old. Fought all through the war and was wounded in action five times. Awarded the distinguished Service Cross. (In 1870 this same George Mesnager had left Los Angeles to fight for France in the Franco-Prussian War). In 1922, Mesnager, then living in Verdugo Hills, felt he was going to die and went to France once more. Shortly after his arrival he died and was buried with military honors in the town of his birth.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11140
title: Portrait of Jean Rebout and Louis Ardeau, two blacksmiths who had a shop on Aliso Street in the early days of Los Angeles, ca.1880

description: Photographic portrait of Jean (Frank?) Rebout and Louis Ardeau (Ardian?), two blacksmiths who had a shop on Aliso Street in the early days of Los Angeles, ca.1880. One of the men is seated at left and is facing slightly to the right. He is wearing a black suit, vest and bow tie with a lightly-colored shirt. He has black hair combed neatly and parted at right, and a thin black mustache. The other man is standing at right, facing slightly to the left with his hand on his partner's shoulder. He is also wearing a dark suit, vest and bow tie with a lightly-colored shirt. He has dark hair parted at right and a thick black mustache. The men are standing in front of a painted backdrop that depicts trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1046
title: View of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, shown from across the street, 1900

description: Photograph of a view of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, 1900. A long, two story building is at center and stretches across almost the entire image. The upper story is light-colored, while the bottom is darker. There are long lines of arched windows on both levels, although on the bottom level they are broken up by doorways. A large cloth awning projects from the building at left. There is a streetcar in the street in front of the building at right, and several pedestrians can be seen as well.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Ming House", "Entire Stock at Auction This Building to be Torn Down Jan 1, 1900[...]U.S.P.O.", "Iron Beds Furniture J.N. Hoyston Mattresses", "[...]neral Aurthur", and "St. Elmo".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m346
title: Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905

description: Photograph of Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905. The Downey Block is on the corner in the foreground at right and is a two-story structure with arched windows on both levels. The bottom level is darker than the top. Several large Victorian houses can be seen in the background at left, and there are pedestrians in the streets. A network of utility wires crosses over the streets, anchored by several tall poles.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Patent Office[...]azard &[...]arphay", and "Whiting Wrecking Co.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m110
title: View looking west on Broadway and Fifth Street in Los Angeles, showing two women, 1905

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway and Fifth Street in Los Angeles, looking west, 1905. Two women are standing in the foreground at left, wearing dresses and hats. A row of buildings is visible in the background; the buildings are all large, square structures, ranging from three to five stories. At center, the Los Angeles Examiner building is visible. In front of these buildings is a plaza surrounded by low, run-down wooden buildings. There are carriages headed away from the camera at right, and the street is marked by streetcar tracks.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Louise...Books", "Mammoth Shoe House", "Your Credit is Good Here", "Los Angeles Examiner", "[...]Laundry", and "Hawley, King, & Co. Carriages".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m812
title: Exterior view of a residence at Van Nuys corner on the corner of Spring Street, Seventh Street and Broadway (?) in Los Angeles, 1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a residence at Van Nuys corner on the corner of Spring Street, Seventh Street and Broadway (?) in Los Angeles, 1900. The covered front porch of a two-story Victorian house is at right. Carved wood panels near the roof give an arched appearance to the openings on the porch. A long wooden picket fence is visible in the foreground, with an opening at left to allow access to a walkway leading to the front door. An addition is being made to the house at left, and the frame of a new room is visible with a ladder leaning against it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3703
title: Palm trees lining South Park Avenue, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of palm trees lining South Park Avenue along South Park, [s.d.]. Two people are visible at the far end of the paved avenue near a tall flag pole. The palm trees leave jagged shadows on the road from their grass plot on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10257
title: Old water wheel on the Zanja Madre on South Alameda Street near Washington Boulevard, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an old water wheel on the Zanja Madre on South Alameda Street near Washington Boulevard, ca.1900. The wooden water wheel is at center and has multiple paddles on the end of its long wooden spokes. Behind the wheel are two very large wooden barrels on top of wooden supports. There is a low picket fence running in front of the water wheel, and a line of utility poles in front of the fence. The wheel is also surrounded by several trees and bushes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7205
title: Birdseye view of downtown Oceanside taken from a hilltop looking west, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of downtown Oceanside taken from a hilltop looking west, ca.1900. There is a small white church at center with a steeple at right. A two story Victorian building dominates the skyline at right. Most of the other buildings visible are small houses, and many of them are partially hidden by the dense trees that are planted around them. In the foreground at right is a large empty field divided by a narrow dirt road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9047
title: Exterior view of San Francisco's first ferry building, September 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of San Francisco's first ferry building, September 1875. The building is a long rectangular structure with a tall clock tower sticking out of the middle. There are nine large openings in the front of the building for carriage and trolley entrance, and several horse-drawn trolleys are visible.; The caption at the bottom of the image reads: "This was San Francisco's first 'ferry building'. It was located on East Street (Embarcadero) between Market and Clay Streets and was built by the Central Pacific Railroad Company in connection with lips built by the California State Harbor Commissioners. Ferry boats from Oakland Long Wharf made first use of this 'commodious and convenient passenger station' on September 4, 1875, and at the same time the landing on Davis Street, between Broadway and Pacific Street wharves, was abandoned by the ferry boats. During 1877 this building was moved and rearranged to conform to three new slips built by the Harbor Commissioners, which station continued as San Francisco's terminal until the present Ferry Building was erected in 1896".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13440
title: Painted portrait of Antonia de Bandini, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Antonia de Bandini, [s.d.]. Ms. Bandini is shown from her waist to her head and is turned slightly to the right. Her hands are crossed in her lap. She is wearing a low cut dark dress with white lace decorations on the sleeves. Her short dark hair is braided and there is a white flower in it. She has thick eyebrows and large eyes. Photoprint reads: "A beauty of the olden days".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9090
title: Drawing of San Francisco's first fort, Fort Castillo de San Joaquin, reproduced from Bartlett's narrative for the "Beginnings of San Francisco", 1852

description: Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco's first fort, Fort Castillo de San Joaquin, reproduced from Bartlett's Narrative for the "Beginnings of San Francisco", 1852. The fort is a small collection of buildings on a high bluff overlooking the bay. Two riders can be seen headed to the fort at right, and in the foreground at right are two people lounging on a hill. There are several sailing vessels in the bay, and large mountains surround the water on all sides.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18896
title: Portrait of La Primavera, Dona Trinidad de Ortega, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of La Primavera, Dona Trinidad de Ortega, [s.d.]. Ortega is shown from her upper torso to her head and is staring at the camera. She is wearing a dark dress with a lightly-colored lace collar. Her dark hair is parted at center and is tied behind her head. She was born in San Diego in August, 1832, and died in Santa Barbara on September 17, 1903. She was the daughter of Jose de Ortega and great-granddaughter of the Pathfinder, Jose Francisco de Ortega. She married Miguel Carlos Francisco Maria de la Guerra. Such was the beauty and grace of Dona Trinidad that don Antonio Caronel and Don Benito Wilson, comparing her to the springtime, christened a street in Los Angeles--La Primavera--in her honor. When the Americans came they Anglicanized the name, which became Spring Street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13556
title: Portrait of Dona Ana Maria de la Guerra, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Dona Ana Maria de la Guerra, [s.d.]. De la Guerra is shown from her torso to her head with her body turned to the left. She is wearing a dark dress with a dark hood that covers her head and reveals only her face and part of her hand. She was born at the Pueblo de Los Angeles on November 6, 1821 and died in Santa Barbara on November 22, 1856. She was the daughter of Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega. Her baptismal name was Ana Maria de Alta Garcia Leonora and she married Alfred Robinson, the historian, at Santa Barbara on January 24, 1836. This was the wedding described by Dana in "Two Years Before the Mast".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13499
title: Drawn portrait of Jose Castro, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a drawn portrait of Jose Castro, [s.d.]. Castro is pictured from his torso to his head and is turned to the right. He is wearing a double-breasted military jacket with shoulder bars and a collar decorated with braids of rope. He has dark hair combed back on his head and long sideburns that connect with his mustache. Photoprint reads: "was Commandante General at the time of American Conquest".; "He was born in Monterey in 1808 and died in Lower California in 1860. He was a member and president of the Diputacaion, acting governor of California, commandant-general and was in command at the time of the American conquest. He also held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Mexican army. His wife was Modesta, daughter of Jose Antonio Castro. Jose Castro was also, in the late 1850's, governor of Baja (Lower) California and Brigadier General in the Mexican Army. He never gave up his Mexican citizenship or army rank. In February, 1860, Governor Castro was assassinated by the bandit Marguez. Alfonso Yorba has a document written, signed, and sealed by Castro a few weeks before his death--the last known official act of the prominent California general and Governor". -- A.Y.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13549
title: Painted portrait of Richard Henry Dana as he looked in 1842, from the 1911 edition of "Two Years Before the Mast", [s.d.]

description: Photograph  of a painted portrait of Richard Henry Dana as he looked in 1842, from the 1911 edition of "Two Years Before the Mast", [s.d.]. Dana is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is turned to the left. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark bowtie, and white collared shirt. He has shoulder-length dark hair that is neatly combed and curls near his neck. Reproduced through the courtesty of R.H. Dana, Jr., son of the author, and the Houghton Mifflin Company.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19748
title: Painted portrait of George Vancouver, a British navigator, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of George Vancouver, a British navigator, [s.d.]. Vancouver is shown from his torso to his head and is turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark suit that blends in with the background, and a lightly-colored shirt. He has white hair or a white wig that is curled near his ears. He was born in 1758 and died near London on May 10, 1798. He served under Cook in his second and third voyages and commanded an expedition to the Pacific, 1781-95. During this trip, he explored the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, the Gulf of Georgia, Vancouver Island, and the coast of California. He left a narrative which was published after his death.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13548
title: Portrait of Captain William Goodwin Dana, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Captain William Goodwin Dana, [s.d.]. Dana is shown from his upper torso to his head and is looking straight ahead with his shoulders turned to the right and his head tilted to the right. He is holding a small box in his hand at right. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark bowtie, and lightly-colored shirt. He has wavy gray hair and a stern face. He was born in Boston on May 5, 1797 and died at Nipoma on February 12, 1858. He came to California in 1826 as master of the schooner and shipbuilding. He was baptized into the Catholic church in 1827 and took out the first naturalization papers in 1828. That same year, he married Maria Petra Josefa del Carmen, daughter of Carlos Antonio Carillo, with whom he had 21 children. Dana was a man of excellent character, held a number of local offices, and was grantee of Rancho Nipoma. He was a cousin of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Photoprint reads: "Captain Ivan Goodwyn Dana".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13840
title: Portrait of George C. Yount, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of George C. Yount, [s.d.]. Yount is shown from his torso to his head and is looking to the right. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark vest, dark bowtie, and lightly-colored collared shirt. He is mostly bald, and his remaining dark hair is shoulder-length. The border of the image is curved into a design.; Born in Burke County, North Carolina, on May 4, 1794, Yount came to California in 1831 and died at his Caymus Rancho on October 3, 1865. He fought through the War of 1812, engaging Indians on the Western frontier. After the war, he was a hunter, trapper and trader. In 1830, he joined the party formed by William Wolfskill in New Mexico to trap in the great valleys of California and arrived in Los Angeles in February, 1831. He was baptized at the Mission San Rafael as Jorge Concepcion, and in that year was granted Caymus Rancho, two leagues in what is now Napa County, and in 1843 was given La Jota, a one league extension of Caymus. He built a house on his ranch and was for many years the only white man in the vicinity. He was very successful in his relations with the Indians; his fearless character and just dealing won their respect and he had little difficulty dealing with them. The squatters and land lawyers got most of his land, but he saved a portion of it. In 1843 his two daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, came with Joseph B. Chiles. Frances was accompanied by her husband, Bartlett Vines and Elizabeth became the wife of John Calvert Davis, and after his death, of Eugene L. Sullivan.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19749
title: Painted portrait of Jose Antonio Carrillo, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Jose Antonio Carrillo, [s.d.]. Carrillo is shown from his torso to his head and is looking slightly to the right. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark vest, dark tie and a lightly-colored shirt with a pin at center. He has frizzy dark hair and thick sideburns.; Carillo was born in San Francisco on April 11, 1796, and died in Santa Barbara in 1862. He was very much involved in California politics. He was alcalde of Los Angeles, a member of Diputavion, and a member of Congress. As first vocal of the Diputacion, he would have been governor ad interim in 1835 instead of Castro but was attending Congress in Mexico. He was lieutenant of militia under Castro, comandante de escuadron. As second in command to Flores, he defeated Mervine in the fight at the Dominguez Rancho on October 8, 1946. He signed the Treaty of Cahuenga as Mexican Commissioner, ending the war in California. In 1849, he was a member of the Constitutional Convention. Don Jose Antonio was a man of great natural abilities and generous impulses, with a remarkable power for winning friends. A little more principle would have made him the foremost man in California. His first wife was Estefana Pico, sister of Pio Pico, and his second wife was her sister, Jacinta.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13554
title: Portrait of Antonio Maria de la Guerra, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Antonio Maria de la Guerra, [s.d.]. De la Guerra is shown from his torso to his head and is facing straight ahead. His eyes are turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a military dress uniform complete with a dark jacket, epaulets and rope braid. He has dark hair parted at right and a thick moustache that extends into sideburns. The son of Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega, he was born in Santa Barbara on October 1, 1825 and died November 28, 1881. He was a member of the California Senate and was several times the mayor of Santa Barbara. During the Civil War in 1861-65, he was captain of California volunteers and served in Arizona.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13555
title: Portrait of Dona Maria Antonia de la Guerra, ca.1852

description: Photographic portrait of Dona Maria Antonia de la Guerra, ca.1852. Dona Maria is shown from her upper torso to her head and is looking straight ahead. She is wearing a dark dress with lace decorations at the collar and down the middle. She has short dark hair parted at center, and a dark headpiece is visible. She was born in Santa Barbara on September 30, 1827 and was living in Santa Barbara in February, 1915. Her baptismal name was Maria de Alta Garcia Antonia Geronima and she was the daughter of Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega. She had two husbands: Cesario Lataillade and Gaspar de Orena. Compares to CHS-11886 which depicts Dona Maria in 1906.