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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m952
title: Exterior view of the (first) Los Angeles Examiner Building, 509-511 South Broadway, ca.1906

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the (first) Los Angeles Examiner Building, 509-511 South Broadway, ca.1906. The building stands about five-stories tall. Its name is displayed prominently in lights and large letters at the following areas: above the roof (in lights), in the middle of the building (in lights), and above the first floor (large letters). The sign in the middle of the building is situated directly below an eye-shaped object, which symbolizes an eye or a pair of glasses (?). Part of the American flag (in lights), disfigured to fit the area, covers the bottom portion of the eye. Two other buildings flank the Examiner building. A fire escape ladder is visible on the left building. Two lampposts on the sidewalk have signs that advertise the Sunday paper. A man stands peering into the window of a business where pictures are displayed. Another man stands on the sidewalk next to a horse-drawn carriage parked on the dirt road in front of the Examiner building. Three bicycles are parked along the curb. Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Examiner", "511, 599", "[...]re", "for rent", "Carri[...]", "harness [...]", ..."Steele, Balsa & Walker [...], temporary office"..., "T.A. Asbridge, brick contractor", "lions in native wilds, Sunday's Examiner", "an American paper for the American people", "light lunch".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1222
title: Exterior view of Los Angeles Trust Company building, Spring Street and Second Street, ca.1900-1909

description: Photograph of the exterior view of Los Angeles Trust Company building, on the northeast corner of Spring Street and Second Street, ca.1900-1909. The building stands about seven-stories tall. Many of the windows have striped cloth awnings, some retracted and others extended. The walls of the first floor appear to be constructed of ashlar stone masonry. There are three visible entrances, two for the trust building and one that leads to a bank that is occupying the corner space of the building. Pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalk. In the street, a streetcar is about to approach the intersection (lower right).; Legible signs include: "Hurd Bros. Co. real estate", "law offices of Lynn Helms , I.S. Williams", "new years day", "Trust Building, Los Angeles Trust Company", "flowers", "Kod[...]", "The National Bank of California, officers, John M.C. Marble, John E. Marble, J.E. Fishburn, F.J. Belcher, director"..., "Washington St.", "123, Llongo", "Felice, [...]gar"..., "rooms", "the St. Louis".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3159
title: Exterior view of the Title Insurance and Trust Company building, Los Angeles, 1900

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Title Insurance and Trust Company building, Los Angeles, 1900. The building stands about seven-stories tall. Many of the windows have striped cloth awnings, some retracted and others extended. The fire escape ladder well of a nearby building is visible at top left. Legible signs include: "Title Insurance and Trust Co.", "Automobile", and "the Ann[...] Jo[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14450
title: Bell tower and first church at Mission San Juan Capistrano, shown from the rear, ca.1899

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California. Bell tower and first church from the rear showing the crack in the church wall made by the 1812 earthquake.; "Sacristy of stone church to left, the only remaining enclosed room of that edifice. Thru its carved stone doorway the few survivors of the 1812 earthquake escaped the disaster." -- A. Yorba.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1396
title: Exterior view of the Fifth Street Department Store, on the corner of Broadway and Fifth Street, ca.1902

description: Photograph (streetscape) of the exterior view of the Fifth Street Store, on the corner of Broadway and Fifth Street, ca.1902. The building stands about four-stories tall. The first floor is mostly window displays. The inner windows on the second and third floor are contained within an arch. The inner windows on the third floor have decorative columns flanking them. To the left of the building is the Los Angeles Examiner building. Two men loiter at the corner of the building next to a lamp post.; Legible signs include: "[Los Ang]eles Examiner", "509", "The Fifth Street Store, something doing", "Steele, Faris & Walker Co.", "importers, jobbers, wholesale, retail", "Fifth St.", "lace curtains, tapestries, matting, linoleum, furniture, [...]bed", "liquor store", "Hollywood Candy Company, 507, ice cream".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17294
title: Exterior view of the Lankershim Building, Los Angeles, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Lankershim Building, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The building is seven stories tall. The markets on the first floor have large striped awnings that extend almost to the end of the sidewalks. One horse-drawn carriages can be seen passing through while two other carriages are parked along the curb. The sidewalks are bustling with pedestrian traffic.; Legible signs include: "Doom, 118, 116", "California", "Palace Market Meat and Provision Co., poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables", "Fonte[...]la, now 5¢", "tobaccos", "The Tannhauser, Rainier Beer", "Grimes, St[...]forth, [...]", "Parker dentist", "[...] F. del Vale, law office", "law offices of John W. Mitchell", "Phoenix Mutual Life, Hartford Conn., W.B. Stirdivant, manager", "Has Silent, law office", "Co Operation, home builder, real estate, country lands, city ha[...], income pro[...]", "main branch offices, San Francisco, Petaluma, San Jose, Seattle, Tacoma, Missoula, Helena, Denver, Boise, Portland", "6% interest bearing investment", "[W]estern Lands Assurance, rentals, loans", "paid in capital $200,000.00", "Pacific Mutual Assurance Co. of California", "Doctor Hubbard", "Has Bliss Co. Inc., San Francisco & Los Angeles", "tailors", "Dr. D. Cave, dentist", "Dr. D.B. Dickson, surgeon, physician", "[...]ex & Morgan, real estate", "Lankershim".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13859
title: An Indian religious shrine, on Old Zuni Mesa, ca.1898

description: Photograph of an Indian religious shrine, on Old Zuni Mesa, ca.1898. Several wooden totems jut from dirt floor. The totem on the right, with a stick protruding from the center, shows hints of human features such as a long chin, flat nose and eyes. The pencil-shaped totem on the left has a hole in its center. Several more totems are bunched between the left and right totems. Dozens more lay flat on the dirt ground. The landscape consists of shrubs and bushes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17295
title: Hopi Antelope priests in a kiva, an underground club hall, preparing for the snake dance in an Indian religious ritual, Oraibi, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Hopi Antelope priests in a kiva, an underground club hall, preparing for the snake dance in an Indian religious ritual, Oraibi, ca.1900. Eight Indians sit on a ledge inside the kiva while one Indian sits on the floor amongst them. Of the eight Indians sitting on the ledge, four of them are wearing light necklaces; in which two of them have a large circular object attached like a pendant. In the center of the kiva are two bottles, a pot, a clay teakettle, a bowl, and a variety of ingredients (unidentifiable). The floor in the foreground is littered with scraps of unidentifiable material, a scissor, and a blade of some sort.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2041
title: Interior view of the den in George Wharton James residence, showing a tremendous number of Native American artifacts, Pasadena, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the interior view of the den in George Wharton James residence, showing a tremendous number of Native American artifacts, Pasadena, ca.1908. The shelves, which were constructed close the to ceiling, house numerous vases and baskets. These vases and baskets all have unique designs and drawings on them. Two short totem poles sit on the shelf directly above a large tribal mask and a wooden cushioned bench. Over a dozen unique rugs (or blankets?) hang from their individual poles mounted on the wall. On the ceiling hang several jugs at the upper left. In the left foreground is a wooden table covered with similar patterned rugs as those that are hanging. On top of the table are two vases, one with a plant, and a bowl. A thick rug and a leopard skin rug cover the wooden floor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13733
title: Antelope priests performing ceremonial ablutions at Oraibi, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Antelope priests performing ceremonial ablutions at Oraibi, ca.1900. Four priests, 3 men and one woman, are seen here either sitting or kneeling in order to perform the ritual. The man on the right appears to be washing his face using water from a large bowl. One man, with his back facing a cup, appears to be staring at a wooden fence a few yards away. Next to the fence is a wall constructed of stones. The area where they sit is littered with rocks and small light fragments (bone chips?).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17296
title: Navaho Indians crossing the Little Colorado River, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Navaho Indians crossing the Little Colorado River, ca.1900. A man on a horse leads the way for a horse drawn carriage and its three passengers to cross the two-feet deep river. One horseman follows closely behind, while two others are making their way down the riverbank. The Indians are dressed in cowboy-like (or pioneer-like) outfits, and several of them are wearing hats. Reflections of the Indians, their horses, and carriage can be seen in the river. To the right, above the riverbank, is a pyramid-shaped contraption with a wire attached to its peak. It appears to be routed to the other side of the river.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17298
title: Portrait of Mr. E. E. Lewis illustrating the difference between streetcar rails as used in Los Angeles in 1877 and 1930, ca.1930

description: Photographic portrait of Mr. E. E. Lewis illustrating the difference between streetcar rails as used in Los Angeles in 1877 and 1930, ca.1930. Mr. Lewis can be seen slightly leaning forward against a table while comparing the large-sized 1930's rail to the smaller-sized 1877's rail. He is wearing a textured three-piece suit and tie, as well as a pair of dark round eyeglasses. He appears to be in his late 50's, is bald on the top, has gray hair, and has a slight cleft in his chin.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12072
title: View of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900. The train is carrying at least nine cars, while at least six of them are boxcars carrying people. Metal beams with a criss-cross architecture support the bridge. At the bottom of the canyon, the metal beams are supported with cement (brick?) structures to hold them in place. The canyon is about seven-stories deep and very rocky. Wild brush can be seen sparsely scattered throughout the canyon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14451
title: Residence of Don Dolores Yorba, 1899

description: Photograph of the residence of Don Dolores Yorba, 1899. The one-story house has a covered porch in front where the family enjoys the shade. Dona Altagracia Yorba sits on the left edge of the porch in a dark dress with her hair tied in a bun as she makes Spanish drawnwork. Her supplies and a equipment stand beneath the window behind her. Her father stands against a support beam of the porch at center in a lightly-colored shirt, dark vest and hat. Don Adolfo Manriquez sits in a wooden chair behind him. The lightly-colored paint of the house is peeling and plants hang from the falling edge of the roof. A small, damaged, wooden fence stands on the far left while long fences separate the residence from another house in the background on the right.; "Dona Altagracia Yorba making Spanish drawnwork on old loom in front of her father's house. Standing is her father "El Chapo" Don Dolores Yorba. Seated is Don Adolfo Manríquez." -- A. Yorba
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6429
title: Exterior view of Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Resort Hotel, near the Santa Fe Railroad, Santa Anita, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Resort Hotel, near the Santa Fe Railroad, Santa Anita, California, ca.1900. The three-story brick building has a colonnade, where people can be seen sitting on benches, chairs, or rocking chairs. Several caged birds can be seen on the floor of the veranda near the decorative flowers and plants. Several types of trees are planted around the house, including three palms lined in the front. Above the colonnade is a covered balcony on the second floor. At left, there is a tower with a flagpole (or lightning rod) on the spire. Streetcar rails line the street in front of the hotel. Legible signs include: "In[...], Edmon[...], [...]ric", "Arcadia", "Baldwin's Hotel Oakwood", "E.J. B[...]", "Santa[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17299
title: View of a Hopi Indian tribe performing the Oraibi Corn Stalk Scuffle(?), ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of a Hopi Indian tribe performing the Oraibi Corn Stalk Scuffle(?), ca.1900. There is a commotion of men, women and children running around. There appears to be three main clusters of people: one cluster is in the foreground, another cluster is behind the first cluster, and the last cluster is gathered at right. A majority of the people is standing. The location appears to be somewhere in an undeveloped desert area.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1256
title: Exterior view of the Broadway Hotel in the Wilson Block, 1910

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Broadway Hotel in the Wilson Block, 1910.  Adjacent stores include millinery, piano and a window advertisement for "Prof. C. Irvin Althouse, Scientific Palmist". The four-story building has projected windows similar to cant windows except with a box shape. The façade, from the second floor and up, is symmetric. The first floor consists of little shops, each with unique window displays and decorations. A man is working with his bucket near a lamppost (lower right). Several bicycles are parked along the dirt road.; Legible signs include: "[...]el Meyer", "Hotel Catalina", "rockery and glassv[...]", "[...] and [...]aurant [...] lies", "439, Pacific Music Co.", "Steck Pianos", "Wheeler & Wilson, ladies and children's wear, sewing machines", "Le Sage Shoes", "sample shoe sale", "Le Sage Bro", "E.P. Charlton & Co., 5-10 and 15 Cent Store", "shoe sale", "Broadway", "Broadway Hotel Café", "Singer Sewing Machine Co.", "millinery", "Great American Importing Tea Co., crockery and chinaware, teas, coffee and spice, powder, chocolate, baking", "The Narrangans[...], rooms", "C.I.A[lthouse] Palmist", "Glo[...], 421, Paris Kid [...]", "MacGinnis, skirts, suits, waists, dusters", "The Narra...", "Prof. C. Irvin Althouse Scientific Palmist", "894 E. Wilson".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17301
title: View of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]. The busy street is full of people and carriages. Almost all of the people are dressed professionally and all of them are wearing hats. People can be seen conversing with each other, walking down the sidewalk, crossing the street, or riding in their horse-drawn carriages. Streetcar rails run down the middle of the road. Utility wires dangle overhead. The Bank stands about two-stories tall. Column-like buttresses provide support for this Greek-like building. A flagpole stands on top of the roof.; Legible signs include: "Farm[ers and] Mer[chants] National Bank of Los Angeles", "S. Main Street", "[...] Schmidt tailor", "trustee property no. 3, Union Trust Building", "café", "O.T. Johns [...], B[...]", "MacF[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1284
title: Exterior view of the Rosslyn Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, 1905

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Rosslyn Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, 1905. The façade of this four-story building is symmetric. There are two fire escape ladders at each end of the building. Attached to the fire escape ladders is a pipe with valves (faucet) at each fire escape ladder well. The first floor consists mostly of stores with their own unique window advertisements and displays. A man is standing in front of the "wines & liquor" store. To the right of the building is a small shack on the corner of an empty lot. The lot is littered with debris. To the left is Hotel Lexington.; Legible signs include: "Lexington Hotel", "Holmes Book Co.", "Land & Lee's Dictionary", "the Lexington café", "last week price 75¢", "note books", "law and medical", "school books", "regular meals, 25¢", "Hotel Rosslyn dining parlors", "the Hotel Rosslyn", "R.D. Bronson Desk Co.", "433", "Hart Bros. Props", "barber", "429, wines & liquors", "Mont[...] [...]monga, Vineyard Co.", "family trade, solicited, no bar", "XLNT", "A.P. Johnson", "C.J. Ball", "long drinks in small bottles, Aetna Splits, the new size", "up ... feet trim", and "Ed Herwick".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1302
title: Exterior view of the Trenton Hotel on Olive Street, north of 5th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1900

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Trenton Hotel on Olive Street, north of 5th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1900. The building is about eight-stories tall. The foundation is slanted because the street is sloping upward. The windows from the second floor and up are identical. The fire escape ladders situated at both ends of the building run from the second floor up through the cantilever roof. Several bikes are parked along the curb near the dirt road in front of the building. To the left and right of the building are residential houses or apartments. The only legible sign reads: "The Trenton".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1271
title: Exterior view of the Lexington Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Lexington Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, ca.1905. The building is about seven-stories tall. The first floor consists of the hotel's lounge and the offices of Wells Fargo & Company. A man can be seen reading a newspaper (?) in the lounge. A street cleaner sweeps the gutter near adjacent shops. A horse-drawn carriage belonging to Excelsior Laundry service is parked on the dirt road just in front of the Rosslyn Hotel to the right of the Lexington Hotel. Legible signs include: "the Beaumont café and restaurant", "New York tailor", "ladies & gents garment", "50¢", "Fraternal real estate, loan and investment, 651 S. [Main]", "Varney & Green", "California's best beer, Wieland's, extra pale lager", "447", "[dia]monds, jewelry, [...]ocal instruments, arms", "selling out special [...]", "Japanese curios", "Wells Fargo Co. Express", "a trip through the orange groves, Southern Pacific Company, 261 So. Spring St.", "Lexington Hotel", "441, Holmes Book Co., books bought, school books, law and medical books, Laird & Lee's Dictionary, new and old books, Turk, animal", and "Excelsior Laundry, branch office, 111 W. 2nd St., 422-424 S. Los Angeles", "A.P. Jo[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3859
title: View inside the belfry of the Los Angeles Plaza Mission Church and the bells cast by Paul Revere's apprentice George Hollbrook, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of the view inside the belfry of the Los Angeles Plaza Mission Church showing the bells cast by Paul Revere's apprentice George Hollbrook, [s.d.]. The left wall has three arched openings with a bell in each of them. The right wall has only one arched opening where a bell hangs. The clappers of the three bells on the left wall are partially visible and have ropes attached to them. The ropes of the two lower bells are attached to a wooden contraption (used for bell ringing purposes), while the rope for the third bell dangles. The top and lower right bells have raised letterings that read: "G H Hollbrook [...]." The third bell has raised lettering in Latin(?). A wooden cross stands at the highest point of the arched wall on the left. The floor is littered with debris. The plaza is visible below through the three lower arched openings (two on the left wall, and one on the right).; "Across the street from the Plaza and to the west is the Old Plaza Church (535 Main St.), first established in 1784 as a chapel. The oldest religious structure in Los Angeles, this 1822 building is also known as the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. Originally built as a simple adobe by Franciscan Padres with the labor of local Native American Indians, it took an additional 40 years to construct the whole church. This Catholic Church now features some fine modern additions, including a tile mosaic of The Annunciation, created by artist Isabel Piczek in 1981. The interior displays ornate designs of wrought iron and gold leaf. A collection of religious canvases adorn the alter, and murals grace the ceilings. Today, Our Lady Queen of Angels serves as an active church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3860
title: View inside the belfry of the Los Angeles Plaza Mission Church and the bells cast by Paul Revere's apprentice George Hollbrook, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of the view inside the belfry of the Los Angeles Plaza Mission Church showing the bells cast by Paul Revere's apprentice George Hollbrook, [s.d.]. The left wall has three arched openings with a bell in each of them. The right wall has only one arched opening where a bell hangs. The clappers of the three bells on the left wall are partially visible and have ropes attached to them. The ropes of the two lower bells are attached to a wooden contraption (used for bell ringing purposes), while the rope for the third bell dangles. The top and lower right bells have raised letterings that read: "G H Hollbrook [...]." The third bell has raised lettering in Latin(?). A wooden cross stands at the highest point of the arched wall on the left. The floor is littered with debris. The plaza is visible below through the three lower arched openings (two on the left wall, and one on the right). Several men and the fenced-in park area of the plaza can be seen through the lower left opening. The shops along Main Street are visible through the right opening.; "Across the street from the Plaza and to the west is the Old Plaza Church (535 Main St.), first established in 1784 as a chapel. The oldest religious structure in Los Angeles, this 1822 building is also known as the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. Originally built as a simple adobe by Franciscan Padres with the labor of local Native American Indians, it took an additional 40 years to construct the whole church. This Catholic Church now features some fine modern additions, including a tile mosaic of The Annunciation, created by artist Isabel Piczek in 1981. The interior displays ornate designs of wrought iron and gold leaf. A collection of religious canvases adorn the alter, and murals grace the ceilings. Today, Our Lady Queen of Angels serves as an active church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14452
title: Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899

description: Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899. In the extreme foreground, a dirt road can be seen running at an angle from the bottom-right to the mid-left. In the background at right, a crumbling stone wall supported by large wooden sticks can be seen. At left, a long picket fence is visible. Behind the wall at right, a small rectangular building with a slanted roof is visible. To the left, the back of the ruined church can be seen. To the right of church, a small wall with an arched opening supporting a single bell can be seen. In the extreme background at center, a small dome is visible with a cross at its apex.