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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m821
title: Northwest corner of Seventh Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1890

description: Photograph of the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, 1890. A residential area is shown, a picket fence enclosing lawns behind the sidewalk. The street sign for 7th and Flower is shown in the left foreground, a small, lopsided tree in the right. A one-story Victorian-style home with clapboard siding is visible at center behind several trees in its yard. Other, similar houses are partially visible to the left and to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14627
title: Indian grave yard, El Capitan, at Mission Santa Ysabel Asistencia, San Diego, ca.1902

description: Photograph of the indian grave yard, El Capitan, at Mission Santa Ysabel Asistencia (removed 1932), San Diego, ca.1902. Small wooden crosses mark the graves in the cemetery bounded by a picket fence. One grave is marked with a larger wooden cross. A small area within the cemetery is bounded by another picket fence. A few houses are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m535
title: View of Fifth Street looking east to the intersection with Main Street, Los Angeles, 1900

description: Photograph of a view of Fifth Street looking east to the intersection with Main Street, Los Angeles, 1900. An elaborate gate is visible along the sidewalk at left, framed by a topiary archway that grows from a hedgerow that runs the entire length of the gate's wrought-iron fence. The top of a house can just barely be seen over obscuring tree foliage. A group of pedestrians stands beneath a tree on the sidewalk at right. The road is unpaved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m285
title: Hotel Willoughby on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Hotel Willoughby on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The Victorian-style high rise, which was owned by Mrs. E. Hollingsworth, is three stories tall and features a pointed spire at the top of its corner which reads along the rim "[...]ail Bath". Below "Willoughby Hotel" seems to have been written in the display windows to either side of the entrance, although it seems to be an edit added to the negative. A riderless horse-drawn carriage stands parked to the right side. The street is dirty and has streetcar tracks embedded in it. Other, smaller buildings can be seen behind the hotel. Other legible signs include: "Bicycles".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1478
title: Exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion (later the site of the Temple Auditorium) at the intersection of Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion (later the site of the Temple Auditorium) at the intersection of Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The three-story clapboard building features two towers annexed to either side of the main building. A paved path curves in to the left from the bottom center of the frame, lined to each side by grass, trees and other flora. The Pavillion was built in 1887; it contained 4,000 seats and cost a daunting $25,000 to build. In 1906, it was torn down and replaced by the Temple Auditorium, built by the Temple Baptist Church, which later became known as the Philharmonic Auditorium. A second large, mansion-like building can be seen in the distance to the left. Record file reads "Academy of Music".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1477
title: Exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion (later the site of the Temple Auditorium) from the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, ca.1890

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion (later the site of the Temple Auditorium) from the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, ca.1890. The courtyard stands in the extreme foreground, partially obscuring the bottom of the three-story clapboard building with tree foliage. Two spired towers extend from either side of the buildings main entrance, stretching a balcony between them across the top floor. A smaller, square, garage-like building stands to the left. The caption below the image reads "Academy of Music, Fifth and Olive Streets, Exposition Co., Owners".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1704
title: Pen and ink drawing depicting the residence of French Canadian pioneer, Dr. Remi Nadeau (later the site of the Biltmore Hotel), 1880-1888

description: Photograph of a pen and ink drawing depicting the residence of French Canadian pioneer, Dr. Remi Nadeau (later the site of the Biltmore Hotel), on the southwest corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, 1880-1888. Two women play croquet among  the ranks of evenly spaced trees that fill the lawn in front of the clapboard-sided cottage standing at the center. A picket fence surrounds the property while a man has come through the front gate and approaches a riderless horse-drawn carriage. Forest is visible in the background and the road appears to be unpaved. More buildings of similar design can be seen to the back left of the cottage. Treetops are partially visible in the lower left foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m527
title: View of the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, April 1927

description: Photograph of a view of the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, April 1927. A man and a woman stand on the corner with a lot full of parked automobiles behind them, other pedestrians and automobiles navigating the sidewalks and streets. A two-story craftsman-style building stands behind the parked cars, obscured by a palm tree to the left. A sign in front of the lot reads "Julian Service Station / Lightning Gasoline Thunderbolt of Power / Rainbow Motor Oils". High rise buildings fill the background, along with a second craftsman building. A net of streetcar cables extends over the top of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m528
title: View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Flower Street, April 1927

description: Photograph of a view of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Flower Street, April 1927. Several groups of people are gathered around a collection of chairs and a sun umbrella in front of a one-story craftsman-style house with clapboard siding. Several other pedestrians wait on the corner to the right, where several automobiles are parked near a sign that reads "Auto Park Expert Steam Cleaning". Across the street farther right, a larger, electric sign for the auto park stands in front of a long house that is also sided with clapboard. Utility poles, a traffic signal which reads "Go", and a streetlamp stand along the sidewalk. The street is paved and shows streetcar tracks. A high rise building is partially visible in the left background displaying a sign which reads, "[...]er Apartments".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1240
title: Exterior view of the Abbotsford Inn on the corner of Eighth Street and South Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Abbotsford Inn on the corner of Eighth Street and South Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908. People are posed along the porch to the left of the inn, in front of which a riderless horse-drawn carriage is parked along the sidewalk. The Inn itself is three stories tall with a tower-like structure at each corner, sided with clapboard. Balconies are visible attached to the upper levels on the right side. Trees and utility poles obscure the building to the right, where a second carriage can be seen. The street shows streetcar rails embedded in it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1594
title: Exterior view of the Thomas P. McCrae residence on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, before 1912

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Thomas P. McCrae residence (later the site of the Los Angeles Investment Building, then the C.C. Chapman Building) on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, before 1912. A girls stands holding a doll to the left of a woman approximately one third taller than her on the sidewalk in front of the one-story Victorian-style clapboard-veneered home. A third woman sits in a parked horse-drawn carriage to the right. The house's porch and steps are turned to the left. Several of its shutters are open on the camera-facing side.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m650
title: Exterior view of the Marsh-Strong Building on the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Main Street, 1912

description: Photograph of the Marsh-Strong Building (later the Rives-Strong Building) on the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Main Street, 1912. Two policemen stand in the intersection of the two streets, facing the Victorian-style Marsh-Strong Building, which is covered with advertising signs. Other commercial buildings line the streets to either side of it, the Hotel Rose visible to the right. Streetcar rails make a lattice through the street.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Furniture Co.", "Rooms 25 [...] and Up / Entrance [...]", "L.C. Skeels Furniture Store", "Quality Sell[...] Export", "Tinners", "National Percolator Co.", "Emil Browning Co. Sheet Metal Workers. Metal Frames [...]", "Tin Shop", "Automobile Sheet Metal Work", "We Make Hoods and Fenders", "Home Furniture", "Red Cross Dentists", "Painless Dentist", "Open Evenings and Sunday Mornings", "Harmond-Lowe Cigar Co.", "Henkle-Farley Electric & Supply Co.", "Mark Hopkins", "Restaurant", "Tamales", "Waffles", "Agency Yale Motorcycles", "Signs / We Paint Your [...]", and "Power Off".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2578
title: Portrait of David M. (W?) Alexander, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of David M. (W.?) Alexander, ca.1900. He can be seen from the chest up with his shoulders slightly turned to the left. He can be seen looking straight ahead, and he has a short beard and mustache. He has large eyelids and is visible wearing a jacket and bow tie.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1679
title: Portrait of a family in front of their home on Ninth Street between Spring Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1890-1900

description: Photographic portrait of a family in front of their home on Ninth Street between Spring Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1890-1900. A large tree planted along the sidewalk to the left obscures much of the clapboard-sided house, which is separated from the sidewalk by a picket fence. A young woman holds a baby out on her right hip, a sign visible over her head that reads "Ice [...] Call". A second, middle-aged woman sits in a chair on the porch to the left. The gate to the fence is open.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m845
title: View of Eleventh Street looking west from Main Street, showing the residence of O.W. Childs, Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Eleventh Street looking west from Main Street, showing the residence of O.W. Childs, Los Angeles, ca.1910. A man in a suit is walking along the sidewalk on the right side of the unpaved road, where houses can be partially seen behind tree cover. A tall stone-and-wrought-iron building runs the length of the street to the left, enclosing the Childs residence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11712
title: Portrait of two automobiles filled with motorists in front of the O.W. Childs residence on Twelfth Street west of Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1904

description: Photographic portrait of two automobiles filled with motorists in front of the O.W. Childs residence on Twelfth Street west of Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1904. A man and a woman sit in the back of the leftmost automobile while an elderly woman heavily wrapped in clothes sits in front to the right of an empty driver's seat. The subsequent automobile shows a second rider's face just visible beyond the driver. The property of O.W. Childs is visible beyond the picket fence in the background, but no house is markedly visible. The road appears to be unpaved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m479
title: View of Twelfth Street and Hill Street looking southwest from the house of O.W. Childs, Los Angeles, ca.1875

description: Photograph of a view of Twelfth Street and Hill Street looking southwest from the house of O.W. Childs, Los Angeles, ca.1875. A dirt road cuts horizontally through the center of the frame, a dry yard with trees and a curving dirt path enclosed to the bottom right by a post-and-rail fence, a second yard partially visible to the lower left enclosed by a picket fence. Across the road, crop rows are visible to the left of a collection of small cottage-style houses, in front of which is a long tract of cleared land.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m504
title: View of Third Street looking west from the corner of Hill Street, showing the Crocker residence, Los Angeles, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of Third Street looking west from the corner of Hill Street, showing the Crocker residence, Los Angeles, ca.1898. Pedestrians make their way down the left sidewalk as a horse-drawn carriages makes its way up the paved street. The First Congregational Church is visible to the right, with homes visible behind it, while the porch of a Victorian-style house is visible to the left with a scalloped veneer. The Crocker mansion is visible on the hill to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m65
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles over the intersection of Second Street and Broadway looking east, ca.1878

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles over the intersection of Second Street and Broadway looking east, ca.1878. The intersecting roads are barely visible behind the residential blocks to the left, which are filled with one-story houses packed closely together but in no apparent order. On the right side of the street, midway up the frame, the First Presbyterian Church is fully visible, with its impressively tall spire. Farther back from this a store that advertises "Groceries & Provisions" can be seen, beyond which St. Vibiana's Cathedral stands in the center distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m934
title: Exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Second Street and Broadway, looking southeast, Los Angeles, after 1881

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Second Street and Broadway, looking southeast, Los Angeles, after 1881. A horse-drawn coach stands parked in the street to the right of the Gothic 1st Presbyterian Church and its impressively tall spire. A man stands in the unpaved street farther to the right. A wrought-iron fence enclosed a garden of topiary across the street to the left. The Jewish Synagogue can be seen behind the church to the right. The church was located at the south-east corner of Broadway and Second Street; it was sold in 1897, and presumed demolished soon thereafter.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3271
title: Portrait of a family at the Old Duin (?) Ranch house at the intersection of Western Avenue and Lemon Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1862-1863

description: Photographic portrait of a family at the Old Duin (?) Ranch house at the intersection of Western Avenue and Lemon Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1862-1863. A man in a vest holds his unsaddled horse by the reigns. To his left, an elderly woman and a middle-aged woman tending a toddler girl stand by a thin tree. Behind them a second man in a hat holds a second horse. The earth beneath them appears to be tilled, and a small cottage stands bordered by picket fence behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4933
title: Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1875

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1875. Broadway cuts up through the center of the frame, wide and unpaved. It is lined to either side by residential blocks full of one-story craftsman-style houses arranged in no apparent order. A hill is partially visible in the lower left foreground and mountains are visible in the distance. Compares to: CHS-6908 6954 7078 7388 7390. These images show similar views of Sonora Town during differing years.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4919
title: Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking east from Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Sonora Town looking east from Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1885. Residential houses are arranged in blocks in no apparent order. A chimney in the distance billows smoke. Just beyond, open land dappled with trees creates and interlude barren of houses before a second residential area is visible at the base of the mountains in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13407
title: Pedro Orlingwitch's house in Agua Caliente at Warner's Ranch, ca.1898

description: Photograph of Pedro Orlingwitch (Indian) standing in front of his adobe house in Agua Caliente at Warner's Ranch, ca.1898. His wife, Maria, and Francesca Chintincat are sitting on the ground beside the chimney making baskets. The roof is thatched. A wagon is visible behind the house at left. A ladder is leaning against the house at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4932
title: Birdseye view of Sonora Town from Fort Hill, Los Angeles, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Sonora Town from Fort Hill, Los Angeles, ca.1885. A residential area is shown, with homes arranged on blocks in no apparent order. The town becomes more commercial to the left beyond the flagpole that stands to the right of center, and several of the buildings advertise via signs. Mountains are visible beyond hills in the background, on which a cemetery can be seen enclosed by fencing to the left. Legible signs include: "Flour Mills Capitol Milling Co.". Compares to: CHS-6908 6954 7078 7388 7390. These photos show a similar view of Sonora Town during differing time periods.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4949
title: Homes along an unpaved Castelar Street looking north from Sunset Blvd., Sonora Town, ca.1880

description: Photograph of homes along an unpaved Castelar Street looking north from Sunset Blvd., Sonora Town, ca.1880. A squat, one-story adobe and an elevated craftsman-style house stand along the left side of the road along with windmill and a cluster of trees. To the right, a third house can be seen, also one-story, partially obscured by tree foliage. A tall antenna or weather vain appears to extend from its roof. Hills can be seen beyond the trees in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4936
title: View of Justica Street looking north from Temple Street in Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a view of Justica Street looking north from Temple Street in Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1880. A ridge is visible in the foreground, dropping down to a dirt road that caps a hill in the distance. The road is lined to either side by one- and two-story houses. An empty lot surrounded by fence is situated in the right foreground. Mountains are visible in the right distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4934
title: Birdseye view across Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1870-1879

description: Photograph of a birdseye view across Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1870-1879. Two small, one-story rancher- or saltbox-style houses are visible behind a picket fence in the foreground, each having circular walkways in their courtyard. A rudimentary sidewalk and unpaved road with a milestone are visible in front of them, while the rest of the residential Sonora Town is visible after a cleared interval. Mountains are visible in the distance. Picture file card reads: "Payne photo.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4947
title: View of San Pedro Street looking south from Seventh Street (First Street?), showing the Woodworth residence and tower, Los Angeles, ca.1868

description: Photograph of a view of San Pedro Street looking south from Seventh Street (First Street?), showing the Woodworth residence and tower, Los Angeles, ca.1868. The Woodworth residence is visible at the end of the unpaved street, its tower extending from its top roof. Other small shack-like buildings are situated around the street. A large intersection stands in the centerground. A building is partially visible in the lower left foreground. The tops of trees are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1295
title: Exterior view of the Van Nuys Hotel on the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1902

description: Photograph of the Van Nuys Hotel on the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1902. The six-story block building stands at center on the corner, a cloth canopy extended out from the entrance to either side. A horse-drawn carriage is parked along the sidewalk to the right, while more buildings are visible in the distance along the street to the left, where a square truck has parked. A sign in the left distance reads "[...] Retail Pure Drugs [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m764
title: View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905

description: Photograph of a view of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905. Two policemen stand at the center of the intersection while pedestrians and traffic whiz by. Behind them, a large commercial block of two- to three-story buildings advertise via signs. Streetcar tracks are visible embedded in the road.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Dentist", "Y-B Havana Cigars", "Kahn's", "You Always Pay $15 for $25 Suits", "Restaurant", "Florist", "Floral Design", "Hygenic Baths", "A.K. Brauer and Co. Tailors for Men Who Know", "California Dental Parlors", "Hair Emporium", "Medical", "State Dispensary", "Lomax", "Blue Blood Shoe Store", "We Guarantee Every Case We Treat", "Drugs", "Echo Tavern", "Harris Frank", and "Shanghai".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4940
title: Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931. A residential area is shown with blocks filled by houses arranged around open lots or lawns. Automobiles navigate the wide paved road that cuts up the image to the left of center. Mountains are visible in mist behind hills in the distance. A high rise building and a water tower are visible to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17958
title: San Gabriel Mission Adobe at 328 West Mission Boulevard, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a San Gabriel Mission Adobe at 328 West Mission Boulevard, [s.d.]. The adobe, built in 1776, is situated along a small dirt road. It features a patio with an overhang supported by columns which have been overgrown by ivy. It's roof is shingled. Two palms stand in front of the entrance to the left. A third palm stands in the right foreground. Picture file card reads: "Voney E. Howard-1872-1880. Gervais Purcell family.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14628
title: Indians washing in hot springs, Agua Caliente, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Indians washing in hot springs, Agua Caliente, ca.1900. There are six people gathered around a small stream -- old man with white beard and hat, fat woman scrubbing, two boys(?) behind her, older woman on other side of stream holding little girl. There is a wooden chair behind the man. There are a few trees around them. A house is visible up the slope in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14070
title: Cultivated rows of Golden Calla Lillies, ca.1920

description: Photograph of cultivated rows of Golden Calla Lillies, ca.1920. The pitcher-like blooms of the lillies are pictured in two rows in the foreground, while to either side of them taller species of flowers can be seen. A clearing and trees can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2524
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles from Court House Hill, ca. early 1870's

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles from Court House Hill, ca. early 1870's. The commercial and industrial area is shown, a number of high rise buildings advertising various things via signs posted on their exteriors. A lavish building with a central tower, possibly the Los Angeles Prison, is visible to the back left. A two-lane road is visible in the right background, along with mountains, where the residential area begins.