cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1472
title: View of San Luis Obispo, showing a swath of field, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of San Luis Obispo, showing a swath of field, ca.1900. At center, a small shed stands just in front of what appears to be a post-and-rail fence, beyond which a swath of grassy field can be seen. To the right, a dirt road bends down the middle of the town, which is pictured in the distance, filled with residences. Hazy mountains can be seen on the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18883
title: Exterior view of the Mission Santa Clara from the road, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission Santa Clara from the road, ca.1900. The chapel of the mission is pictured to the right of center, its clapboard-sided bell tower attached to its left side. Farther left, a dark one-story adobe building appears to be extending from the chapel, behind a picket fence. A dirt road cuts across the frame, a cross on the side opposite oof the chapel. The silhouettes of pedestrians can be seen near the gate that leads into the chapel's main doors.; Picture file card attributes the following to Charles B. Terrill: "I copied the Daguerotype, probably made by Ford previous to 1858. This daguerotype is at Santa Clara".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1772
title: Exterior view of the Casa de Don Delores Sepulveda from the front with garden, ca.1884

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Casa de Don Delores Sepulveda from the front with garden, ca.1884. The long, one-story adobe is shown at center, a picket fence surrounding its peremiter. Two doorways can be seen on the right side of the house, while the front entrance appears to be comprised of only one door, which stands behind a garden trellis just inside the fence. Wooden shingles cover the roof, in which a small metal chimney is visible. Scrub vegetation fills the dusty soil in front of the house, some of it overrunning the house's fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18884
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Diego Alcala, ca.1888-1892

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Diego Alcala, ca.1888-1892. The mission is shown in disrepair with its chapel at center. A shingled overhang extends from the center of the two-story adobe chapel, whose left wall has lost most of its spackle, showing most of its bricks, which appear to be collapsing. To the right, the one-story monks' quarters have been stripped almost entirely of their spackle, extending from a slightly taller, roofed building. The crumbling brick wall of what may be the back half of the chapel is visible, completely separate from the separated front half. Scrub grass fills the dusty ground in front of the mission, while mountains may be seen in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18885
title: Grape arbor at Mission San Luis Obispo, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a grape arbor at Mission San Luis Obispo, ca.1900. The top of the arbor fills most of the top of the image, vines hanging gently through their trellis. Farther back, at the end of the arbor, an doorway in an adobe wall can be seen next to a barred window to the left. The left side of the arbor is open, continuing out into what appears to be a flower garden. The right side of the arbor is closed by a slatted wooden wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9665
title: Painting depicting a cattle stampede, by W.R. Leigh, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a painting depicting a cattle stampede, by W.R. Leigh, ca.1880. A cowboy wearing a hat and carrying a gun and a rope at his side gallops on his darkly-colored house in front while another cowboy can be seen flipping over his lightly-colored horse as it trips. A flurry of cattle can be seen behind them with their heads low and their horns pointed towards the foreground. Another cowboy can be seen in the back on the left shooting at the cattle to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6251
title: San Francisco firemen in front of the San Diego County Court House, September 11, 1894

description: Photographic portrait of San Francisco firemen in front of the San Diego County Court House, September 11, 1894. A large group of firemen in their uniforms are organized into three distinct ranks, behind which a less organized group can be seen. To the left, early fire engines are visible parked in the street, while a small brass band comprised of firemen can be seen to the front right with horse-drawn carriages behind. In the background, a number of men in suits stand on the lawn of the three-story court house whose clock tower is adorned with a number of statues. A fountain is also visible on the lawn. Inscribed on the image, "Compliments of A. B. Carones to D. A. Moriarty, Chief L.A.F.D.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6256
title: Dog and cat fight, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a dog and cat fight, ca.1930. The cat is on the left facing the center with both front paws in the air. The cat is dark with stripes all over the fur. The dog is on the right, also with both front paw in the air. The dog is lightly-colored except for the dark ears face. The dog has a dark color with shining notches across it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14707
title: Group of people sitting on the fallen General Johnson Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a 11 group of people sitting on the fallen General Johnson Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California. Two ladders lean against the massive trunk. It is called "General Johnson" because for many years before it fell, it leaned toward the south.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14242
title: Ruins of Mission Santa Margarita, ca.1888-1889

description: Photograph of ruins of Mission Santa Margarita, ca.1888-1889. A wooden rail fence is on the right. The six people in front of the ruin include Mrs. Clendenen, Rev. Fred Field, wife and daughter. The ground is overgrown with scrub brush.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18399
title: The painting "Innocence" depicting the Madonna and child with a lamb, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Innocence" by Bourguereau depicting the Madonna and child with a lamb, [s.d.]. The Madonna is central, appearing as a young woman dressed in lightly colored cloth. A diaphanous shawl drapes over her head. She holds a sleeping infant to her chest with her right arm, while holding a lamb to her with her left. The backdrop suggests that she is in a forest.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18340
title: Detail shot of the painting "The Immaculate Conception", by Murillo, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a detail shot of the painting "The Immaculate Conception", by Murillo, [s.d.]. A collection of four cherubs are shown at the hem of what appears to be a man's robe. The two most central of them cradle flowers and the stalk of another plant. The remaining two fade into the peripheral shadows.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18448
title: Painting  "The Madonna of the Humble"  by Robert Ferazzi, depicting the Madonna with child, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting  "The Madonna of the Humble"  by Robert Ferazzi, depicting the Madonna with child, [s.d.]. The Madonna is pictured from the waist up. She is turned to the side, and cradles an infant in her tattered clothes, her hood pulled halfway over her head. The infant wears white. The picture file card lists this painting as "New Madonna".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18400
title: The painting "The Annunciation" depicting the Madonna backed by an angel and cherubim, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "The Annunciation" depicting the Madonna backed by an angel and cherubim, [s.d.]. The Madonna is shown slightly off to the left of center, draped in a hemmed robe. A halo serves as the backdrop for her head. Her fingertips are touched together in prayer while her eyes look down and to the right. Behind her, an androgynous angel stands on a cloud and holds its right hand above its haloed head creating a second halo about which the outlines of cherubs and a dove can be seen. Picture file card reads "Saint Gabriel".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18257
title: The painting "Christ and the Young Rich Ruler" by Hofmann, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Christ and the Young Rich Ruler" by Hofmann, [s.d.]. Christ is shown slightly to the left dressed in robes, gesturing to a thin, elderly man being helped to his feet by a woman farther at the left. To the right, a young man dressed in fine robes looks, but appears disinterested, possibly even averting his eyes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18321
title: Head of Christ, detail from the painting "Christ and the Rich Young Man", [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the head of Christ, detail from the painting "Christ and the Rich Young Man", [s.d.]. Christ's face is shown in detail from the painting, his head inclined slightly to the right. A halo is gently implied by light and shadow around his hair.  Picture file card reads: "Detail just as Christ is sayng 'Sell that thou hast and give to the poor'. Among the most nearly successful painters of the Saviour, Herr Hofmann may be safely reckoned. He is eminently the Christ painter of modern times and his numerous pictures form the wonderful ife are great favorites with the engravers and th religious sort of art-lovers".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18256
title: The painting "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" by Hofmann, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" by Hofmann, [s.d.]. Christ is shown kneeling prostrate at a slab of rock, his hands folded out on it in front of him. He looks skyward towards the left, a halo of light emanating from his head. In the background, his disciples heads can be made out speaking amongst themselves. The clouds above are dark, and a thorny bramble can be seen edging in from the left foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18255
title: The painting "Mary Magdalene" by Hofmann, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Mary Magdalene" by Hofmann, [s.d.]. The torso and head of a woman dressed in what appear to be burlap clothes is shown, clasping her hands in prayer. She looks up from a book, which lays open in front of her. A thin halo is visible above her head while mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14708
title: Portrait of Judge Manuel Requena, ca.1830-1880

description: Photographic portrait of Judge Manuel Requena, ca.1830-1880. He is visible from his lower legs to his head and is looking straight ahead while his body is turned slightly to the left. He is dressed in a three-piece suit and is wearing a cravat. Born 1802 in Yucatan, Mexico, he came to Los Angeles in 1834. He was the first county recorder and on the first board of county supervisors (1852).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18322
title: Painting by Bodenhausen depicting the Madonna, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting by Bodenhausen depicting the Madonna, [s.d.]. The painting, which the picture file card lists simply as "Madonna" shows a woman in the middle of what appears to be a cloudly sky draped in white linen. She holds a naked infant and looks to the right. Although there is no ground, she appears to stand with gravity, rather than float or fall. Her hair is dark and long.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18253
title: Head of Christ, detail from the painting "Christ in the Garden of Gethesemane" by Hofmann, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the head of Christ, detail from the painting "Christ in the Garden of Gethesemane" by Hofmann, [s.d.]. A detail shot from CHS-8708, Christ's head is pictured looking off and up to the left, imploringly. Christ's shoulders are visible, along with his arms, which appear outstretched before him. A halo of light is visible around his head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18325
title: Painting by Gabriel Max depicting the madonna and child, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting by Gabriel Max depicting the Madonna and Child, [s.d.]. The Madonna is pictured from the waist up, draped in thin material. She looks directly at the viewer, and holds a swaddled toddler in her lap, who tugs at his own ear. The background is textured but otherwise indistinguishable.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18328
title: Painting by Franz von Defreggen depicting the madonna and child, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Madonna and Christ" by von Defreggen, [s.d.]. The Madonna is shown in a white tunic, a colored shawl draped over her head which poses in three-quarters profile. Her hair is dark and shoulder length. She holds an infant with light hair on her left hip. The child looks directly out of the frame to the viewer.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18332
title: The painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to bells, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to a set of bells, [s.d.]. Three angels float between two large belfry bells while doves and other birds fly towards them. The central angel appears to be lifting the upper bell, his counterpart to the left, tugging at the cord and riding the bell below him. The third angel, at bottom, simply floats, gesturing towards the two bells, enraptured. A gargoyle can be seen in the lower right corner.; Of the original painting, whose dimensions are listed as 12 feet by 16 feet, the picture file card credits A.G. Hopkins as saying, "Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1891 where it recieved international recognition and also at our World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Mr. Blashfield still has this pictured and the most countless reproductions give him great pleasure. It is considered on the the great classics of the 19th century".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18336
title: Painting of the Madonna of the Flowers by Barabin, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Madonna of the Flowers" by Barabin, [s.d.]. The Madonna is pictured standing at center in a prospect of flowers, dressed in a dark robe. A light kercheif is tied around her head, obscuring her features. She holds a light-haired infant in her arms, swaddled in the excess of her kercheif.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18402
title: Painting by Nathalde Sidel depicting the Madonna and Child, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting by Nathalde Sidel depicting the Madonna and Child, [s.d.]. A woman and infant boy are pictured looking directly at the viewer. The woman is clothed in a darker dress on her lower half, while her head and shoulders are draped in a lightly-colored material that suggests translucence. The child sits to the left on her right thigh, its right arm and hand extended in some type of genuflection. It is loosely swaddled in a cloth that is indeed diaphanous. Haloes are pictured behind both figures' heads. Details in the background emerge from the dark, chiaroscuro background to suggest wooden planks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18319
title: The painting "Mater Dolorosa" by Reni (Dolci?), [s.d.]

description: Photograph of  the painting "Mater Dolorosa" by Reni (Dolci?), [s.d.]. A woman's partially cowled face is pictured in black and white looking upwards. Much of the woman's shoulders blend into the shadows of the background. A shaft of light illuminates the center of her face. There is some confusion as to whether or not this is "Weeping Magdalene" by Carlo Dolci as described on the back of the photoprint. However, a comparison of the two painters' use of light and shadow as well as their depictions of women's faces points more closely towards Reni, listed on the picture file card.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14720
title: Observatory Peak from Mount Lowe [Wilson?], California

description: Photograph of Observatory Peak from Mount Lowe [Wilson?], California. Also Mount San Gabriel[?].
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18320
title: The painting "Weeping Magdalene" by Carlo Dolci depicting a woman's face in detail, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Weeping Magdalene" by Carlo Dolci depicting a woman's face in detail, [s.d.]. A young woman is pictured in bust, her dark locks draping over her bare shoulders. She gazes upwards to the right, her head slightly inclined to the left. Her face is shown in three-quarters profile, blending into the shadows of the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18401
title: Painting by Adolphe Siefert depicting the haloed head of Mary Magdalene, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Magdalene" by Siefert, [s.d.]. Mary's head is shown beneath a hood while she looks off to the right in three-quarters profile. Her shoulders are also pictured, draped in robes. Behind her, a circle of light circumscibes a halo around her head, nearly touching the edges of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18338
title: The painting "Ruth" by Hyland, depicting a woman carrying wheat, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Ruth" by Hyland, depicting a woman carrying wheat, [s.d.]. A woman is shown from the thighs up, clothed in what appears to be a work dress. Her hair is held back by a kercheif. She holds a bundle of unthrashed wheat beneath her left arm. He body faces right while she stares out toward the viewer. More wheat is visible behind her in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18337
title: The painting "Madonna of the Rose" by Grassi (Grasse?), [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Madonna of the Rose" by Grassi (Grasse?), [s.d.]. The Madonna and child are pictured. The Madonna is seated on a stone wall, dressed in a darkly colored gown. A white scarf is wrapped around her head. She holds the naked child on her thigh while she looks down to the right in order to pick a rose, which the child also reaches for. Mountains are visible behind them, framed by an arch.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18416
title: The painting "The Guardian Angel" by Gus Schroeter, depicting an angel guiding a child through the forest, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "The Guardian Angel" by Gus Schroeter, depicting an angel guiding a child through the forest, [s.d.]. A young girl, clothed in what appears to be a dress contemporary of the late ninteenth century, walks across a narrow bridge carrying a pitcher and a bouquet of flowers. The railing of the bridge is broken, and a dark forest is hinted at in the shadows of the upper background. Behind the young girl, a female angel dressed in a diaphanous white gown rises from the drop below to help the girl along, placing a hand at her back. A small start floats above the angel's head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18414
title: The painting "Mary and Child" by Czech, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Mary and Child" by Czech, [s.d.]. Mary is shown embracing the naked child in her arms, her face turning away from the viewer. Her robes are lightly colored and appear to be heavy and rich in texture. In addition to her flower garland, a halo floats above her head and likewise the child, who looks directly at the viewer.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18415
title: The painting "Evening Prayer" by Kowalksi depicting a woman guiding a child through prayer, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Evening Prayer" by Kowalksi depicting a woman guiding a child through prayer, [s.d.]. The woman, dressed in her nightgown, sits to the left on what appears to be a bed or a marble slab. The child, kneeling with her hands folded in the woman's lap for prayer, is partially obscured by the woman's knees. In the right background, objects that appear to be lily petals sit beneath the edges of what might be a carpenter's lathe of some sort, suggesting that they are perhaps wood shavings. A window to the left backlights the figures, turning the woman's face into a silhouette and heavily shadowing the child's.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18417
title: The painting "Arrival of the Shepherds" by LeRolle depicting spectators at the birth of Christ, 1885

description: Photograph of  the painting "Arrival of the Shepherds" by LeRolle depicting spectators at the birth of Christ, 1885. Persons who appear to be Joseph and Mary are pictured here in the right background, illuminated by a beam of light while they tend to what is presumably the infant Jesus. Farther in the foreground at right, a donkey can be seen lounging in the shadows. Focal to the piece but draped in shadow as well, to the left four shepherds wait and watch in awe from behind one of the beams of the manger. The picture file card also lists this partially as "Adoration of the ...".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18418
title: The painting "Christ and the Fishermen" by Zimmerman, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Christ and the Fishermen" by Zimmerman, [s.d.]. Christ is pictured seated to the right, his hands extended to touch the forearm of the wizened fisherman holding a net to the left, with whom he talks. Directly behind this man, two younger fisheman can be seen attending as well. In the left background, a fourth fisherman pushes his boat in to shore. To the right, tree leaves are pictured hanging in from outside the frame.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7607
title: Pacific Grove from the shore across the cove

description: Photograph of the along Pacific Grove from across the cove or inlet of the ocean. Looking straight up a broad avenue among a small group of dwellings. The shore in the foreground is grassy with rocks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18419
title: The painting "Head of Christ" by Zimmerman, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Head of Christ" by Zimmerman, [s.d.]. The head of Christ is portrayed in profile, and in dark hues, making his hair, shoulders and beard merge with the surrounding shadows. As a result, only a small portion of his face is actually visible in detail. A similarly lit background acts to frame the shape of his head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18420
title: The painting "Peter and John Going to the Sepulcher" by Bernard, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Peter and John Going to the Sepulcher" by Bernard, [s.d.]. Two men are shown from the hips up in dusty robes, making their way through the desert. Both men face left: the frontmost man is elderly and wears a salt-and-pepper beard. His robe is dark, and he clutches one of his hands to the breast of it. The second man wears a lightly colored robe and appears to be relatively young. He clasps his hands in front of himself.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18258
title: The painting "Christ and the Adultress" by Hofmann, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Christ and the Adultress" by Hofmann, [s.d.]. Christ is pictured at center with a young woman at his feet, surrounded by a crowd. A halo around his head, he gestures downward towards her, his face turned to the right seemingly emploring those around him, who together are rather motley. Clerics can be seen in their ceremonial robes to either side of Christ, while other spectators range from a Roman guard to a naked child. The marble arches of the building they are inhabiting fill the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18413
title: The painting "Suffer the Little Children" by Plockhorst, depicting Jesus being attended by children in the wilderness, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a the painting "Suffer the Little Children" by Plockhorst, depicting Jesus being attended by children in the wilderness, [s.d.]. Christ sits on the edge of what appears to be a stone well and lifts a small young boy onto his knee. Other children move towards him away from the group of women to the left that appear to be their various mothers. Deeper, behind these women, the faces of two elderly gentlemen merge into the shadows beneath a tree. In the right distance, shepherds move towards the scene from out of the mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18252
title: Painting by Hofmann depicting the head of Christ without a halo, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting by Hofmann depicting the head of Christ without a halo, [s.d.]. Christ is pictured from the shoulders up, facing the viewer. He appears to have a burlap tunic over his torso, which is in turn partially covered by what appears to be linen robes. See CHS-8734 for a nearly identical painting in which Christ maintains a halo.