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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13068
title: Aviator Willam Atwater at the controls of a Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Willam Atwater at the controls of a Curtiss pusher at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The aircraft is at left and is facing to the right. It is a wood and canvas plane with a pusher propeller and tricycle landing gear. Atwater is seated near the front of the plane and is wearing a light shirt and dark pants. The wide dirt runway is lined with observers and automobiles in the distance. There is a row of advertising banners at left, including one banner advertising "Oil Rights".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14915
title: Moonlight on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, 1900-1902

description: Photograph of the moonlight on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, 1900-1902. Half Dome and Washington Column are visible in the background beyond a thick forest of fir trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14251
title: Century plant on Pico Boulevard near Figueroa Street, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Century plant (Agave Americana) on Pico Boulevard near Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. A dwelling surrounded by a short picket fence is visible in background. Another dwelling is visible next to the first dwelling. A few other trees and plants are in the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13064
title: Aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "baby" Wright glider at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "baby" Wright glider at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The biplane glider is in the air at center. It is a wooden plane with canvas-covered control surfaces and ski-type landing gear. Parmelee is seated in the center of the aircraft. Five people clad in dark suits are scattered around on the flat ground below the plane.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13063
title: Aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "Baby Wright" biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "Baby Wright" biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The wood and canvas biplane is silhouetted at center, flying towards the left. It has twin wings, twin vertical tails, and a combination of skis and wheels for landing. It is a pusher design. There is a large crowd on the ground at left, and many of the people are seated in early-model automobiles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13385
title: Aviator Tom Gunn posing for a picture with one of the Eaton brothers at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, ca.1925

description: Photograph of aviator Tom Gunn posing for a picture with one of the Eaton brothers at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, ca.1925. Gunn is at left and is looking slightly to the right. He is wearing a dark suit, dark hat, and a light collared shirt. Eaton is at right and is wearing a dark jacket and hat with a light shirt and dark bowtie. They are standing in front of a wood and canvas biplane. Gunn was the first Chinese person to learn to fly.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13051
title: Two parachutists dropping from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910

description: Photograph of two parachutists dropping from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910. The balloon is at right and is a large round sack filled with air. There appears to be smoke coming from it. One of the parachutes is at the top of the image and is a round parachute with light coloring. The other parachute is in the lower left corner and is also round, although it is darker in color.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13080
title: Aviators Farnum Fish and Lincoln Beachey in flight at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviators Farnum Fish and Lincoln Beachey at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Two biplanes are aloft and are flying towards the camera at center. The lower plane is a Wright biplane with long canvas covered wings. The other plane is darker in color and is climbing slightly to the left. It is also a biplane and is smaller than the Wright. The dirt runway beneath the planes is completely flat, and there are several wooden buildings on the left side. A lone person is standing on the horizon at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13082
title: Parachutist dropping from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of a parachutist dropping from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The round balloon is at center and is spewing dark smoke. The parachutist is seen directly below the balloon at center. A small biplane is in the air at right and is flying to the left. A large crowd is on the ground at center and the people are gathered near their early-model automobiles as they watch the spectacle overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13370
title: Elmer Cook at the controls of a Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of Elmer Cooke at the controls of a Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Cooke is at center and is facing the right. He is holding a control wheel in front of him and his other hand is reaching for another control. He is wearing a heavy jacket and gloves, as well as a hat with ear covers and goggles. His plane is a biplane with canvas-covered wings and the engine is mounted directly behind the pilot. There are two men holding a long rod attached to the plane at left, and another biplane is visible in the distance at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13081
title: Aviator Farnum Fish in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912 (1916?)

description: Photograph of aviator Farnum Fish in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912 (1916?). The biplane is airborne at center and is climbing to the left. It has a wooden frame with canvas covered control surfaces. Two skis and four wheels compose the landing gear. Fish is visible as he sits in the middle of the plane at the controls.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13079
title: Aviator Farnum Fish aloft with a passenger at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Farnum Fish aloft with a passenger at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The Wright biplane is airborne at center and is silhouetted against a cloudy sky. It has two long wings and skis and wheels make up the landing gear. There is a crowd of people gathered on the ground around a row of early-model automobiles at left, and three horseback riders are at center. There are two low buildings at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14916
title: Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California, 1850-1930

description: Photograph of Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California, 1850-1930.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13083
title: Double parachute drop from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of a double parachute drop from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The large, teardrop-shaped balloon is at center and is spewing smoke from the top. The two parachutes are also at center, but are much lower in the sky. One is dark and the other is light, and both are round. A large crowd is gathered below the falling objects, and several early-model automobiles as well as a biplane are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13078
title: Aviator J. Clifford Turpin (Louis Paulhan?) and Miss Ferris aloft in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, ca.1912

description: Photograph of aviator J. Clifford Turpin (Louis Paulhan?) and Miss Ferris aloft in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, ca.1912. The large biplane has just taken off from a dirt runway at center and is flying towards the camera. It has two broad wings and two propellers, which are driven by an engine behind the passengers. Turpin and Ferris are at the center of the aircraft. Two other biplanes are visible on the runway in the distance, and a crowd is watching from bleachers at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13073
title: Lincoln Beachey and Horace Kearny in flight at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of Lincoln Beachey and Horace Kearny in flight at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The two aviators are in separate Curtiss biplanes that are both airborne and silhouetted against a cloudy sky. Both planes have tricycle landing gear and are flying to the left. A large crowd is gathered on the ground at left, and many of the people are standing near early-model automobiles. There is a man on a horse at the right side of the crowd.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13071
title: Aviator Howard Gill in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Howard Gill in a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The large biplane can be seen flying at center flying forward . It has two broad wings and twin pusher propellers. Gill is seated in the middle of the plane, slightly to the right of center. A large crowd of people and early-model automobiles is gathered on the ground at right, while several large buildings are visible in the distance at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13077
title: Aviator J. Clifford Turpin aloft with a passenger at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator J. Clifford Turpin aloft with a passenger at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Turpin's large Wright biplane is at center, flying towards the camera. The silhouettes of two people can be seen at the center of the aircraft, and they are flanked by two large propellers. On the ground directly below the biplane is a Curtiss biplane, and a small group of people is standing around it. A larger group of people is standing at right near a wooden fence, and a very large group of spectators in automobiles lines the runway at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13349
title: Aviator William Hoff behind the wheel of a biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, January 1912

description: Photograph of aviator William Hoff behind the wheel of a biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, January 1912. Hoff is seated in his aircraft at center and has both hands on a steering wheel in front of him. He is wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt and a hard helmet. There is a ring on his finger at left. The canvas-covered upper wing of the airplane is visible behind and above the pilot's head, and a canard fore plane is visible in front of him. There is a man leaning on the plane at left and another man in a suit standing behind the plane at right. Photoprint reads: "He placed 2nd or 3rd in every event he entered".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19910
title: Aviators Philip Parmelee and J. Clifford Turpin flying Wright biplanes at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviators Philip Parmelee and J. Clifford Turpin flying Wright biplanes at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The two identical planes are both airborne and are flying at approximately the same altitude. Both planes have two sets of long, broad wings, two propellers, and a combination of skis and wheels for landing gear. A large crowd is gathered around early automobiles and biplanes on the ground at left, and a grandstand is full of people on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13072
title: Aviator Hillary Beachey, brother of Lincoln Beachey, in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Hillery Beachey, brother of Lincoln Beachey, in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. His biplane is climbing to the right at center. It is a wood-framed planed with canvas-covered wing and tail surfaces. The plane is flying over a smooth dirt runway. A crowd is gathered on the far side of the runway, and several early-model automobiles are visible. In front of the crowd at center is a grounded monoplane.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13062
title: Aviator Philip Orin Parmelee flying over the hangars and field at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee flying over the hangars and field at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Parmelee's biplane is high in the air at center and is flying towards the camera while banking to the right. On the ground below, a large tent serving as a hangar is visible at right, and a low wooden building is at left. There is an American flag billowing in the wind near the building. Several cars are parked around the building, and the outline of an airplane can be made out in the tent.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13061
title: Aviators Elmer Cook and Philip Parmelee in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviators Elmer Cook and Philip Parmelee in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The two pilots are flying identical Curtiss biplanes and both are climbing to the right at low altitude. The plane at left appears to have just taken off, while the one on the right is higher in the sky. The planes have two large sets of canvas wings and tricycle landing gear. A line of early-model automobiles is arrayed on the far side of the runway at center, and a crowd of people is gathered around them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14917
title: Woman (Miss Loomis?) standing on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902

description: Photograph of a woman (Miss Loomis?) standing on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902. She is waving. Below her is a vertical 3,257 foot drop. Mountain peaks and ranges are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13069
title: Aviator William Atwater in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator William Atwater in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Atwater's Curtiss biplane is at center and is flying towards the camera while banking to the right. It has two broad sets of canvas wings with a small control surface between the wings on each side. The Curtiss planes were unique in having tricycle landing gear, and this feature is visible under the plane. Two other biplanes are following Atwater's in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13076
title: Aviator Lincoln Beachey performing a stunt in his airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Lincoln Beachey performing a stunt in his airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Beachey's Curtiss biplane is at center and is flying towards the camera while banking to the right. It has two long, canvas-covered wings and a tricycle undercarriage. There are two identical wooden buildings at right with large open doors on their front sides. Aside from these buildings, the fields over which the plane is flying are empty.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13359
title: Pilot William Atwater at the controls of his airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of pilot William Atwater at the controls of his airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Atwater is seated at center and is holding a steering wheel in front of him while looking straight ahead. He is wearing a light shirt, dark pants, dark gloves, and a dark cap. The canvas wings of his aircraft are visible at top and bottom, and the plane's engine is mounted behind Atwater's head. The number thirteen is painted on the air filter on the engine.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13066
title: Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Mr. Atwater is at center and is wearing a dark suit with a light collared shirt and a dark bowtie. He is wearing a dark cap backwards on his head and can be seen smiling. At right are two women with their backs to the camera, one with a light dress and hat and the other with a dark outfit. At left are a man and a woman. The woman is at extreme left and is wearing a dark dress with a light hat and is looking to the left. Next to her is a man in a dark suit with a dark bowler on his head. Several other blurry people can be seen near a tent in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13060
title: Aviator Philip Parmelee flying over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Philip Parmelee flying over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912. Parmelee's Wright biplane is climbing at center towards the camera. It is a large aircraft with long wings, two propellers, and canard fore planes. The runway below the plane is made from smooth dirt. A large grandstand is at right, and it is full of people and the top is lined with American flags.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13074
title: Aviator Lincoln Beachey in the air over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of aviator Lincoln Beachey in the air over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912. Beachey's Curtiss biplane is at center and is headed to the left. It has two long wings, a tricycle undercarriage and a single vertical tail. The engine is mounted behind the pilot's head and is a pusher design. Beachey can be seen seated at the front of the plane. A person on a horse and a small rectangular building can be seen in the background. In the distance is a large building with a peaked roof.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13086
title: Miss Blanche Stuart Scott in her biplane over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of Miss Blanche Stuart Scott in the air over Dominguez Field at the Air Meet, 1912. Scott's Curtiss biplane is at center and is climbing towards the camera. It is silhouetted against a cloudy background. Many spectators are watching America's fist female aviator from grandstands at right, and several more are standing on the runway at center. The left side of the runway is lined with early-model automobiles. A caption below the image reads "Man's dream of transportation above the earth is exemplified by this early aviation attempt at Dominguez Field in 1912".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13075
title: Lincoln Beachey in his biplane as the "mysterious woman aviator" at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of Lincoln Beachey as the "mysterious woman aviator" at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Beachey's Curtiss biplane is at center and has two of its three wheels on the ground as it moves to the left. Beachey is visible at the controls near the front of the plane, and a large engine is mounted behind his head. A crowd is gathered behind the aircraft on the far side of the runway. There is a short wooden observation deck at left and several wooden shelters at right. The plane is landing just in front of a white chalk line on the dirt runway.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13356
title: Indian girl and a man in the cockpit of an airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of an Indian girl and a man in the cockpit of an airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The man is at right and is handling the controls of the Wright biplane. Both his hands are on long levers and he is wearing dark clothes and a dark cap. The Indian woman is at center and is wearing traditional Indian clothing, including a headband. Another man is standing on the ground in the foreground with his back to the camera. There is a fuel tank mounted on the wooden frame of the aircraft at left, and a box labeled "Polarine" connected to the engine with a hose. Photoprint reads: "Indian girl wants to learn to fly".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19144
title: Specimen of Fourcroya blossom and seed pod, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a specimen of Fourcroya blossom and seed pod, ca.1920. Three lightly-colored flowers can be seen at top with short, thin petals formed around the pistols like a star. Their dark, thick stems appear to have a fine layer of lightly-colored fuzz along the surfaces. Below the blossoms lies a piece of stem with pieces of lightly-colored yarn tied around either end. Three pods hang beneath the stem and the center pod is split open to reveal a shimmering, lightly-colored interior.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14918
title: South fork of the Merced River (Chil-noo-al-ne Falls), Wawona, on the road to Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902

description: Photograph of the south fork of the Merced River (Chil-noo-al-ne Falls), Wawona, on the road to Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902. The river passes through a thick forest of fir trees. Mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13521
title: Portrait of William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, copied from a book, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, copied from a book, [s.d.]. Cody is shown from his torso to his head and is looking slightly to the right with his body facing straight ahead. He is wearing a dark jacket with a handkerchief in his pocket at right, a dark vest, a light shirt, a dark tie, and a dark hat. He has a graying goatee and mustache and his long hair sticks out from his hat in the back. The picture is signed in the upper left corner with the words, "To Charles Beman(?) From H. [...]".  He lived from 1846 to 1917.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13640
title: Painted portrait of the Very Reverend Jose Gonzalez Rubio, OFM, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of the Very Reverend Jose Gonzalez Rubio, OFM, [s.d.]. Rubio is shown from his waist to his head and is looking at the camera while his seated body is turned to the right. He is holding a quill pen in one hand and his other hand rests on an open book at right. He is wearing dark hooded robes and he has short dark hair that does not extend past his ears at all. Picture file card reads "N. (Jr.?) Englehardt's Missions and Missionaries of California".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13575
title: Portrait of Rt. Rev. Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a portrait of Rt. Rev. Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, [s.d.]. A man with bulging eyes and sallow cheeks looks into the left of the foreground. He wears a cap and priest's robes, with a large crucifix around his neck. Around him the words "El Illmo y Rmo. S.D.F. Francisco Garcia Diego Primer Obpo de Californias" appear.; Photoprint reads: "O.F.M. First Bishop of California and arrived in San Diego December 10, 1841. From Engliharcll's Missions and Missionaries vol.4".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19911
title: Painted portrait of Bishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, the first archbishop of San Francisco, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Bishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, the first archbishop of San Francisco, [s.d.]. Bishop Alemany is shown from his waist to his head and is turned slightly to the right with his hands crossed in front of him. He has a light robe with a dark cape over his shoulders and a dark necklace with a cross around his neck. He is holding a bible and a pair of glasses in his hands. He has short light hair and is balding.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19219
title: Portrait of General Stephen W. Kearney of the U.S.A., [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a portrait of General Stephen W. Kearney of the U.S.A., [s.d.]. A man with sunken eyes, and a wrinkled face, short bushy hair and a long nose, looks toward the right of the foreground. He is clad in a dark uniform, with a line of buttons down his upper torso, and the collar of a light-colored undergarment is visible at his neck. Behind him, a pillar is visible at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19269
title: Commodore John D. Sloat, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Commodore John D. Sloat, of the US Navy, [s.d.]. A man unbuttons part of his uniform, and slips his hand under the material. He wears a frown, epaulets and a stiff collar, as well as a sword by his belt. The image is set in an oval frame, surrounded by the images of an eagle, stars, and cannon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13483
title: Portrait of Peter H. Burnett, the first American governor of California, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a portrait of Peter H. Burnett, the first American governor of California, [s.d.]. A man with a beard looks toward the right, wearing a dark suit, bowtie and white under garment.