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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11414
title: A drawing of an early West poker game, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a drawing of an early West poker game, ca.1900. A round table can be seen in the center and men holding cards are sitting around it. A pool table is observable in the left background and a man is holding a pool stick while positioning himself in front of one of the balls on the table. Additional people are visible in the background either holding up cups, appearing to be conversing, or standing as spectators around the activities. A small dog is viewable on the floor in the foreground. Windows and a painting along a wall serve as the backdrop.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20242
title: Low-altitude aerial view of Whittier Downs, looking east, ca.1949

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of Whittier Downs, looking east, ca.1949. Rows of trees, possibly citrus groves, dominate the centerground and the right foreground of the image. A large industrial building sits amidst the trees, to the left of center. Suburban residential areas are shown in the left foreground and across the background. Undeveloped land is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7993
title: Bass Mystic Springs Trail, looking north from Rock (River?) Camp showing Bass Tomb and Dox or Dow Castle, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of Bass Mystic Springs Trail, looking north from Rock (River?) Camp showing Bass Tomb and Dox or Dow Castle, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Brush and a few small trees or bushes dot the rocky outcroppings in the shadows in the foreground. Massive rock formations formed by erosion tower above the canyon in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3035
title: Aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over City Hall, ca.1960

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over City Hall, ca.1960. Downtown Los Angeles occupies the foreground of the image, while a highway crosses the centerground horizontally. Buildings and vegetation are shown in the background, with hills visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12425
title: View of a Playa del Rey (Venice) oil field, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of a Playa del Rey (Venice) oil field, ca.1925. Several dozen oil derricks can be seen at center and continue into the background. The ocean can be seen at bottom left, while small waves creep up the shore just in front of the derricks. Small buildings are visible in front of the derricks, some of which emit smoke.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m548
title: View of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935

description: Photograph of a view of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935. The paved lanes of Sixth Street fill the foreground, then recede into the left background. Automobiles are parked along the left side of the street, facing the camera, while others drive along the right side, away from the camera. A streetcar is visible in the centerground on the tracks which bisect the street. Pedestrians can be seen in the centerground as well, both on the sidewalk and in the process of crossing the street. Commercial buildings line each side of the street, from the foreground into the background. The lower left corner of the image is marked "L.A. 708 W. 6th St".; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Lamm Hotel", "[?] Lovera[?]", "Hotel Savoy. Absolutely Fireproof. No extra charge for two persons occupying same room. Rates from $2.50. All rooms have private bath. Mezannine. Dining  Room. Indian Room. Coffee Shop", "[?]aks Hotel", "Sup[er] Hotel", "Edwards Building", "Managed by Rardwan & Co. [?]", "Hotel [?]", "Books.", "Hotel. Attractive Rates", "Ann Sheridan. Warner Brothers Star. [Signa]l's got more OOMPH. Signal Gasoline.", "Liquor", "[?] Beauty", "Keys", "System Auto [Wor]ks [?]", "Shoe Repairing. [?] Peterson", "Lofland Books. 732", "Robins Toggery for Men and Women", "Robins Ladies Furnishings".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5310
title: Panorama  of Gilmore Field, taken from the seats, at the Hollywood Baseball Park on Beverly Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, 1938

description: Photograph of a panorama  of Gilmore Field, taken from the seats, at the Hollywood Baseball Park on Beverly Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, 1938. The crowded seats of the stadium fill the left foreground, receding ahead into the distance. More bleachers, also full of spectators, run horizontally across the image at the background. The seating rows stand taller at the intersection of the left and right seating areas, and a covered overhang shields the corner seats. Stadium lights protrude from the roof of the structure. The baseball diamond sits at the center of the image, with players at all positions. Trees and a building are visible in the distance on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20244
title: Panorama of the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, 1938

description: Photograph of a panorama of the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, 1938. The crowded grandstand fills the right side of the image as it recedes into the distance. The race track enters the image in the lower left corner, extends into the upper right, and then curves into the center and left backgrounds. At the center of the image, horses run along the dirt track. Many people stand in the grass inside the track, along with the numbered stables. The loudspeaker stands inside the track as well, at the far left of the image. Trees are visible in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m281
title: Hill Street between Third Street and Fourth Street, showing a streetcar, ca.1930-1939

description: Photograph of a view of Hill Street between Third Street and Fourth Street, showing a streetcar, ca.1930-1939. The paved lanes of Hill Street run from the right foreground toward the left background. Automobiles are parked along each side of the street, while others drive down it. A streetcard labeled "Hill St. and Venice Blvd" sits on its tracks at the right of the image, bearing a sign on its rear that reads "Vineyard" and lettering along its side that reads "Electric". Pedestrians walk along the paved sidewalk at the left side of the image. Commercial buildings sit along each side of the street. A building at the left bears a sign reading "[D]rugs", while across the street an onion-domed building reads "Hotel". The "Hotel Sherman" sits at the right centerground, behind the streetcar; lettering below its upper left bay window reads "[D]entist".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10217
title: View of Charles Victor Hall's subdivision of the George Dalton, Sr. tract, a former ranch at Washington and Central Avenue, showing a sign advertising its sale, ca.1900-1910

description: Photograph of a view of Charles Victor Hall's subdivision of the George Dalton, Sr. tract, a former ranch at Washington and Central Avenue, showing a sign advertising its sale, ca.1900-1910. A real estate sign sits in the right centerground of the image, in a rural landscape. The sign reads: "The Cha.s Victor Hall Subdivision of the Dalton Tract. Fine Improvements. Large Lots and Avenues. Prices Very Reasonable and Easy Terms. In the Center of the City. For particulars Inquire of Cha.s Victor Hall. Room 5. 41 Spring St". The foreground is filled by a dirt road or path that runs horizontally across the image; another dirt path curves from the left background to meet this path. A picket fence runs from the real estate sign to the left background, along the edge of the second dirt path. Trees are visible in the left centeground and in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m213
title: Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing construction equipment, November 1935

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing construction equipment, November 1935. Dirt hills border each side of the Figueroa Street site, indicated in the image by two dirt lanes amidst vegetation. Two single-story buildings with pitched roofs sit in the left centerground, along with two automobiles and piles of beams. A track with wooden ties runs parallel to the right lane of the Figueroa site; a ramp or piece of debris sits on the track at the end farthest from the camera. The hazy skyline of downtown sits at the background, with City Hall in the center of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m212
title: Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing the initial stages of street improvements, November 1935

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing the initial stages of street improvements, November 1935. The initial stages of two dirt lanes sit at the center of the image, bordered on either side by dirt hills. Two single-story buildings with pitched roofs sit in the left centerground, along with two automobiles and piles of beams. A track with wooden ties runs parallel to the right lane of the site; a staircase leads to the track from the ground level of the buildings. The hazy skyline of downtown sits at the background, with City Hall in the center of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m214
title: Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, November 1935 or February 1936

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, in November 1935 or February 1936. Three single story buildings with pitched roofs sit in the centerground of the image, among the two dirt lanes of the Figueroa Street construction site. The site is bordered on two sides by a low fence. Two construction vehicles are visible, one in the near centerground and one in the far centerground. Hills sit to each side of the construction site, while City Hall and other buildings of downtown are visible at the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m216
title: Close view of a lane of the North Figueroa Street construction site, looking south, February 1936

description: Photograph of a close view of a lane of the North Figueroa Street construction site, looking south, February 1936. A dirt lane of the North Figueroa Street construction site fills the left foreground and centergrounds of the image. A piece of construction machinery sits in the center of the lane. Grass and undeveloped dirt fill the right side of the image, while trees line the background. Buildings of downtown are visible at the horizon, with City Hall at the right edge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m217
title: View of the dirt lanes of the North Figueroa Street construction site, showing a truck, looking south, February 1936

description: Photograph of a view of the dirt lanes of the North Figueroa Street construction site, showing a truck, looking south, February 1936. A dirt lane of the North Figueroa Street site runs from the lower left corner to the centerground of the image. A piece of construction machinery sits in the center of the lane near its far end, while a truck sits in front of it, facing the lower left corner. Wooden planks sit among the dirt in the right foreground of the image, while a wheeled apparatus sits at the left foreground. The hazy skyline of downtown sits in the background, with City Hall at the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m224
title: View of the dirt lanes of the North Figueroa Street construction site, showing wooden structures and an automobile, February 1936

description: Photograph of a view of the dirt lanes of the North Figueroa Street construction site, showing wooden structures and an automobile, February 1936. An automobile sits in the foreground, on a dirt lane of the construction site. Three wooden platform-type structures sit at the far end of the lane, while another wooden structure and wooden debris sit in the left foreground. Trees and the buildings of downtown are visible in the background, with City Hall at the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m222
title: Panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing automobiles, February 1936

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing automobiles, February 1936. Many automobiles drive along the paved lanes of North Figueroa Street in the centerground. Grassy hills fill the foreground and border the street on both sides. Downtown is just barely visible through the haze in the background, with City Hall in the distant center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m223
title: Panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing hills in the foreground, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing hills in the foreground, ca.1936. Grassy hills fill the foreground and border the street on both sides; the hills in the centerground dotted with trees.  A few automobiles drive along the paved lanes of North Figueroa Street in the centerground. Downtown is just barely visible through the haze in the background, with City Hall in the distant center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m219
title: View of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, showing automobile traffic and pedestrians, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, showing automobile traffic and pedestrians, ca.1936. Several automobiles are parked along the right edge of North Figueroa Street, while others drive along its paved lanes. A man walks along a paved sidewalk to the left of the road, while another walks up a grassy hill to the right. Buildings and trees are visible in the hazy background, with City Hall at the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m220
title: View of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, showing automobile traffic, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, showing automobile traffic, ca.1936. Several automobiles are parked along the right edge of North Figueroa Street, while others drive along its paved lanes. Grassy hills sit to the right side of the road, while a paved sidewalk runs along its left edge. Buildings and trees are visible in the hazy background, with City Hall at the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m218
title: View of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south, ca.1936. The paved lanes of North Figueroa Street run from the left foreground to the centerground of the image, where they curve to the right around a grassy hill. A few automobiles drive along the lanes, while others are parked at the road's edges. A paved sidewalk lines the left edge of the road. Buildings and trees are visible in the background, including City Hall at the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m221
title: Panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce street, showing hills and parked automobiles, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of the completed lanes of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce street, showing hills and parked automobiles, ca.1936. The paved lanes of North Figueroa Street curve through the right side of the image, bordered on each side by grassy, tree-dotted hills. Three automobiles are parked along the street's right edge in the centerground. Buildings are visible in the hazy background, including City Hall at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7981
title: Cemetery in back of the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the cemetery in back of the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908. Gravemarkers, including crosses and stones, dot the cemetery way into the background. Some of the plots have iron or wood fences erected in small rectangles around them. A variety of trees grow here and there. Some of the legible markers read: "Amelia Higuera Pallesio e e dia [...] de Agosto de [...] a la edad de 9 años [...] meses", "Guadelupe B. Valencia, 1882-1906", "Mary Catherine Valencia died March 13, 1901, age 8 months, 20 days", ..."1905", "Sesilia Gomez Pallesio a la"..., "Aqui-descansa nos restos de Juan de Jesus Davis, natural de San Francisco, Nuevo Mexico, fallecio [...] Nov. [...] a la edad de 37 años"..., "M.D. Cuneo, Sept. 26, 1823 - Dec. 13, 1904; Maria M. Cuneo, Sept. 26, 1845 - Mar. 22, 1897", "father - mother", "R.I.P.", "Sacred to the memory of [...] Guirado".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3911
title: Group portrait of Chief William Parker and his command staff, posed in the gymnasium of the Los Angeles Police Academy, ca.1948

description: Photograph of a group portrait of Chief William Parker and his command staff, posed in the gymnasium of the Los Angeles Police Academy, ca.1948. Police Chief William H. Parker, dressed in ceremonial attire, stands full-on along with four rows of similarly dressed command officers, on the wooden floor of a gymnasium. A curtained stage and potted plants are visible in the background, with an American flag at the back left edge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5806
title: View of a Salvation Army camp for victims of the Long Beach earthquake, 1933 (1938?)

description: Photograph of a view of a Salvation Army camp for victims of the Long Beach earthquake, 1933 (1938?). Five men stand at the left side a wooden table at the left of the image, waiting to receive food. The man at rear extends a handled cup to two women, who are dressed in aprons and bonnets, who stand on the right side of the table. A wooden crate, a glass jar reading "cookies", handled cups, and other vessels sit on the table, while a crate of milk bottles, another wooden crate, and a basket sit below it. At the right of the image, another woman pours liquid from a pot into another vessel which sits on a makeshift pedestal made from stacks of bricks and a sheet of metal. A cloud of smoke or steam hangs above the vessel on the stove. Other vessels and a basket sit in the grass around the stove. In the background sits a clapboard house with a wooden pergola and paned windows on the near side and a bay window visible on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4255
title: Exterior view of a sewer maintenance yard, showing a Department of Public Works worker wearing a protective mask, ca.1936

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a sewer maintenance yard at 109 South 18th Avenue, showing a Department of Public Works worker wearing a protective mask, ca.1936. A worker wearing a protective mask and a helmet with headlamp stands in the left foreground, to the left of a wooden sewer yard gate. The gate bears a sign reading "City of Los Angeles Sewer Maintenance Yd. 109-S. Ave. 18. Dept of Public Works. Bureau of Engr". The workman's left hand rests on a boat known as a "sewer skiff" which sits in front of the gate, extending from the left centerground to the right foreground. The "sewer skiff" that was used in 1936 to inspect 6 miles of the City's North Outfall Sewer (NOS). The Assistant Superintendent of Sewer Maintenance, Reuben Brown, personally inspected the NOS using this boat. The boat has pulleys, a battery, and several hoses, and somewhat resembles a rowboat in shape and size. An automobile and a house covered in siding sit in the left background. Picture File Card reads "Department of Water and Power".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4245
title: Exterior view of a sewer maintenance yard, showing three workers in protective masks standing next to the "sewer skiff", ca.1936

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a sewer maintenance yard, showing three workers in protective masks standing next to the "sewer skiff", ca.1936. A worker wearing a protective mask stands on the pavement at the left of the image, to the left of a boat known as the "sewer skiff". Two workers, also wearing protective masks, stand to the right, at the opposite end of the boat. The "sewer skiff" was used in 1936 to inspect 6 miles of the City's North Outfall Sewer (NOS). The Assistant Superintendent of Sewer Maintenance, Reuben Brown, personally inspected the NOS using this boat. It appears to be made of metal and sits on two wooden sawhorses. On its top, at the near end, are three lights, which are powered by a battery at the far end of the object. A brick building with paned windows runs from the left centerground to the right background, with a tall wooden gate at the left side and an opening framed by a wooden scaffold-type structure at the right. A sign on the gate reads "[City] of Los Angeles [Sewe]r Maintenance Yd. 109-S. Ave. 18. [Dept] of Public Works. [Bu]reau of Engr".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11200
title: Exterior view of a building that is in the process of being moved, showing a Star House Movers truck and accompanying signage, ca.1920-1929

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a building that is in the process of being moved, showing a Star House Movers truck and accompanying signage, ca.1920-1929. A two-story building, constructed in the Monterey style of architecture, sits above the ground on a wooden platform. Striped awnings decorate its windows, while a flowerbox sits outside a second story window. The house, in the process of being moved, bears signs reading "Star House Movers, Inc" and "This Work Being Done by Star House Movers, Inc. 2200 Silver Lake Ave. Olympia 1976. Los Angeles, Calif", and the number 672. In front of the house, attached to the moving platform, is the Star House Movers truck. Three men stand to the left of the truck, looking at the house, while two others stand further to the left in conversation, with another to their left on the paved sidewalk. A stretch of open pavement fills the foreground, receding into the background, under the house; a line of automobiles is parked along its right edge. Buildings and trees are visible in the background to both the left and the right side of the house.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4264
title: View of the Thirty-Ninth Street relief sewer reconstruction on Alameda Sreet, looking north from Forty-First Place, June 1937

description: Photograph of a view of the Thirty-Ninth Street relief sewer reconstruction on Alameda Sreet, looking north from Forty-First Place, June 1937. An open sewer, under construction, runs from the foreground into the distance. Workers with shovels stand underground, some with their heads visible above the exposed beams of the sewer, while other stand on planks or on the sidewalk at ground level. A row of commercial buildings sits along the road in the left side of the image.; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Foster and Kleiser. Carthay Circle Theatre Los Angeles. Now. Victor Fleming Production of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous. Freddie Bartholomew. Spencer Tracy. [?] [Barry]more. Melvyn Douglas. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures", "76 Gasoline", "Federal Tires Tubes", "[?] Café", "[?]Way Full Automatic Semis", "Tracy's Flats. [?] Air", "Economy Gasoline", "Utility Tr[ail]ers", "[?] Refrigerator".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20262
title: Group portrait of people gathered in front of the Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel under construction, ca.1923-1924

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of the Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel under construction, ca.1923-1924. The Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel sits at center, under construction. Only a few windows are in place, but the brick walls on the four visible floors are completed, and the ground level's archways are ornately decorated. Scaffolding is visible at the upper edge of the image. Rows of people, seemingly workers and foremen, are posed in front of the building, across the width of the image. Just behind them is a low fence that reads "The Beverly Wilshire. 8 story Class A Steel Frame Apartment Hotel. [Walter] G. McCarty Corporation". A sign on the fence bears a rendering of the completed building, as well as the text "Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel. The Walter G. McCarty Corporation". Another sign to the left of the building reads "Walter G. McCarty Corporation Realtors". Houses are visible in the right background.