cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18438
title: "Sown Among the Thorns", a painting by Albert Soard depicting Christ among brambles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of "Sown Among the Thorns", a painting by Albert Soord depicting Christ among brambles, [s.d.]. Christ is shown to the right, reaching through a large patch of nettles in order to reach a patch of short wheat that grows in a small clearing of leaves at the center. A halo of light is visible surrounding his head, along with a crown of thorns. The silhouette of trees fills the background. Painted in 1912.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7725
title: View of Huntington Beach showing the old pier, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Huntington Beach showing the old pier, ca.1910. The pier is shown cutting across the background out into the water, while a small row-boat is pictured on the beach farther in the foreground, beyond which the silhouette of a man can be made out standing near the surf. Sparse vegetation grows along the beach in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1899
title: Exterior view of the Barlow Medical Library, Los Angeles, 1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Barlow Medical Library, Los Angeles, 1940. Two men and two women are pictured gathered at the steps of the Classical Revival one-story building of the library while the front of an automobile is visible to the right along the road, coming in from out of frame. A second automobile is visible parked parallel and adjacent to the left of the library. On the brick wall to the right, a Firestone tire sign can be seen, while the words "Wong", "Herb" and "Specialist" can be made out on the wall to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20884
title: Exterior view of the ruins of Amagosa borax works in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the ruins of Amagosa borax works in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. Portions of walls from three small one-story adobe structures can be seen at center. Rectangular entrances can be seen on the ruins, while dirt is visible in the foreground. An expanse of flat land is visible in the left background, while the side of a mountain can be seen to the right of it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20894
title: "Baby Gauge" mine train at the mining camp of Ryan, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of the "Baby Gauge" (aka "Baby Gage") mine train at the mining camp of Ryan, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. A car with one headlight can be seen at center on tracks pulling a platform with four benches upon it. Someone can be seen driving the car, while four men and women sit on the benches. A small wooden shack with a portion of the roof missing can be seen behind the platform, while a ladder, wooden planks, and more tracks are visible at left. A valley and mountains can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20893
title: Man posing next to a sign in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of a man posing next to a sign in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. A man can be seen at center looking left wearing boots, pants, and a button up shirt. The man is visible holding a pair of glasses while he stands to the right of a sign reading, "Top of the World. Mt Whitney 14.501 Feet. Oct. 7 1925. Bottom of the World. Death Valley 276 Feet Below Sea Level". A skull and cross-bones is drawn in the center of the sign, while signatures and writing are visible throughout. Rocky terrain can be seen from the foreground up to mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14709
title: Young girl playing on the ground in front of a patio built as a breezeway on a house in the desert

description: Photograph of a young girl playing on the ground in front of a patio built as a breezeway on a house in the desert. A chair, sitting under the breezeway is visible behind.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20785
title: Amogosa Creek running dry near Evelyn in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of Amogosa Creek near Evelyn in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. What appears to be a dry riverbed can be seen from bottom center towards the background. Small rocks and other sediments are visible in the riverbed, while desert bushes and trees can be seen along the left bank. Hills that form a plateau can be seen towards the background behind the riverbed, while mountains are visible towering above the plateau in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20786
title: View of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. A dried desert bush can be seen at left, while scraggly, intertwined branches can be seen to the right of what appears to be a dry creek bed. Tall mountains are visible in the background beyond flat desert land. Clouds can be seen touching the tops of the snow-covered peaks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5120
title: Panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920. The observatory is pictured on a mountain in the foreground, the city stretching out below. To the left, a narrow road lined to either side with rancher-style buidlings is visible near a set of railroad tracks. In the distance, more hills are visible along with the basin and Santa Catalina Island.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13267
title: Memorial boulder marking the Battle of San Pascual, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the memorial boulder marking the Battle of San Pascual, ca.1920. At center is a large boulder sitting upon a concrete slab with a metal plaque fixed to its side. A man is visible from the side standing to the left of the boulder. His left hand is visible resting on the boulder, while his right hand is visible resting on his hip. The man is visible looking at the boulder, and is wearing slacks, a tie, and a cap. A low stone wall is visible behind the boulder, as well as a low rocky and grassy hill in the background. Photoprint reads: "Battle of San Pascual Boulder Monument Erected by The Daughters of Am Revolution 8 miles East of Escondido".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18451
title: "Mary and Child and Two Saints", a painting by Palma Vecchio depicting two women and a man surrounding a naked infant, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of "Mary and Child and Two Saints", a painting by Palma Vecchio depicting two women and a man surrounding a naked infant, [s.d.]. All three can be seen in a close shot from the waist up. To the left, the first woman is dressed with a kerchief around her head. She holds the naked baby boy a small distance out from her body, her fingers on a scroll of writing that the man, who is pictured at the extreme right, also takes hold of. In the center, the second woman looks down at the scroll while the other two lock eyes. In the background, a cherub or a sculpture of a cherub is visible above the second woman's head, while a cross can be seen just behind the man. What appears to be a shoreline is also visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13266
title: Monument marking the Battle of San Pascual, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the monument marking the Battle of San Pascual, ca.1920. At center a dozen stone steps are visible leading to a dirt lot. At the end of the dirt lot, a boulder with a plaque fixed to it is visible. Standing to the right on the middle stair is a woman wearing a plaid dress and a hat. To the left and right of the stairs is a low stone wall, and two pillars are visible at the end of the wall where the top of the stairs meet the dirt lot. Plants are visible on top of the pillars.  A grassy and rocky hill is visible in the background. Photoprint reads: "Monument marking the Battle of San Pascual erected by The Daughters of Am. Revolution 8 miles E. of Escondido".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18888
title: View of shops along Kern Street in Tulare, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a view of Kern Street in Tulare, ca.1905. Horse-drawn carriages are pictured making their way about the unpaved street which extends into the distance, lined to either side by commercial shops, many of which are two- to three-story Victorian-style brownstones. Utility poles line the left side of the street as well, where several groups of pedestrians can be seen grouping together.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Thursday Nov. 14. Gentry Bros.", "Leader [...] Noble", "Fre[...] Beer", "Central Station Tulare Telephone Co.", "Druggists", "European [...] Rooms by the Day or Month", "Shayock & Weidman & Co. Furniture and Carpets. Linoleum, Rugs, Mattings. Dealers in New and Secondhand Furniture. Upholstering & Reparing.", "Cash for Poultry & Eggs. Agents for Los Angeles and Cyphers Incubators", "Poultry Supplies. Flour, Hay, Grain & Feedstuffs", and "Southern Pacific Company Low Rate Summer Excursion".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18291
title: The painting "Fairy Tales" by Harcourt, depicting two children reading a storybook, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Fairy Tales" by Harcourt, depicting two children reading a storybook, [s.d.]. Two young girls are pictured by a bay window in what appears to be either their bedroom or a sitting room. Darkness fills much of the room, with soft light emanating from an unknown source just behind the eldest girl, possibly a candle. The eldest girl sits in a wooden chair to the left, and appears to be reading aloud from the book open in her lap. The second girl sits on the window ledge and looks directy at the viewer, her foot resting on a stack of books and papers that sits on the chair in front of her. Through the window, a lining of ivy and the silhouettes of other homes are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18385
title: The painting "The Fountain of Love" by Fragonard, depicting a man and a woman attending cherubs, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "The Fountain of Love" by Fragonard, depicting a man and a woman attending cherubs, [s.d.]. The woman is pictured in the foreground at right, swathed in a lightly-colored diaphanous material, her breasts bare. Behind her, a man is visible from the torso up, his head apparently decorated with a garland. To the left, a group of cherubs emerges from darkened clouds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14710
title: Roses growing outside around a curtained window with interior shutters

description: Photograph of roses growing outside around a curtained window with interior shutters.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18287
title: The painting "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" by Sargent, depicting two young girls lighting Chinese lanterns in a flower garden, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" by Sargent, depicting two young girls lighting Chinese lanterns in a flower garden, [s.d.]. The two girls are pictured at center wearing white dresses. The leftmost girl wears her hair cropped short to her head, while the hair of the girl to the right grows down to the jawline. Each girl holds a paper lantern, which they light with long matches. A garden of lilies, roses and carnations surrounds them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18290
title: The painting "The Drummer" by Salles-Wagner, depicting an infant posed at a drum, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "The Drummer" by Salles-Wagner, depicting an infant posed at a drum, [s.d.]. The infant is shown at center, mostly bare but half-swaddled in a blanket and with a kerchief tied around its head. The drum is positioned to the left, just behind the baby, who raises a pair of drumsticks into the air, one of them apparently broken. The material under the baby appears to be embroidered and seems soft, as though stuffed.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18386
title: The painting "Salvage" by Munier, depicting cherubs dallying by a pond, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Salvage" by Munier, depicting cherubs dallying by a pond, [s.d.]. Two naked young children with small, birdlike wings are pictured at a stone slab at the mouth of a pond, laying on their stomachs. The leftmost cherub, who appears to be the oldest, fishes a pouch of arrows from the pond with a small bow, suggesting that he is Cupid or Eros. The other cherub watches intently. Painted 1894.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18387
title: The painting "Cupid Freezing" by Aubert, depicting Cupid and a woman warming themselves in the wilderness, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Cupid Freezing" by Aubert, depicting Cupid and a woman warming themselves in the wilderness, [s.d.]. Both Cupid and the woman sit in profile, holding their hands over what appears to be a cauldron of hot coals. The woman is shrouded in a long wrap. Cupid wears a kerchief around his head and is otherwise naked. His bow and an arrow can be seen in the lower left corner, farther in the foreground. In the background, a blurry rendition of what appears to be winter forestland is visible.; Picture file card reads: "Aubert entered the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris in 1841. He became a private pupil of Delaroche, and then passed 5 years in Italian study. He has been an engraver, lithographer and painter, winning laurels and nettles in each".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18388
title: The painting "Chilly Cupids" by Aubert, depicting two cherubs building a fire, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Chilly Cupids" by Aubert, depicting two cherubs building a fire, [s.d.]. Two winged, naked young children stand at the center of the image, a small camp fire between them. The cherub to the left sits on a patch of grassy hill and warms himself with his hands over the fire, while the second cherub breaks a twig across his knee, apparently to add it to the fire. The mottled appearance of the background suggests snow.; Picture file card reads: "Aubert entered the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris in 1841. He became a private pupil of Delaroche, and then passed 5 years in Italian study. He has been an engraver, lithographer and painter, winning laurels and nettles in each".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18389
title: The painting "Love's Offering" by Roessler, depicting a young man courting a woman, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Love's Offering" by Roessler, depicting a young man courting a woman, [s.d.]. The man, a young androgyne, is pictured at left, kneeling in front of the young woman on the bench to the right. The young man is dressed in a loincloth and offers the woman a garland made from flowers. She, nude from the waist up, inclines her gaze down and away from his upward-looking stare. What appears to be a formal French or English garden filled with poplar trees fills the background. There is confusion as to whether the artist's first name is Reed or "Rud".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18390
title: The painting "Votive Offering to Cupid" by Greuze, ca.1765

description: Photograph of the painting "Votive Offering to Cupid" by Greuze, ca.1765. A young woman dressed in a flowing gown leans on the shrine to cupid, which is shaped much like a fountain, with a statue of cupid at its apex. The statue has an arm outstretched, offering a crown in the direction of the young woman. Doves and bundles of flowers are seen to the right, left as offerings for cupid. In the background, what appears to be the ocean can be seen through a small opening in forest-like foliage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18391
title: Painting of Cupid entitled "Amor", [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting of Cupid entitled "Amor", [s.d.]. The painting, done by an unidentified artist, shows Cupid at center, sharpening his arrow near a lakebed on what appears to be a stone. The scene is circumscibed by both byzantine and arabesque filagree. The title "Amor" is written beneath the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14711
title: Butterfield Overland Stage arriving in town

description: Photograph of a drawing of the Butterfield Overland Stage arriving in town. The stagecoach is pulled by a team of four horses. About 32 onlookers greet the stage. Signs over the buildings behind them read "Office of the Overladn Stage Line", "Atchison & Pikes Peak R.R."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1714
title: Exterior view of the Stimson residence, 1890

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of exterior (completely masonry construction) front view of the Stimson mansion, west side of Figueroa Street on Chester Place, Los Angeles, 1890. The manicured lawn has trees and other plants arranged at pleasing intervals. Another large dwelling is visible in the background. The home was built for the retired Chicago lumberman Thomas Douglas Stimson.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18289
title: The painting "Penitence" by Peel, depicting naked children gathered around a dressing screen, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Penitence" by Peel, depicting naked children gathered around a dressing screen, [s.d.]. A naked child stands at center with her face in one hand and her dress in the other. Behind her, two other children who appear at least partially dressed peer over the dressing screen that separates them from the girl. Shoes and other dressing room ephemera can be seen littering the left side of the painting. Painted 1891.; The artist, Paul Peel, was born in Ontario on November 7th, 1860. He died later in Paris, France on October 11th, 1892. Many of his paintings such as "A Venetian Bather", and "Before the Bath" also deal with undressing.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18365
title: The painting "Roses" depicting a young girl in bust, by an unidentified artist, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Roses" depicting a young girl in bust, by an unidentified artists, [s.d.]. A young girl, possibly in her early twenties, is pictued in bust. She is dressed in a gown apparently made of lace and taffeta whose neckline dips deeply in a decolletage. The girl looks wistfully up and to the right. Her hair appears to be cropped short, revealing a single earring to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18360
title: The painting "Youth" by Veith, depicting the profile of a young girl, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Youth" by Veith, depicting the profile of a young girl, [s.d.]. The girl is shown from the shoulders up, her hair bound away from her shoulders and neck by a florally-decorated cap or kerchief. Her hair is dark and curly and can be seen peeking out from under the kerchief. Just a hint of her dress is visible below her shoulders. The background is rendered with little shading, and suggests flowers, echoing the business of the kerchief's design.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18262
title: The painting "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Lebrun, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Lebrun, [s.d.]. A young girl with short hair is shown in bust, dressed in two complementary robes. The hair is dark and bound in a kerchief at the top of her head. She looks slightly downward and to the right, her head inclined similarly. The photoprint lists the artist as "Elizabeth" Lebrun. Painted 1792.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18232
title: The painting "Beethoven's Sonata" by Balestraeri, depicting mourners and musicians, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Beethoven's Sonata" by Balestraeri, depicting mourners and musicians, [s.d.]. Men and women mourn along the wall of what appears to be a gallery of some kind while a violinist and pianist play music in the more open space to the right. In the foreground along the wall at right, a man with a beard sits on a bench with his knees pulled up to his chest. A woman tries to console him. Other men along the wall look at the ground or put their faces in their hands. On the wall behind them, various canvases are arranged. On the wall opposite the viewer, to the right of a smoking mourner, what appears to be a death mask is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18368
title: The painting "Marjorie" by Aby Altson, depicting a woman in bust, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Marjorie" by Aby Altson, depicting a woman in bust, [s.d.]. A woman in Renaissance dress is pictured from just below the waist up. She looks directly at the viewer, her face framed by her long, dark hair, which blends into the background. A flower pattern decorates the hem of the dress she wears.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18367
title: The painting "Summer Night" by H.J. (or G?) Stocks, depicting a woman combing her hair, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Summer Night" by H.J. (or G?) Stocks, depicting a woman combing her hair, [s.d.]. The woman is shown the back side of her left shoulder to the viewer, draped in a billowing peasant blouse. Her hair is long and wavy, and is depicted so as to suggest an auburn color. What may or may not be stars are visible in the upper background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18366
title: The painting "Grovanille" by Lenoir, depicting a woman plucking petals off a flower, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Grovanille" by Lenoir, depicting a woman plucking petals off a flower, [s.d.]. The woman, whose prim blouse and pinned-back hair make her seem slightly severe, closes her lids deeply and plucks at a daisy she has between her two hands. She is shown in bust and profile. The mottled background suggests tiny leaves.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9130
title: Citrus groves and snow-capped mountains, Southern California

description: Photograph of orange groves (in foreground, close-up of one fruit-laden tree at left) and snowcapped mountains (in the background), Southern California.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18369
title: Detail from the painting "The Broken Pitcher" by Greuze, depicting a young girl, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of detail from the painting "The Broken Pitcher" by Greuze, depicting a young girl, [s.d.]. A young girl is shown in bust, her diaphanous dress hanging loosely from her shoulders and neckline. He hair is bound off of her neck and away from her face by flower-decorated garland. She looks directly at the viewer. In the full picture, a broken ceramic jug hangs from her right elbow, giving the image its name.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18364
title: The painting "A Gilded Cage" by Schramm, depicting a young woman in an arcade, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "A Gilded Cage" by Schramm, depicting a young woman in an arcade, [s.d.]. The woman sits at center, shown in a darkly-colored dress from the waist up. She looks upward and towards the viewer, and holds some type of instrument or tool in her lap. A ruff collar surrounds her neck close to her jaw, and matches the floral decorations on her hat. The arcade behind her is decorated in mosaic tile.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18363
title: The painting "Fiamette" by Tojetti, depicting a young woman, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Fiamette" by Tojetti, depicting a young woman, [s.d.]. The young woman is pictured looking up past the viewer, her finely textured hair hanging down past her shoulders. A small garland is also visible around her forehead. He dress, which seems to be a robe of some sort, appears to be embroidered at its edges near the bust, under which another garment can be seen. Her lips are slightly parted, in apparent amusement.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18362
title: The painting "Sweet Sixteen" by Tojetti, depicting a young girl in peasant clothing, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Sweet Sixteen" by Tojetti, depicting a young girl in peasant clothing, [s.d.]. The young girl is shown in bust, facing the viewer. Her eyes are large, perhaps even exaggeratedly so, while a dark braid of her hair hangs down over her shoulder to the left. The rest of her hair appears to be cropped short and is bound up in a kerchief. The background shows a tree bough covered in what appear to be cherry blossoms.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18361
title: The painting "Poetical Muse" by Tojetti, depicting a robust woman with dishevelled hair, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the painting "Poetical Muse" by Tojetti, depicting a robust woman with dishevelled hair, [s.d.]. The woman is pictured in bust, looking off to the left with a half-smile on her face. Her body is painted indistinctly, and appears to be wrapped in a diaphanous cloth. She wears a button earring in her left ear. The background is neutral.