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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2153
title: A Chinese shrine to ancestors, Chinatown, Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a Chinese shrine to ancestors, Chinatown, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. A collection of shrubs sits in front of a frame made out of boards etched with Chinese ideographs and design work. Directly to the right a small, brick incinerator stands. A wooden shack is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17902
title: Portrait of a Native American child wrapped in a papoose, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of a Native American child wrapped in a papoose, [s.d.]. The papoose is pictured at center, the baby's face small and hooded by the bundle's top cover. Cloth has been folded-up around the child, and then the wrap appears to be secured to the back framework via what appears to be laced doeskin. A chair covered in by a floral-patterned blanket holds the papoose upright.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3070
title: Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west on 6th street from the top of the Pacific Electric building, 1904

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west on 6th street from the top of the Pacific Electric building (6th Street & Main Street), 1904. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages navigate Sixth Street while Spring cuts perpendicularly to it. Highrise commercial buildings fill the cityscape. Both the large, two-story mansion-style Spring Street School next to the H. Arnold Furniture Store building and the California State Normal School can be seen. Some other prominent buildings or landmarks include: Pershing Square (center right), Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, State Normal School (upper center), and the Metropolitan Building (still under construction -- behind the Los Angeles Examiner building). Mountains are visible in the distance: the Santa Monica Mountains to the left; the Hollywood Hills, center right; and a mix of the Verdugo and San Gabriel Mountains to the right. Legible signs include: "Lyon-McKinney-Smith Co. / Furniture, Carpets, and Draperies. Parlor Goods. Couches. Matresses. Pillows. Window Shades. Cornice Poles. Upholstry and Bedding Supplies. Brass Goods. Oil Cloth. Linoleum. Rugs. Mattings. Art Squares.", "Masbury's Mixed Paints and Colors", "Mackie Fredrick's Co. / Acorn Stoves and Steel Ranges", "W.G. Hutchinson Co.", "Eastern Outfitting Co. / The Reliable Furniture Store", and "Brents / The Great Credit House". See also CHS-5061.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m594
title: Main Street looking north from Temple Street on the northwest corner, showing the old Downy Block, Los Angeles, ca.1878

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from Temple Street on the northwest corner, showing the old Downy Block, Los Angeles, ca.1878. Two wooden carts stand on the left side of the scene, backed by squat, shack-like looking shopfronts. A short tree stands between them and a post with some kind of railroad spike in it is partially visible in the right foreground. A ladder leans up against the eaves of the Slazard & Co. shop which advertises "wholesale" and "retail". Other legible signs include: "Harris & Jacoby. Successors to H.W. Hellman", "Oils Wall Paper", "Wines Liquors", and "M.K. Remer". Residential houses can be seen on the hill in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17903
title: Automobiles outside of the first Van Nuys tract office on the corner of Sherman Way and Virginia Street, Los Angeles, 1912

description: Photograph of automobiles outside of the first Van Nuys tract office on the corner of Sherman Way and Virginia Street, Los Angeles, 1912. Ten men and one boy sit in two convertible automobiles parked in front of the small, square brick building of the Van Nuys tract office, which is decorated with banners sporting an American flag motif. The surrounding area seems to be empty flatland. The car furthest to the right also holds a dog, who stares directly at the camera. Signs on the office read: "W.P. Whitsett, Sales Manager", "Free Souveneir and Literature", "Electric Car [...] Between [...]" and "Virginia Street / 61 Lots Sold 154 Lots For Sale / Prices from $350.00 UP / 25% Building Discout / Make Your Selection!".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m150
title: View of Broadway looking south from Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking south from Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1928. The gothic architecture of the twelve-story United Artists building and the six-story Blackstones building are prominently visible to the right side of the street while automobiles, streetcars and pedestrians navigate Broadway. Other legible signs include: "Fox Womens Apparel / Popular Price[s]", "Kohler Photog[raphy]", "Auto Park 25¢", "The White Sewing Machine 917", "Victory Six / R.C. Andrus", "W. Ninth Street", "The New Studebaker Paul C. Hoffman Co.", "Western Auto Supply Co. / All Over the West 100 So. Grand", and the "[S]unday Examiner".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m146
title: View of Broadway looking south from Eighth Street from the east side, Los Angeles, 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking south from Eighth Street from the east side, Los Angeles, 1928. The Tower Theatre stands at the end of the street to the left, its clock tower reading approximately thirty-nine minutes after two o'clock, behind which the Southern California Music Company building, Wurlitzer building, Platt Music Company building and the New Orpheum can be seen, respectively. Automobiles, pedestrians and a cable-car navigate the street to the right. The marquee of the Tower reads "Glorious Betsy / A Talking Picture / Dolores Costello Glorious Betsy / Burtnetss Orchestra" and "Harold Lloyd in Speedy". Other legible signs include from left to right: "Comet's", "Orange Drink", "Pianos [...] 20-50%", "Baldwin", "[F]ederal Outfitting", "Coca-Cola", "Gas", "Sunday", and "We Sell Homes Payable Like Rent".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m114
title: View of Broadway looking north from Fifth Street, June 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Fifth Street, June 1928. The highrises of Silverwoods Clothing Company and the Broadway Arcade Building stand prominently at the right of the photograph, while automobiles, pedestrians and a streetcar navigate Broadway. More highrises extend down the street. Silverwoods flies an American flag from their roof. Legible signs include: "Painless Parker Dentist", "Parker System Dentists", "Clothing National Shirt Shops", "Leighton's Cafeteria", "Birkel Music Co.", "$3", "K.D. Stack" and "Hotel Services" which is pictured on the back of a car at left. To the right, a street sign reads "Left Turn Prohibited".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17904
title: View of Hill Street looking from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1928-1930

description: Photograph of a view of Hill Street looking from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1928-1930. 11-story and smaller highrise buildings line the street to either side, advertising commercial products and services out of shopfronts at their bases, or on their sides. Automobiles, pedestrians and cable-cars navigate the street at center.; Legible signs include from left to right: "[...]lphia Hotel", "[D]rink Coca-Cola", "Tokyo Chop Suey", "[...] Clark [...]Rooms [...]ate Baths", "Absolutely Fireproof", "Thomas[...] Restaurant / All Women [...]", "Famous Coffee Shop for Ladies and Gents / Steaks and Chops", "Law Offices Joseph Scott", "Dr. C.P. Kalionzes", "D.C. Roberts", "Kodak Finishing", "Drugs", "Turkish Baths", "People's National Bank", "Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing", "Shoe Repairing", "Houck's Farm Creamery", "Subway Terminal", "Terminal Lunch Ro[om]", "Your Most Convenient Bank", "Shine L.A.", "Seats 15¢ Big Double Bill", and "State Life of Indiana".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6316
title: Full view of gorilla standing in cage

description: Photograph of a gorilla (orangutan) standing in cage. Full view. His right hand grasps a bar over his head, while his left hand is reaching out of the side of the cage. A blurred human hand is gesturing at right. The top of the cage is labelled "R 23".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3354
title: View of Hollywood looking south from the head of Highland Avenue near Franklin Avenue and Western Avenue, June 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Hollywood looking south from the head of Highland Avenue near Franklin Avenue and Western Avenue, June 1928. Automobiles navigate the unlined road that curves to the right through residential Hollywood. A street sign read: "Caution Speed Limit 15 Miles". Palm trees and street lamps line the sidewalks to either side. Over the houses and trees, the city can be seen in the background, just barely showing the top of Grauman's Chinese Theatre to the right. Legible signs include: "Mutual Pays 6 %", "El Carioca Theatre", "El Capitan", and "Garage".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m107
title: View of Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, June 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, June 1928. The Broadway Central building is prominently visible in the left foreground of the street, while the Broadway Arcade Building is visible five buildings down among other highrises. Automobiles navigate the road at the center of the photograph. Legible signs include: "Entrance 420 Take Elevator", "Glick & Co.", "Show Cards Commercial Drawings Art Posters", "Clark's Dollar Store", "[E]verlasto Luggage Shop", "Youngs Shoes", "2 Big Features", "Underwood Typewriter Co.", "Herrick", "Clemens / The Home of 2 Pants Suits", "Hermann Hotel Supply Co.", "Sullivan's", "Birkel Music Co.", "Title Guarantee Bldg.", and "Walk".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m116
title: View of Broadway looking south from Fifth Street, Los Angeles, 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking south from Fifth Street, Los Angeles, 1928. The eight-story highrise of the Title Guarantee Building stands prominently to the left of Broadway, with the Broadway Arcade Building visible five buildings into the distance. Automobiles and pedestrians navigate the road, with three people visible standing at left, in the middle of the street, one of them reading a newspaper. A clock hung above the entrance to the Title building reads roughly ten minutes after one o'clock. Legible signs include: "Shopping Upstairs Finest Specialty Shops Upstairs", "Power Off", "United Cigars", "Marlboro Cigarettes for 20¢", "Hamilton's", "Kodak", and "Tait's". The photograph features following buildings: Title Guarantee Company Building (built in 1912), large building on immediate left; Forve-Pettebone Building (Built circa 1905), next south; Tait's Coffee Shop (1922-1931; formerly Quinn's Superba Theater - 1914-1922), next south; Cameo Theater (1924-1991; formerly Clune's Broadway Theater - 1910-1924), next south; Pantages Theater - Broadway (1910-1992 - years active as theater), next south; Broadway Arcade Building, next south; Silverwoods Building (built in 1921), at north-east corner with 6th Street; Walter P. Story Building (built in 1910), on south-east corner with 6th Street; Palace Theater (opened June 26, 1911, as Orpheum), midblock south of Story building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m112
title: View of Broadway looking north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, June 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, June 1928. Automobiles and cable-cars navigate the road, lined to either side by sign-laden highrise buildings. To the right, the Broadway Arcade Building can be seen two buildings in from the foreground, the Silverwood clothing building in front of it. To the left the Swelldum and the Metropolitan are prominently visible. Other legible signs include: "The Owl Drug Co.", "No Parking 4:30PM to 6PM", "Entrance 6th Street", "Moss Gloves Hosiery", "Millinery", "The 5 [...] Store Walker", "Go", "The Trial with Mary [...]", "C.J. Pearce Manager", "The American Sign Co.", "Leighton Cafeteria", "Parker System Dentists", "Arcade Theater", "Examiner", "Birkel Music Co.", and "Printing".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3137
title: View of Hollywood, looking south from Hollywood Hills, 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Hollywood, looking south from Hollywood Hills, 1928. Two tall palm trees wave in the breeze in the foreground, a child sitting on the grassy hill to the left, overlooking Hollywood's business district. Framed between the two trees, the peak of Grauman's Chinese Theatre is just barely visible from behind a highrise building. What appear to be the towers of hotels stand to the extreme left and right, outside of the trees' frame. Compares to CHS-5903 (1905) and CHS-6950 (1912).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17905
title: View of Hill Street looking north from Fifth Street, Los Angeles, July 1928

description: Photograph of a view of Hill Street looking north from Fifth Street, Los Angeles, July 1928. The highly-ornamented one-story building of the [C]ollege Theatre can be seen to the left while pedestrians and automobiles navigate the street. Two men at the extreme right have gotten out of and are attending to their cars. Further down on the left, the Hill Street Terminal Market and the Hill Street Subway Terminal building can be seen along with the John Luchenbach Building, respectively. Other legible signs include: "Power Off", "Big Stars Only", "All Seats 10¢", "Big Double Bill", "Blondes by Choice / Claire Windsor Pretty Clothes", "Your Home Town Papers", "Foster & Kleiser", "Durant sales NOW greatest in Durant history", "Leighton Dairy Lunch", "Subway Public Market", "Shine L.A. Hat Cleaning", "Leighton California Bakery", "People's", "Shoe Repair", and "Switch".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13256
title: Survey map of the San Pascal Rancho, made by Henry Hancock, Pasadena, August 1858

description: Photograph of a survey map of the San Pascal Rancho, made by Henry Hancock, Pasadena, August 1858. The map reads "Lot No. 39 .T.i N. R.12 W." at its center, with survey lines demarcating an area around the writing and selected natural features drawn in. Impressions from other writing can be seen backwards faintly behind the primary text.; Legible text includes: "Santa Anita Rancho", "High and Rugged Hills", "Low Hills", "Cañada of the Arroyo Seco", "Bottom Lands of the Arroyo Seco", "Wood Road", "Oak Timber", "Stream", "Beginning Black Oak", "Cuati", "Swamp", "Old Vineyard", "Blackberry Tree", "White Oak", "Cañada and Arroyo San Pascal", "Sycamore", "Live Fence", "Sanford & Co. new Vineyard and Orchard", "San Bernardino Base Line", "Live Oak" and "Old Road".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13253
title: Map plate of San Pascal Rancho, Pasadena, September 1858

description: Photograph of a map plate of San Pascal Rancho prepared by Henry Hancock for the United States Surveyor General's office, Pasadena, September 1858. The photograph shows two pages in a tattered, open book. The left page gives the identifying information and a list of latitude and longitude, while the right page shows a surveyor's map described in CHS-6977.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11717
title: Lithograph describing the prophecy of Old Mother Shipton, after 1828

description: Photograph of a lithograph describing the prophecy of Old Mother Shipton, after 1828. A cartoon is pictured above with men and women in fine dress riding and crashing in horseless carriages of all sizes and inventions, which billow smoke or steam. Underneath, the caption reads "Carriages without horses shall go, / And accidents fill the world with woe.". Under this, there is a brief commentary both touting the veracity of the statement and questioning the legitimacy of its source as a prophecy.; Photoprint reads: "Old Mother Shipton has been vindicated insofar as this part of her prophecy is concerned. Of course, it is now generally believed that the verse, of which the foregoing is only a part, was a hoax to the extent that the predictions were circulated after most of the predicted things had come to pass. But it must be admitted that the author of the introductory lines anticipated present--day traffic problems. The comic sketch here shown appeared in 1828 shortly after the advent of steam carriages which was nearly four centuries after Mother Shipton is supposed to have lived. The artist was himself something of a seer because he attempted to show how the streets would some day be clogged by horseless carriages".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6314
title: Full view of gorilla standing in cage, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a gorilla (orangutan) standing in cage, ca.1940. Full view. His right hand grasps a bar over his head, while his left hand is reaching out of the upper right side of the cage and his left foot grasps one of the bars at right. The top of the cage is labelled "R 23".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17906
title: A bridge over the Colorado River at the Needles, ca.1934

description: Photograph of a bridge over the Colorado River at the Needles, ca.1934. A continuous truss bridge over the Colorado River on brick pilings. Dusty hills peppered with low-growing vegetation can be seen to the left and the right. A freight train is passing across.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2728
title: Aerial view across Los Angeles, ca.1928

description: Photograph of an aerial view across Los Angeles, ca.1928. The tightly-packed grid of city blocks are shown, roughly eighteen streets across, showing Figueroa Street to San Pedro Street and more. Highrises dominate the blocks, and the Los Angeles City Hall Building is visible towards the top of the photograph on Spring Street to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12409
title: Portrait and collage of the first employees of the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railroad, with equipment, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait and collage of the first employees of the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railroad, with equipment, Los Angeles, ca.1900. Thirty-four employees of the Electric Railroad are pictured in suits, engineers' uniforms and conductors' uniforms, in differing scale. At center, a single man is shown without a suit or uniform, with his hand tucked behind his back. A man who appears to be dressed as a traveler holding suitcases can be seen to the left of the man. A train is pictured crossing a bridge in the swatch above and to the right of him, while what appears to be the railroad depot is pictured in the swatch below. An image of four men posed around what appear to be two surveying instruments on tripods can be seen at top center. Three swatches depicting electric rail cars in varying view are pictured along the bottom of the collage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1587
title: View of the Prudent Beaudry residence, Los Angeles, 1910-1935

description: Photograph of the Prudent Beaudry residence on New High Street behind the Brunswig Building, Los Angeles, 1910-1935. A narrow, three-story tenement building is shown, with steps leading up to its second-floor side entrance. Few windows are built on the structure, with only two to a story at the building's face and one per story on each flanking side. A small balcony extends from the second floor, while the fire-escape platform extends from the rightmost window of the third story. A telephone pole and fire hydrant partially obscure the home's front. A hill with a rosebush is visible at left, while a second building can be seen behind the residence at right which advertises "Gasoline".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11827
title: Portrait of passengers on the Boston to Springfield, Massachusets stage coach, ca.1876

description: Photographic portrait of passengers on the Boston to Springfield, Massachusets stage coach, picturing Chester W. Chapin, President of Boston and Albany Railroad, and Charles Merriam, publisher of Webster's Dictionary, Boston, ca.1876. A footman attends one of the two frontmost horses of the coach at left, while thirteen passengers including the drivers are visible on top of the carriage to the right. Victorian-style homes with gingerbread roofing are visible along the street in the background behind trees and a painted, wrought-iron fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17907
title: Portrait of the members of the Pomological Society at Judge Silent's residence, Pasadena, 1898

description: Photographic portrait of the members of the Pomological Society at Judge Silent's residence, Pasadena, 1898. A large group of the men, women and children of the fruit grower's society are dressed in formal clothing and gathered on a large circular patch of grass which is surrounded by a paved traffic loop. Trees are visible in the background behind them. To the right, several children sit around a small palm tree, apparently bored. The top of a similar tree is visible above the crowd at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9535
title: Cowboy grabbing a sack from the ground in mid-gallop, Santa Barbara, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a cowboy grabbing a sack from the ground in mid-gallop, Santa Barbara, ca.1920. The cowboy leans off his horse, his legs extended above him to the left, "snatching the rooster" as part of a gymkhana between Santa Barbara School and Thacher School in Santa Barbara County. His hat obscures his face while he grabs a sack from the ground.  His horse gallops toward the camera.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9534
title: Cowboys racing their horses at a rodeo, Santa Barbara, ca.1920

description: Photograph of cowboys racing their horses at a rodeo, Santa Barbara, ca.1920. A group of six cowboys lean their horses tightly to the right as they make sharp turns through a line of poles in an obstacle course. Spectators can be seen in the background, along with mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17908
title: View of Morro Rock at the entrance to the harbor in San Luis Obispo County, 1895-1905

description: Photograph of Morro Rock at the entrance to the harbor in San Luis Obispo County, 1895-1905. A large mound of rock and soil stands surrounded by water at the center of the photograph. In the foreground, a beach shore can be seen, on which the silhouette of a single person is visible on one of the dunes to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14593
title: Bullfight at Mixcoax near Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of a bullfight at Mixcoax near Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. Five matators in the ring look on as a picador lances a bull in the foreground at center. Several other support personnel are also in the ring or behind the wooden fence lining the ring. The stands are packed with onlookers. Trees can be seen above the bleachers in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3399
title: View of the corner of Hollywood Boulevard  slushy with snow and water, January 21, 1912

description: Photograph of a view of the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Cherokee Avenue on the southeast corner slushy with snow and water, January 21, 1912. The F.C. Howland motor car supply building can be seen prominently at center, on the corner of the two streets, next to which the Hollywood Electric Shop also stands. Automobiles are parked along the streets, which are covered in slush and slick with water. A sign posted to the utility pole in front of Fowland's reads "Free Air". A second sign to the left of the building reads "Ford".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17909
title: Portrait of Pedro Lugo on what appears to be the porch of the Lugo family residence, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Pedro Lugo on what appears to be the porch of the Lugo family residence, [s.d.]. A bearded elderly man in a bolero suit can be seen standing at the bottom of stairs leading from the porch to a wrap-around balcony and places his hand on the bannister. The door to his right has a spring hinge and screen window, and has the number "6360" secured to the top of the doorframe.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7979
title: Portrait of a Chinese truck gardener peddling goods, ca.1920

description: Photographic portrait of a Chinese truck gardener peddling goods, ca.1920. The farmer wears a thick, collarless and breastless jacket with straw arm gauntlets and a straw hat. He holds a long pole over his shoulder from which hang two wicker baskets to either side of him. The basket to the left is more apparently full, some burlap showing at its mouth. Buildings are visible along the street behind him.