cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11966
title: Close-up of shellfish, crabs and sea anemones from Catalina Island, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a close-up of specimens of shellfish, crabs and sea anemones caught in the waters off of Catalina Island, ca.1910. They may be in an aquarium. Water plants are visible at top, left foreground, and behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15662
title: Mission San Gabriel from the front showing the priest's residence, 1908

description: Photograph of Mission San Gabriel from the front showing the priest's residence, 1908. The lower portion has a Moorish quality to the series of nine arches which enclose the porch at the entry. The upper portion is more traditional Mission style, however constructed from wood rather than adobe brick. The square bell tower, four-stories high, has a dome on top. A picket fence encloses a courtyard at right. Part of another two-story building is visible at far right. A short palm tree grows in the yard in front of the mission. A wooden trap door with latch covers a small square opening in the yard. The curb of the street is visible in the foreground at bottom.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5504
title: Santa Catalina Island's Pebbly Beach, showing a glass bottom boat, ca.1905

description: Photograph of about 8 people on Pebbly Beach (or Moonstone Beach?), ca.1905. A rowboat bearing about 8 more people rows toward shore from a glass-bottom boat moored in the cove. Several other people in the glass-bottom boat look on. Lover's Cove, with Abalone Point in the background. Legible signs include "Glass bottom power launch".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15664
title: Starting down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view starting down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The profile of a rock formation looms at right. A tall fir tree towers at left. The far canyon wall and rim are visible in the distance beyond the trees growing from the steep slope below. Similar to CHS-50014.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15665
title: Looking north down Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, from the Gardens, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking north down Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, from the Gardens, ca.1900-1930. The narrow dirt trail is cut out of the side of the steep rocky slope. A few trees jut perilously out from the slope ahead. In the distance the canyon floor, walls, and rim are visible. Long shadows are cast from the right wall. A tall rock formation is visible in the distance at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15666
title: Looking northeast down Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, from the Gardens, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking northeast down Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, from the Gardens, ca.1900-1930. In the distance the canyon floor, walls, and rim are visible. Long deep shadows are cast from the steep slope at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15667
title: Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view from Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The canyon floor, walls, and rim are visible but mostly in shadow on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m699
title: Cactus growing on Pico Boulevard looking west toward a street car, Los Angeles, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a cactus growing on Pico Boulevard looking west toward a street car, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Two prickly pear cacti can be seen at center and at right, farther in the foreground. At left, a small streetcar makes its way along a dirt road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15668
title: Crucifix and choir loft in the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the large crucifix and choir loft in the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908. Two vases containing wild flowers are on either side of the small alter above which hangs the figure of Christ on the crucifix. Between two candles on the alter is a sign which reads "Indulgences, mission crosses".... A picture of Christ carrying the cross hangs on an adjacent piller. No furniture except a moveable wooden divider sits on the bare wood floor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15669
title: Looking east from the Bright Angel Trail near the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking east from Bright Angel Trail near the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Wild brush and cacti grow on the rocky slope in the foreground. In the distance the canyon walls and rim are visible. Tall rock formations sculpted by erosion are at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15670
title: At the foot of Bright Angel Trail on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1940

description: Photograph of the foot of Bright Angel Trail on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1940. Beyond a rough narrow beach steep rocky slopes hem the river in. Part of the Canyon's rim is visible in the distance. A narrow sandy beach is in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15671
title: Big cave at Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph inside the big cave at Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The narrow passage has a cross-section shaped like and inverted "V" formed by walls encrusted with lime. Sharp stones litter the cave floor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15672
title: Big cave at Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph inside the big cave at Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The cavern floor is littered with sharp stones. Light is visible in the opening in the shape of an hourglass in the center of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15673
title: Small cave on the Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph inside a small cave on the Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. A morass of stalactites hang down from the cave ceiling, while a few stalagmites rise up to meet them. The lime covered surfaces make the scene appear to be icicles in winter. A dark opening is visible beyond the formations.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14096
title: Small cave on the Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph inside a small cave on the Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. A morass of stalactites hang down from the cave ceiling, while a few stalagmites rise up to meet them. The lime covered surfaces make the scene appear to be icicles in winter. A dark opening is visible beyond the formations at left, while the floor rises steeply at right toward the light.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15674
title: Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, with stage coach, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, with a stage coach in front, 1900-1930. The log structure is nestled in a group of tall fir trees near the canyon rim. The parked stage coach, drawn by two horses, carries two passengers and a driver. A wire fence runs between the hotel and the dirt road. The canyon is barely visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15675
title: Interior of the office of the Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a group of 5 people relaxing in the office of the Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Two men and a woman sit in rocking chairs reading. A boy sits in a chair beside a Franklin stove as he fiddles on a violin. Berry, the "trail builder", sits at a table working with something on the table. The rough walls are covered with paraphernalia associated with the American west including a several animal pelts, an American flag, and photographs. A monthly calendar, small plaques and a set of deer antlers (from which a leather binocular case hangs) are mounted on the wooden column at right near a table. The rafters are visible overhead and the floor is bare wood. On the table are a ledger, a pitcher and glass, open box of matches, and a small clock (10:00).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15676
title: Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, viewed from the canyon side, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the Hotel Grand View, Grand Canyon, viewed from the canyon side, 1900-1930. The log lodge is nestled in a group of tall fir trees near the canyon rim (not visible). A woman sits with a boy on a bench beside the hotel. A man, Berry the "trail blazer", stands nearby. Three dormer windows stick up out of the roof from this perspective in which 4 doors in the structure open on the canyon side.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15677
title: Spot where gold was first discovered in California, Placerita Canyon, 1931

description: Photograph of Charles J. Prudhomme, photographer, standing on the spot in Placerita Canyon where the first gold was discovered in California in 1842 by Francisco Lopez, 1931. Prudhomme, who is wearing a striped jacked, vest, shirt, trousers, and bowler hat, points to his left. He has a large white mustache and goatee. He is standing among small piles of rocks. Bushes grow behind him.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15678
title: View of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, 1900-1930. A rock formation sculpted by erosion towers in the foreground. At right trees and bushes cling to the canyon wall. The far rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11834
title: Family standing beside the stagecoach station on the Butterfield line, ca.1916

description: Photograph of a family of 4 (woman, 2 men, child) standing beside the adobe(?) wall of the stage station on the Butterfield Line at McPherson(?) near the Gila River, 48-49 miles east of Yuma, Arizona, ca.1916. The station was built in 1856. One of the men leans on a rifle. A window is visible behind the group. Three poles hold up a thatched canopy offering protection from the elements at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15680
title: Chemehuevi Indian basket with tree and leaf design, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a close-up of a Chemehuevi Indian basket with tree and leaf design, ca.1900. It sits on a tray or small table behind which part of a wooden balustrade and a leafy plant are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15681
title: Grand View Trail on the way to the river, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of Grand View Trail on the way to the river, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930. A short row of massive rock formations sculpted by erosion tower over the canyon rim in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15682
title: Berry, the "trail blazer" looks down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of Berry, the "trail blazer", perched on a rock, at left, as he looks down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. Huge rock formations sculpted by erosion sit on the canyon rim opposite.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15683
title: Crucifix and choir loft in the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the large crucifix and choir loft in the rear of the church of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908. Two vases containing wild flowers are on either side of the small alter above which hangs the figure of Christ on the crucifix. Between two candles on the alter is a sign which reads "Indulgences [...] mission crosses [...]ted by the [...], granted by His Holiness Pius IX, [...]; a plenary indulgence: 1 [...], 2 [...], 3 [...], 4 [...]; a partial indulgence".... A picture of Christ carrying the cross hangs on an adjacent piller under the choir loft.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15684
title: Grand View Plateau in moonlight, Grand Canyon, looking east, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Grand View Plateau in the moonlight, Grand Canyon, looking east, [s.d.]. Brush and a small scraggly tree grow in the rocky earth in the foreground. The canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9617
title: Flock of sheep

description: Photograph of a flock of sheep among live oak trees. Taken perhaps at Lucky Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, California
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15685
title: View of the Grand Canyon looking east from Grand View Point, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of the Grand Canyon looking east from Grand View Point, Arizona, 1900-1930. A rock formation sculpted by erosion towers in the foreground. At right trees and bushes cling to the canyon wall, while the far rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12708
title: Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850

description: Photograph of a half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850. The ship has two masts showing 5 sails, a paddle wheel at the side, and flag each at the bow and the stern. A smokestack belches smoke amidships. View is of the port side. Many people are gathered on deck.; The California was also the first steam line to call at San Diego. Upon discovery of gold in Sutter's Creek it left New York October 6, 1848 by way of the Straits of Magellan to San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco. It was on the north run in the 1850's. Part of Pacific Coast Steamship Company (1848-1936), later the Pacific Mail Transportation Company. In 1887, all Pacific mail ships changed to screw propellor and iron hull.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15686
title: View of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, looking west, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, looking west, 1900-1930. A narrow wooden plank bridge spans a distance of not more than 20 feet between the rocks in the foreground to the top of a small flat rock formation sticking up like a table. Brush and trees grow along the canyon's edge at right. The far rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14092
title: View of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, looking west, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of the Grand Canyon from Grand View Point, looking west, 1900-1930. A narrow wooden plank bridge spans a distance of not more than 20 feet between the rocks in the foreground to the top of a small flat rock formation sticking up like a table. A tree grows along the canyon's edge at left. The far rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15687
title: Horses on the Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of Berry, the trail blazer, on horseback being followed by another horse on the Grand View Trail (far left), Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930. The trail follows the curve at the base of a massive wall of rock which towers above. Fir trees dot the slope in the foreground. The canyon visible to the far rim are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15688
title: View looking east down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking east down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. The river is in shadows from the right canyon wall. The opposite rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12707
title: The Oregon, the second steamship to reach San Francisco from New York

description: Photograph of a half-tone print of a painting of the Oregon, a side-wheel steamer, the second steamship to reach San Francisco from New York. No sails are unfurled on any of the three masts. An American flag flies from the stern (left), a "U.S. Mail" flag flies from the middle mast, and another flag (Oregon?) flies from the front mast. The smokestack belches smoke amidships. View is of the starboard side.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15689
title: Berry, the "trail blazer" looks down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of Berry, the "trail blazer", perched on a rock, at left, as he looks west down on the Colorado River from Grand View Plateau, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. Huge rock formations sculpted by erosion sit on the canyon rim opposite.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15690
title: North rim of the Grand Canyon, looking west Bass Trail, Powell Plateau ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the north rim of the Grand Canyon, looking west Bass Trail, Powell Plateau ca.1900-1930. The canyon wall steps jaggedly downward. The top of a tree is visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15691
title: Dutton Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, from Bass Trail, Powell Plateau ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of Dutton Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, from Bass Trail, Powell Plateau ca.1900-1930. Trees grow in the foreground from the rocky slope. In the distance the rim of the canyon curves toward the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4488
title: Man looking up at yucca plant in blossom, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of man looking up at yucca plant (Spanish Bayonet, or, Spanish Dagger, or, Candlestick of the Lord) in blossom, [s.d.]. The yucca blossom stands tall in the left foreground, while a man in the lower right looks up at it. Below them in the valley beyond, cultivated fields can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15692
title: Mountain north of Powells Plateau, north rim of the Grand Canyon, from the west side, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the mountain north of Powells Plateau, north rim of the Grand Canyon, from the west side, ca.1900-1930. The mountain sticks up out of the middle of the canyon. Trees dot the rocky slopes in the foreground near the canyon's rim and around the based of the mountain. The far rim is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9652
title: White pack burro standing on a slope at the Grand Canyon, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a white pack Hopi burro standing on the slope at West Trail, in front of mountain in the distance, north of Powell's Plateau, north rim, Grand Canyon, ca.1900. Shrubs and a few trees grow nearby the on the grassy slope. The mountain rises from the floor of the canyon. The opposite rim is visible in the far distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15693
title: Portrait of a Havasupai Indian hunter, Chickapanagie, with two slain deer in the forest on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a Havasupai Indian hunter, Chickapanagie, with two slain deer in the forest on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, ca.1900. He stands over the deer looking down at them to the left as they lay on the ground. His left hand leans on the barrel of his rifle. He wears a hat and a bandana tied about his neck. Several tall trees cast long shadows in the grassy forest in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15694
title: View from Dutton Point, north rim, Grand Canyon, looking south, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view from Dutton Point, north rim, Grand Canyon, looking south, ca.1900-1930. Two rock formations frame the image. The canyon wall and rim proceeds rapidly away from the foreground in a deep perspective. Trees dot the lower part of the canyon wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15695
title: Towering rock formations at Duttons Point along the north rim of the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of several towering rock formations -- the result of erosion -- at Duttons Point along the north rim of the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Trees and brush grow on the slope in the right foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15696
title: Trail to the north rim, Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the trail to the north rim, Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The light-colored rocks above the trail shine brightly in the sun. The rocky slopes above and below the trail are dotted with trees and brush. The canyon rim is visible above and in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15697
title: View of the distant Colorado River from Panorama Point, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view of the distant Colorado River from Panorama Point, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. The river cuts a narrow channel through the canyon floor from steep slopes rising on both sides of the river. Plateaus and mountains rise from the canyon floor surrounding the river. A peninsula of eroded rock juts out from the left covered with trees and brush. Part of the near rim is visible at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15698
title: View of the distant Colorado River from Duttons Point, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view of Point Sublime, north rim, and the distant Colorado River looking east from Duttons Point (or Panorama Point? or Duttons Creek), Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The river meanders through a narrow channel below. At right, the canyon wall rises vertically to meet a rocky slope dotted with trees on top. Erosion along the canyon wall is dramatic on the opposite side of the river.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15699
title: View of Ayers Peak from Hanse Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view of Ayers Peak from Hanse Trail (or Hance Trail?), Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930. Trees dot the slope of the conical mountain rising from the canyon floor. Rock formations shaped by erosion dominate the canyon wall at right. The opposite canyon rim is visible beyond Ayers Peak across the canyon in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15700
title: View looking north from Hanse Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking north from Hanse Trail (or Hance Trail?), Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930. The nearly vertical sheer rock walls cast in shadow at left support towering rock formations on top. The opposite canyon rim is visible across the canyon in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5181
title: Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901

description: Photograph of Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901. At the base of the incline is an open air cable car with about eight passengers. Next to the incline at the station is a an electric railcar. Flights of stairs flank the base of the incline rails. Several men are seen posing casually around the railway car. The metal tracks of the railway car are positioned against the mountain at a steep angle and are visible up to the peak of the mountain.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15701
title: Alligators being fed at an alligator farm, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of about 10 spectators watching from behind a wire fence as a keeper feeds a group of about 20 alligators on an alligator farm in Los Angeles, ca.1900. Some of the alligators are wet having just crawled out of a pond in the foreground onto the grassy embankment. The man stands among the alligators in the enclosure. Trees grow around the fence and in the enclosure.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m931
title: University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895

description: Photograph of the University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895. The wood church has a tall square bell tower topped with a steep peaked roof. Two round windows in two sides of the tower over the main entrance have two six-pointed stained glass stars in them. A group of four people stand near or on the steps to the main entry. An adjacent house with a surrounding picket fence and a widow's walk on the roof is visible in the background to the left. A park with trees and flowers is in the foreground and at right. The church bears writing on the street end reading "University M.E. Church".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15702
title: View looking east from the Grand View Hotel (not visible) on the Hanse Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of the view looking east from the Grand View Hotel (not visible) Hanse Trail (or Hance Trail?), Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1900-1930. The steep rocky slopes are dotted with trees and other plants. Deep shadow obscures the forested slope directly below. The opposite canyon rim is barely visible across the canyon in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1114
title: Exterior view of the West Coast Knitting Mills Building, 1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the West Coast Knitting Mills Building, 1900. The squat, mission-style building complex is shown from across the road at center.  A pile of scrap wood is visible to its left, near what appears to be a garbage bin. The terrain in the foreground appears to be either burnt, heavily shadowed, or edited in some way.