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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8711
title: Exterior view of the Junipero Serra Museum in the Presidio Hills Park, San Diego, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Junipero Serra Museum in the Presidio Hills Park, San Diego, ca.1930. A narrow, winding road makes its way up a hill in the foreground towards the mission-style museum pictured in the distance just to the right of center. The museum itself is separated into three visible sections: a tower to the far left, a long two-story main building, and an arcade to the right. The hill leading up to the tower is covered with bushes and trees. Cacti can be seen just to the left at its foot.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7165
title: View of houses on the Monserratte rancho, ca.1875

description: Photograph of a view of houses on the Monserratte rancho, ca.1875. Two dilapidated adobes are pictured, one to the left, the other to the right. The smaller of the two houses stands to the left, its foundation apparently sinking, as the house appears to be tilted towards the viewer. The second house appears to be configured in an "L" formation, the joint of the two sections pointing to the left. Behind the longer section, a palm tree is visible to the right. The plaster has crumbled off of most of the surfaces on the houses, exposing their adobe bricks, while both are missing shingles from their roofs. The house to the left appears to have had the doors and windows removed from their frames. Tall grass fills the foreground, while mountains can be seen in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8949
title: Exterior view of Warner's in Santa Clara Valley, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Warner's in Santa Clara Valley, ca.1900. A one and a half-story adobe is pictured at center, moving diagonally from the right foreground to the left distance. To the right, a porch extends from the house, cluttered with furniture. Continuing to the left, the anterior wall of the adobe has lost much of its plaster, exposing the bricks beneath. A small stoop is visible, leading to an opening in which a door might be. Farther left, a second door can be seen, swinging out on its hinges. Tree foliage hangs in from the top right. Rolling hills can be seen in the left background.; Picture file card reads "Warner's. Rho Valley de San Jose, built 1851. Still Good. Inland." as well as "Inland furthest east grant except San Felipe".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9520
title: Man standing in an alfafa field, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an unidentified man standing in an alfalfa field, ca.1900. His arms are crossed. He is facing right. He is wearing a coat and hat. A farm house or barn is visible in the distance in direction in which he is looking.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8914
title: Exterior view of the Serrano house in Old Town, San Diego, ca.1910

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Serrano house in Old Town, San Diego, ca.1910. The long, two-story adobe rancher is shown at center, its anterior wall facing the viewer. Much of the external plaster came away from the front of the house, showing darker material underneath. Two doors are positioned on the bottom floor, separated by a shuttered window: one on the far left, another in the center. Two more windows follow the rightmost door. On the second floor, only windows are visible, and wooden paneling is affixed to the adobe. A length of picket fence is visible to the bottom right. The Carillo house is adjoined to the south.; Picture file card reads: "The house was built in 1824, one of the first houses built in San Diego. Built by Rafaela Serrano, wife of Leandro Serrano, mayor domo of Rancho Temescle. The house was destroyed in 1920".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8919
title: Exterior view of the Casa de Pedrorena, the first frame house built in Old Town, San Diego, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the Casa de Pedrorena, the first frame house built in Old Town, San Diego, ca.1920. A chicken-wire fence and lush garden barricade this elegant one and a half-story rancher behind its front lawn. Four sets of double-windows are shown, two to each side of the french door at center. Each window contains nine individual panes of glass. The architectural style suggests that the home is constructed in French Colonial Style. A palm tree is visible to the right while tall plants protrude from the enclosed garden at left. A sidewalk and paved road are visible in the foreground.; The house was built in 1850 by Don Miguel de Pedrorena, a Peruvian immigrant and well-respected citizen of San Diego. The picture file card divulges that the first newspaper was published in the house, and that Pedrorena married the daughter of Jose Antonio Estudillo, landowner and majordomo of San Luis Rey.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3094
title: Painting "The Capitulation of the Mexican Army at Cahuenga" by an Carl Oscar Borg, ca.1931

description: Photograph of the painting "The Capitulation of the Mexican Army at Cahuenga" by an Carl Oscar Borg, ca.1931. Three men in military dress are pictured under the overhang of a veranda, seated around a table. A man in a poncho and sombrero is pictured to the far right, behind the soldier that can be seen examining documents. More men are visible out in the open in the background, just at the bottom of a ridge of hills. The image was first published in West Ways Magazine's November 1931 issue.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8939
title: Exterior view of an unidentified adobe on Rancho Agua Hedionda in San Diego, ca. 1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an unidentified adobe on Rancho Agua Hedionda in San Diego, ca. 1930. A bearded man in a suit and hat stands just right of center, the long ranch-style adobe visible behind him, where two other individuals can be seen along with a large dog. A hand-fashioned porch rail surrounds the patio of the adobe, made from what appear to be tree branches. Four doors are visible on the anterior wall of the adobe, spaced at regular intervals. To the far right, a second, smaller building can be seen, its spackle peeling. The adobe is assumedly associated with Juan Maria Marron, the picture file card reading "Juan Maria Marron. Robert Kelly, son of Jack Hinton, forclosed mortgage. Afterward found poisoned".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12743
title: Letter written by Juan Maria Osuna, representing the bill of sale for his home, 1846

description: Photograph of a letter written by Juan Maria Osuna, representing the bill of sale for his home, 1846. The letter, written in Spanish with cursive script, is two paragraphs long and begins "[...] de las perdidas que tuvo [...]". The letter is identified by the picture file card as having been written by Osuna to American authorities, asking for reparations for damages occasioned by the occupation of his house in San Diego by American forces.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8930
title: Veranda of Rancho Agua Hedionda (also known as the Keller Ranch), ca.1930

description: Photograph of the veranda of Rancho Agua Hedionda (also known as the Keller Ranch), ca.1930. The upstairs porch is shown, an adobe wall in disrepair visible to the left, much of its spackle crumbling from the brick. In the foreground, an open portal appears to be a door, although a second, framed door is visible at the far end of the wooden veranda, along with a framed window. Carved support beams hold the slanted overhang at left, and are linked together by what appear to be either wrought-iron bars or wooden slats. This was the home of Sylvester Marron, and was located on the southeast side of Buena Vista Creek, 3 miles east of Carlsbad (Carlsburg?).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18951
title: Man on horse in front of Asistencia Santa Ysabel's Indian church at Mission San Diego Alcala, 1940

description: Photograph of a man on horse in front of Asistencia Santa Ysabel's Indian church at Mission San Diego Alcala, 1940. A man wearing a hat and holding a package in his arms sits on a horse in the center. A lightly colored church with stained glass windows and two crosses on the front towers behind him while a solitary wooden pole stands in the land to the right. The land in the foreground appears to be covered in dry grasses while hillsides can be seen in the background. A building is visible in the left distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8259
title: Exterior view of an unknown adobe, possibly the Gonzales Adobe near Temecula, 1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of what is possibly the Gonzales Adobe near Temecula, 1930. The two-story craftsman-style home is shown to the left of center, skew to the bottom left foreground with a bi-level roof split into two perpendicular sections. The house appears to be in disrepair, a large twist of overgrown ivy curling up one of the collapsing posts that supports the entrance's shingle-less overhang. Beneath, a wood-paneled door and a large window can be seen. Farther left, a second window can be seen, just to the side of a detached door made of wooden planks, and what appears to be the opening of a garage or carriage-port. Picture file card reads "Maybe Gonzales Residence or San Diego Court".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18952
title: Man near a cactus hedge at Mission Palms and Orange Orchard, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a man near a cactus hedge at Mission Palms and Orange Orchard, ca.1900. The hedge, known as a Zanja, is shown to the left, delineating a barrier along the edge of the narrow stream that runs through the center of the image. To the right, a man in a suit crouches down to the water, looking at the camera. Farther back, two palm trees are visible along with a copse of other, smaller trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18953
title: Charles Puck on the road at the Mission San Diego Alcala, 1930

description: Photograph of Charles Puck on the road at the Mission San Diego Alcala, 1930. Puck is visible in a suit, his hat held in his hand by his side, standing on a narrow dirt path that runs from the middle right to the lower left of the image. To the right, a Zanja cactus hedge is visible, behind which a windmill and three tall palm trees can be seen. A barbed-wire fence runs along the left side of the path. In the right background, small wooden barn-style buildings can be seen among disparate trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1676
title: Exterior view of a California cattle ranch house

description: Photograph of the exterior view of a California cattle ranch house which shows the separate quarters each man had. View is from a distance from across a gulley. Two other smaller out buildings are at left. A horse-drawn wagon is driving by the house at right. The central portion of the building is two-stories high, whereas the two wings of sleeping quarters are one-story high. Barren hills rise in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8935
title: Exterior view of the ranch house at Agua Hedionda, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the ranch house at Agua Hedionda, ca.1930. One of two small, one-story adobe buildings is shown at center, slightly skew from the viewer. Very little plaster remains on the brick, but some patches of clinging white can still be seen, especially on the anterior wall, which can be seen beneath the roof's overhang at left. In the right background, the second adobe can be seen. These homes represent the east wing of the ranch house at Hedionda, which was known as the "old house". It was built by Jack Hilton, who took the premises in a forclosure and was afterwards poisoned. Picture file card reads "Sylvester marron, son of Juan Maria Marron, grantee of the ranch".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18954
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Miguel, showing the arcade, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Miguel, showing the arcade, ca.1900. The long, bi-level adobe building of the mission is shown slanting into the background form the upper left edge of the image. To the far left, the shortest section is visible, its roof uneven and plied with terracotta tile. This is followed by a taller structure with a roof in similar disrepair. Several doors can be seen in the anterior walls of both. Next, the arcade stretches from second section, pointing towards the tall, two-story mission chapel, which stands perpendicular to the other structures. The terrain in the foreground appears to be scrub grass or clay-heavy dirt.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18955
title: Exterior view of the Mission Santa Inez, ca.1904

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission Santa Inez, ca.1804. A worn dirt path moves from the lower right corner of the image to the left distance, cutting through the short grass that fills the ground outside the mission. Immediately center, the long, two-story building of the mission's chapel is visible, standing perpendicular to the mission's arcade. To the right of it, standing slightly taller, is the bell tower which houses three bells at its precipice. A post-and-rail fence appears to be enclosing a small garden just outside the colonnade of the arcade to the left. To the far right, a hill is visible, overgrown with dry grass.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8794
title: Figure standing at the edge of the dam of Mission Gorge, 1936

description: Photograph of a figure standing at the edge of the dam of Mission Gorge, 1936. The figure is shown in silhouette at center, hands on hips, partially obscured by a bush in the foreground. Farther in, a curved stone wall shows the dam which was used for irrigation on the mission premises. Mountains and scrub vegetation can be seen in the background, while to the right, a tree trunk can be seen in the extreme foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18956
title: Birdseye view of the Sand Diego Mission dam, 1936

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the Sand Diego Mission dam, 1936. A group of people can be seen approaching the dam just to the right of center, moving in the approximation of a line. The stone wall of the dam itself crosses a small, muddy stream, and is shaped in loops. Hills and scrub vegetation can be seen in the distance, while jagged rocks and the edge of a whispy plant can be seen in the extreme right foreground. The dam was used for irrigation purposes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18957
title: Mission San Diego de Alcala irrigation dam, showing two women standing by a puddle, 1930

description: Photograph of Mission San Diego de Alcala irrigation dam, showing two women standing by a puddle, 1930. Two people stand just to the right of center at the edge of a pool of still water. A stone wall that is taller than the people runs from left to right with the right portion shorter and more worn down than the left. The people stand at an opening in the wall while mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9619
title: Mission sheep under the Mission olive trees in San Diego(?), 1930

description: Photograph of Mission sheep under the Mission olive trees in San Diego(?), 1930. The sheep keep their heads down by the dry grass and crowd underneath the shade of the olive trees on the right. One sheep with the letter "M" on the back lays on the ground behind the other sheep towards the left. Several black sheep stand apart in the back on the left and the trees in the background continue into the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9058
title: San Francisco's Fort Point, ca.1897

description: Photograph of an ocean view (from the bay or the "golden gates") of San Francisco's Fort Point, ca.1897. The three- or four-story fortress and raised stone quay which skirts it create an austere front on the choppy ocean. A high steep embankment at right is topped by a few houses. A large group of people is standing on the quay.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18958
title: Ruins of Mission Descanso below Tijuana, just south of the Mexican border, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the ruins of Mission Descanso below Tijuana, just south of the Mexican border, [s.d.]. Two large adobe walls are pictured at center, assumedly once parts of the same structure. The first is solid, its jagged top sloping downward to the left in two peaks. Farther back, a window is visible in the second wall. The surrrounding terrain is filled with rocks and scrub vegetation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8936
title: Homemade windwmill on the Agua Hedionda ranch, home of Juan Maria Marron, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a homemade windwmill on the Agua Hedionda ranch, home of Juan Maria Marron, ca.1930. What appears to be a horse trough sits in front of the squat windmill, which is pictured just right of center. Water quavers at the brim of the trough, while a growing puddle is visible on the ground in front of it. The surrounding terrain is covered with small shale and scrub vegetation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8261
title: Exterior view of the Louis Wolf store, stage station and hotel at Temecula, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Louis Wolf store, stage station and hotel at Temecula, ca.1900. A lone, one-story wooden rancher stands to the left with benches arranged along its front porch, which is overhung by its roof. At the right, another long, one-story wooden building is visible, adjacent to a taller, two-story building with a pitched roof. A large tree stands at the center of the dirt path between the two sets of buildings, with a second tree visible in the far left foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8917
title: Exterior view of the Jose Lopez Adobe in Old Town, San Diego, ca. 1934

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Jose Lopez Adobe in Old Town, San Diego, ca. 1934. The long, one-story adobe is pictured at center, partially obscured by a large swath of vines growing along the perimeter fence. The porch is visible to the right, shaded by the overhang of the roof. To its left, a door is visible, while farther right a window can be seen. Trees both bare and green line the front property, surrounded by sedge grass. Dirt fills much of the remaining foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8257
title: Judge McGee's adobe home at or on land owned by Mission Temecula, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Judge McGee's adobe home at or on land owned by Mission Temecula, ca.1900.  A long, one-story rancher is visible at center, its entrance shaded by the roof's overhang. The roof itself is covered in wooden shingles which appear to be uneven, while to the right, just beyond the scrub vegetation that fills the front lawn, the door can be seen next to a window. Still farther right, the home's crumbling brick chimney can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8256
title: Exterior view of Judge McGee's adobe home, seen from the rear, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Judge McGee's adobe home, seen from the rear, ca.1900. The long, one-story rancher adobe is shown from behind at center, its roof covered in wooden shingles that appear to be uneven and falling off in places. Tall grass fills the hilly scene that surrounds the home, mountains visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8260
title: Store and stage station of Luis Wolf in Temecula, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the store and stage station of Luis Wolf in Temecula, ca.1900. A tree leans in from the right and brushes the top of the overhung roof which shades the line of benches just outside the entrance to the stage station. Three doors are visible spaced at regular intervals along the anterior wall, separated by groups of windows. A separate, large window is visible to the far left on the narrow side of the station, just above a leaning pile of what appears to be lumber.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8262
title: View of the monument of Luis Wolf, Temecula, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of the monument of Luis Wolf, Temecula, ca.1900. The tomb-like monument is surrounded by a post-and-rail fence with ornate posts. To the right, a man leans in on a section of fence that appears to have been mended with scrap lumber. Inside, a tall obelisk is shown in front, with a long slab visible stretching behind it. The inscription reads "In memory of Luis Wolf, born in Alsase, July 27, 1833. Died September 13, 1887".; Picture file card reads "Howard says he was a hotel keeper in Temecula and had a son, Charles, in St. Vincent's College. The monument is entirely alone and presents an uncanny appearance in the gather shadows of evening. Has a commanding view of the valley below, out in a cattle pasture where only coyotes prowl".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14746
title: Mission San Diego de Alcala, California, ca.1880-1898

description: Photograph of the Mission San Diego de Alcala (founded 1769), California, ca.1880-1898. View from the olive orchard and some palm trees looking up the slope to the mission. The slope is barren. There are low stone wall ruins at the foot of the slope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18959
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Carlos before restoration, ca.1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Carlos before restoration, ca.1875. The remains of an adobe wall are visible to the far right, its doorway still vislbe. Farther in, a white picket-fence can be seen marking the path to the mission's chapel entrance. The building appears to be dirty but retains much of its spackle, its second story showing two belltowers, one to the left large and ornate, topped by a dome. The second is noticeably smaller and flat-roofed. Farther left, the deteriorating roof of the rest of the chapel is visible sloping in down the hill beneath it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14747
title: Varigated Century plant (Agave Americana) in a landscaped park, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of varigated Century plant (Agave Americana) in a landscaped park, [s.d.]. Other plants surround it. There are trees in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3199
title: Sturdivant's Garden on Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Sturdivant's (Sturdevant?) Egyptian lotus pond and garden on Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, California, ca.1900. A man wearing waders with suspenders, a dark-colored shirt and a hat can be seen in the background standing in the water. No buildings are visible. Only undeveloped scrub brush-covered land is visible beyond the narrow wooden picket fence which surrounds the garden. Hills and mountains are visible in the distant background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17232
title: Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "24. Deschent to Carson Valley. Bactrian camels brought over teh Sierra Nevada [mountains]. Encampment in sight of the desert." A small group of camels, horses and men rest near a small tent erected beside a pile of barrels and other supplies. Two covered wagons traverse the desert in the distance. Similar to CHS-4920.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14748
title: Funeral procession of Vicente Arce, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 1900

description: Photograph of funeral procession of Vicente Arce, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 1900. The old Indian, Acu, is tolling the bells of the campanario in the traditional manner in the background. Six pall-bearers carry the flower-covered casket followed by a group of a dozen or more mourners attired principally in European-style dress. The mission is in the background.; 1. The leading pall bearer at the right is Librado Olivares; 2. The leading pall bearer at the left is Don Librado Garcia; 3. Behind Librado Olivares (1) is the San Juan Indian Fedrigo Majel; 4. Behind Librado Garcia (2) is Francisco Rios; 5. Behind Francisco Rios (4) is Matias Velardes; 6. Behind Natial Velardes (6) is Lugarda Jimenez de Sepulveda; 7. Behind Lugarda de Sepulveda (6) is Luz Lechuza, Indian with black shirt; 8. Next to Luz Lechuza (7) is Felicidad Yorba de Aguilar; 9. Next to Felicidad de Aguilar (8) is the San Juan Indian Maria Gomez, mother of the deceased (in black and holding the little daughter of the deceased). -- A. Yorba.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14180
title: Painting by G.J. Denny of Fort Ross, near Bodega, California, ca.1840-1870

description: Photograph of a painting by G.J. Denny of Fort Ross, near Bodega, California, ca.1840-1870. Waves roll into the beach below the cliff on which the early Russian settlement is located. Several people are visible near a building at the foot of a road down the side of the cliff.