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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8691
title: View of Old Town in San Diego from Presidio Hill, showing the ruins of the old jail in the foreground, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of Old Town in San Diego from Presidio Hill, showing the ruins of the old jail in the foreground, ca.1898. A short, roofless adobe structure is pictured in the center foreground, the walls crumbling and eroded. Just past this, a narrow dirt road cuts across the image from the upper left to the lower right, positioned at the bottom of a gentle slope. In the background, an arrangement of buildings with wooden facades can be seen, including one with a long, narrow patch of property enclosed in a picket fence. A windmill is visible in the right distance, just in front of the hills.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10660
title: Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan and the floor of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Bridal Veil Falls (far right) and El Capitan from the floor of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900. A river runs through the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8925
title: Exterior view of the adobe home of Jose Estudillo, the basis for Friar Gaspara's home in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona", ca.1898

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the adobe home of Jose Estudillo, the basis for Friar Gaspara's home in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona", ca.1898. And expansive, flat-roofed one-story adobe is pictured at center, its doors facing towards a tree pictured at right. The roof does tilt slightly over the entrances that lace the peremiter of the building, but do not come to any discernable peak. Spackle is chipping from the walls, exposing the brick beneath. A dirt road in the foreground is striated with what appear to be bicycle or cart tracks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13924
title: Mission San Buenaventura bell, ca.1902

description: Photograph of Mission San Buenaventura bell, ca.1902. An up-close view of a bell hangs in the center from a thick wooden plank attached to the walls of an archway. A large bundle is tied to the top of the plank while a rope can be seen hanging from underneath the bell. A roof and some trees are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7142
title: Exterior of a mission house in Ventura, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the exterior of a mission house in Ventura, ca.1900. A one-story adobe house with a tile roof is visible at center. A door with a window is visible at its center, while a window is visible to the right of it. A bench sits at left underneath the covered porch, while chicken wire fencing runs behind the building. A one-story brick building with a door stands behind the fence at right. Dirt, stones, and weeds are strewn in front of the building. The tops of trees are visible in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14930
title: Portrait of H.K.S. O'Melveny of F&M Bank or a Judge, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a portrait of H.K.S. (or H.K.G.) O'Melveny of F&M Bank or a Judge, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facing slightly to the left. He has white hair, and can be seen wearing a bow tie with an upturned collar and a suit coat over a vest.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14931
title: Snow coats Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, 1850-1930

description: Photograph of thick snow coating the ground in the foreground, trees, and the mountains in the background in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. A picket fence is visible at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19445
title: View of the church and cloister of Mission San Fernando, looking from the east end of the patio, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of the church and cloister of Mission San Fernando, looking from the east end of the patio, ca.1898. The two-story building of the church is visible to the left, its spackle worn away and its walls pocked with small openings. The wooden roof appears to be supported by an elaborate system of wood scaffolding. To the far right, the long one-story building of the cloisters is shown. In between, a horse can be seen grazing in the clearing, several other adobe buildings visible behind it. In the foreground, a low wall snakes through the sedgegrass, possibly the remains of an earlier building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19446
title: View of the San Fernando Mission church, shown from the south side of the patio, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of the San Fernando Mission church, shown from the south side of the patio, ca.1900. An eroded and crumbled adobe wall has degraded into two humps in the foreground, framing a horse-drawn carriage at center. Beyond this, a long, flat-roofed adobe can be seen, with five windows spaced at regular intervals along its broad side. To the left, a line of similarly dilapidated adobe buildings can be seen, making a line towards the adobe in the background. Hills can be seen along the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21293
title: Cloister of the Mission San Fernando shown from the rear, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a cloister of the Mission San Fernando shown from the rear, ca.1898. A dilapidated building with paint peeling off the brick walls stands on an unkempt field. The building extends from the right to the left of center with its tiled rooftop visible. A tripod stands in the foreground to the left of center while bucket is visible amongst weeds to the right of center. Another crumbling building can be seen in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19447
title: Exterior view of the San Fernando Mission cloister, ca.1898

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the San Fernando Mission cloister, ca.1898. The long, one-story building of the cloister is pictured at center, showing its broad side. A colonnade is effected along the side by the situation of evenly spaced arches, which coincide with what appear to be the doors to the monks' quarters on the main building just inside the colonnade. Three tall, weed-like plants stand in the foreground in a large swath of sedgegrass. The picture file card identifies them as "Sunflowers".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19451
title: View of the cloister of Mission San Fernando looking west, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of the cloister of Mission San Fernando looking west, ca.1900. The colonnade of the cloister is shown to the left, with the doors to the monks' quarters shown at right. Each door is arched and cut into the adobe walls of the facility, as well as flanked by two bar-protected windows. What appears to be an amassment of furniture or machinery is seen at the end of the corridor, dimly lit just before the terminal arch opens out to the rest of the mission. A winding dirt path can be seen cutting its way through grass just outside the colonnade.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10657
title: North Dome and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a small body of water beside a meadow with North Dome and Half Dome in the background through the trees, from Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19452
title: Roof beams of one of Mission San Fernando's shops, looking south from the church bell towers, ca.1898

description: Photograph of the roof beams of one of Mission San Fernando's shops, looking south from the church bell towers, ca.1898. The roof is shown, its wooden framework not yet complete, although some unfinished thatching can be seen to the left. A wooden two-by-four cuts across the width of the image, while a formation of wood blocks makes the formation of an "I" on top of it. What appears to be the main support beam for the peak of the roof can be seen sitting on top of this. The adobe walls of the building can be seen below, their spackle chipped away, which suggests that the roof is a replacement, not an original.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19453
title: Old woman standing outside her adobe indian house at the Mission San Fernando, ca.1898

description: Photograph of an old woman standing outside her adobe indian house at the Mission San Fernando, ca.1898. The woman is shown hunched over and sweeping behind a patch of tall grass to the right. Behind her, the buckling exterior of her adobe home is visible, its terracotta-tiled roof slanting downward at left, and a tall adobe wall extending from it to the right. Two chimneys are visible on the peak of the house. No spackle is evident, the walls showing bare brick. A post-and-rail fence is visible in the distance to the far left. The picture file card states that the woman was married nine times.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21360
title: View of Mission Santa Barbara's towers from the east end, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of Mission Santa Barbara's towers from the east end, [s.d.]. A tall tower with several arched openings in its sides and a cross atop it, stands at left. Across it, another similar tower stands, and between the two sits a large cross atop the main roof. In the foreground, a wooden fence leads up to an aging stone wall, both surrounded by foliage on both sides.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21366
title: View of Mission Santa Barbara and surrounding grounds from a distant hill to the north, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of Mission Santa Barbara and surrounding grounds from a distant hill to the north, ca.1898. A square pool is fenced off right of center, beside a small outhouse. In the background, at left, the church structure appears, bearing two tall towers. Several other structures can be seen at right, and the hillside looms in the distance. The foreground is composed of tall grass atop a bluff, while a thin road winds from right towards the center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10656
title: Galen Clark on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Galen Clark, Yosemite pioneer and discoverer of Mariposa Grove, standing on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Ice and snow cling to the precarious rock formation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21362
title: Mission Santa Barbara bell in tower, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara bell in tower, [s.d.]. A large bell hangs from a thick wooden beam inside a large arched opening in a tower. Below, one can see the terracotta tile roofs of lower buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11372
title: String of speckled fish (mountain trout) caught in Yosemite Valley

description: Photograph of a string of 10 speckled fish (mountain trout) hanging on a cord tied between the branches of a fir tree. The fish were caught by Indians in Yosemite Valley (An alternate description gives the location as Santa Catalina Island.).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21365
title: Exterior view of Mission Santa Barbara's water settling building, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Mission Santa Barbara's water settling building, [s.d.]. A stone structure with a rounded roof and open rectangular doorway sits behind a barbed wire fence, at left. In the foreground, patches of grass grow unevenly on the otherwise barren land. In the background, the mountains can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9909
title: Exterior view of an old adobe in Santa Barbara, 1898

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an old adobe in Santa Barbara, 1898. A dilapidated one story stone building with a shingled roof can be seen to the right of center. A similar second building is visible behind a tree with no leaves at left. A two story building is partially visible at right, while dried grass and sticks can be seen on the ground throughout. Could be a part of the original Santa Barbara Presido buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11981
title: Storm clouds around Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of storm clouds around Sentinel Dome (Sentinel Rock) in Yosemite National Park. A thick forest of fir trees towers in the foreground. A flagpole(?) is also visible at bottom.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m694
title: Toberman homestead on Pico Boulevard, showing an "avenue of Century plants", ca,1886

description: Photograph of a row of century plants (Agave Americana) which line the entrance to the Toberman homestead on the south side of west Pico Boulevard between Union Avenue and Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. The dwelling is visible at the end of the lane and is surrounded by a low picket fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10649
title: Panoramic view of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, ca.1890-1900

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, ca.1890-1900. A few buildings and a river(?) can be seen among the fir trees at the bottom of the valley.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14932
title: Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Eagle Peak, Yosemite National Park, California, 1850-1930

description: Photograph of Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Eagle Peak, Yosemite National Park, California, 1850-1930
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2007
title: Fishermen in a rowboat in Playa Del Rey, with their homes in the background, ca.1902

description: Photograph of fishermen in a rowboat in Playa Del Rey, with their homes in the background, ca.1902. Two men can be seen in a small boat, glidng across the smooth water that fills the foreground. The leftmost man stands at the boat's helm while the other sits aft. In the background to the right, a cluster of wooden buildings stand on risers at the water's edge: a square home to the left, while several flatter buildings appear to make up a unit to the right, from which a deck or wrap-around porch extends, with steps down to the water. A dune stands visible to the far left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2053
title: Well dressed gentleman standing knee deep in Playa del Rey lagoon, looking east, ca.1902

description: Photograph of a well dressed gentleman standing knee deep in Playa del Rey lagoon, looking east, ca.1902.A well-dressed man stands knee-deep in a lagoon in Playa Del Rey, looking towards the sandy, brush-covered mountains in the east.  The gentleman, whose pants are rolled up above his knees, is holding his shoes in one hand and is holding a cane in the other.  Across the water, two buildings can be seen, and, on a sandbar in the middle of the lake, there is debris of some sort.  There are ripples in the otherwise calm water around the man, and the water is choppier in the middle of the lagoon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21337
title: Sundial at Mission San Juan Bautista

description: Photograph of a view of a sundial at Mission San Juan Bautista, [s.d.]. A stone sundial stands atop a column-like base, at center. Around it, one can see an assortment of foliage in what appears to be a garden.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14933
title: Two women doing a "skirt dance" on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902

description: Photograph of two women doing a "skirt dance" on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902. Below them is a vertical 3,257 foot drop. Mountain peaks and ranges are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21387
title: Vessel for holy water at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a vessel for holy water at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. A tall vessel with a basin for holy water built into it, sits atop a brick floor, at center. Photoprint reads "Benitier".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21372
title: Entrance door to the Mission San Miguel Archangel, 1898

description: Photograph of the entrance door to the Mission San Miguel Archangel, 1898. The wooden double doors are set into a light-colored adobe wall at center. The top of the wooden doorframe is decorated with simple scrollwork. A sign that reads "La Mission de San Miguel" appears over the doors, while a small rectangular sign that reads "Attention: Visitors are requested to not forget repairs to the old land mark" is hanging on the left door.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21270
title: Sculpture of Saint Joseph and child, possibly at a mission, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a sculpture of Saint Joseph and child, possibly at a mission, [s.d.]. A statue of a male saint holds the infant Jesus in his left hand, and a flowering staff in his right. He wears thin sandals, and stands beneath a small curtained awning.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21336
title: Chair at Mission San Juan Bautista

description: Photograph of a view of a chair at Mission San Juan Bautista, [s.d.]. A wooden chair with a somewhat scalloped top sits outdoors, amidst an assortment of foliage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21378
title: Mission stand for an altar at Mission Santa Clara, 1898

description: Photograph of a mission stand for an altar at Mission Santa Clara, ca.1898. A stand, perhaps made of wood, sits atop a piece of cloth on a table. In the background, a thick row of foliage can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19454
title: Chair at the Mission Santa Clara, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a chair at the Mission Santa Clara, ca.1898. The chair sits in three-quarters profile, facing right, nicked and marred by use. The frame appears to be wood. Thin upholstry can be seen on the arms and back of the chair, although the seat appears to be furnished with a cushion covered by an ornamental cloth. Much of the plush veneer of the upholstry has been worn away, and the arms are showing signs of extreme wear, the left arm worn so thin that it appears less than an inch thick.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21386
title: Wooden statue of Franciscan saint, by the Mission San Miguel Arcangel altar

description: Photograph of a wooden statue of Franciscan saint, to the left of the Mission San Miguel Arcangel altar, [s.d.]. A saint in monk's robes stands atop a wooden platform on a wall, crushing the head of a skull with his right leg, and gesturing with both his hands. The wall and columns around him are decorated with painted flowers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21376
title: Statue depicting Saint Stephen at Mission Santa Clara, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a statue depicting Saint Stephen at Mission Santa Clara, [s.d.]. A statue of a bearded man in fancy garb and knee-high shoes stands atop a paved base. The saint holds what appears to be a palm branch in his right hand, and extends an open palm with his left. In the background, a thicket of trees can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21377
title: Statue depicting Saint John Evangelist at Mission Santa Clara, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a statue depicting Saint John the Evangelist at Mission Santa Clara, [s.d.]. A bearded man in robes and bare feet stands atop a concrete base, holding an open book in his right hand. In the background, a thicket of trees can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21383
title: Top of brass processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the top of brass processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. The top of a decorated brass crucifix with a rounded base lies atop a neutral background. The cross features a rose pattern at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14934
title: General view of Mission San Diego de Alcala, California, from palm trees, ca.1887-1898

description: Photograph of a general view of the Mission San Diego de Alcala (founded 1769), California, ca.1887-1898. View from some palm trees looking up the slope to the mission. The slope is has little visible vegetation. There are low stone wall ruins at the foot of the slope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21381
title: Processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. A crucifix with a rounded base lies atop what appears to be a cloth with lace sides. A rounded decorative piece is visible carved at the center of the cross.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21380
title: Processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. A crucifix with a rounded base lies atop what appears to be a cloth with lace sides. The image of Jesus on a cross is visible carved at the center of the cross.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21388
title: Benitier and aspergillum for sprinking holy water at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a benitier and aspergillum for sprinkling holy water at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. A rod for sprinkling holy water sits atop a decorated bucket of sorts, both on top of a table cloth. Behind them, at right, the altar can be seen with candles atop it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21335
title: Asperger at Mission San Juan Bautista

description: Photograph of a view of the asperger at the Mission San Juan Bautista, [s.d.]. A metal/silver bowl with a decorated handle sits beside a rod with a sphere-shaped end with holes for dispersing water, at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21382
title: Top of brass processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the top of brass processional cross at the Mission San Miguel Arcangel, [s.d.]. The top of a decorated brass crucifix with a rounded base lies atop a neutral background. The crucifix features crude hand-carved decoration.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21341
title: Larado at the Presidio Chapel in the Mission San Carlos, Monterey, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the larado at the Presidio Chapel in the Mission San Carlos, Monterey, [s.d.]. A large stone basin extends from an arched opening in a wall. Cracks are visible in the wall behind the basin.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13923
title: Baptismal fountain at Mission San Juan Bautista

description: Photograph of a view of the Baptismal fountain at Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1900. Two concrete basins stand beside each other, the larger one, at right, bearing a metal vessel of sorts. The two stand in the corner, on brick flooring.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21294
title: Church door at San Carlos Mission, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the church door at San Carlos Mission, ca.1900. The front of the church stands at center, with a tower on both sides of it, and a star-like window above the decorated gateway. The wrought-iron gate inside the doorway is open slightly. A wooden cross stands on a fence, at right, beside a dirt road that leads into the fields in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21342
title: Asperger in the Mission San Carlos, Carmel, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the asperger in the Mission San Carlos, Carmel, [s.d.]. A decorated brass(?) container stands atop a wooden table at center, with a rod bearing a spherical tip laid across it. Abstract designs are etched into the base of the container. A hook, possibly for hanging the container, is visible on the top.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21385
title: Statue of Franciscan saint, to the left of the Mission San Miguel Arcangel altar, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a statue of Franciscan saint, to the left of the Mission San Miguel Arcangel altar, [s.d.]. A saint in monk's robes stands atop a wooden platform on a wall, crushing the head of a skull with his right leg, and gesturing with both his hands. The wall and columns around him are decorated with painted flowers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8435
title: General view of Redlands, from Smiley Heights, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a general view of Redlands, from Smiley Heights, ca.1900. Groves of orchards dominate the scene. Several houses dot the landscape including a two-story house near the middle foreground. Mountain range visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m21275
title: Painting of Saint Joseph and child, possibly at a mission in Old Town, San Diego, 1901

description: Photograph of a painting of Saint Joseph and child, possibly at a mission in Old Town, San Diego, 1901. A man wearing a ankle length dress and a darkly colored cloak stands in the center wearing sandals and holding a child on the right. The child holds a cross in one hand and a round object in the other. Two heads of what could be angels are visible on each upper corner of the image while the man holds a long spector with flowers on the end through his arms.