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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13437
title: Painted portrait of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, [s.d.]. Baldwin is shown from his upper torso to his head and is facing to the right. He is wearing a dark suit with a light shirt and a dark bowtie. He has a long, light-colored mustache and light-colored hair that extends past his large ears. A dark, broad-brimmed hat is perched on his head. Baldwin is an older man with large bags under his eyes and wrinkles on his face.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13478
title: Portrait of financier O.F. Brant, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of financier O.F. Brant, [s.d.]. Brant is shown from his upper torso to his head and is facing forward. He his wearing a light suit with a matching vest, a light shirt, and a light bowtie. His thin dark hair is neatly combed and parted at right. He is clean-shaven and his eyebrows are so thin that they are almost invisible. There is a rectangular pin on his lapel at right. Brant, along with Harry Chandler and others, financed Donald W. Douglas to produce planes for the Navy in World War I.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20221
title: Portrait of Ana Beque de Packman at age sixty, 1942

description: Photographic portrait of Ana Beque de Packman at age sixty, 1942. Packman is shown from her upper torso to her head and is looking straight ahead. She is wearing a loose-fitting, dark blouse and three pearl necklaces. A pair of large round earrings are set in her hears. Her short, dark, wavy hair is combed back on top of her head. She has a wide nose and wide lips, as well as dark eyebrows. Negative sleeve contains two articles on Ms. Packman.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2954
title: Exterior view of "El Alisal," the home of Charles F. Lummis, ca.1898-1910

description: Photograph of the two-story stone house of Charles F. Lummis, "El Alisal", ca.1898-1910. A man and a woman stand facing each other near a door at right. The wooden main door at left bears a decorative initial "CFL". A few trees can be seen towering behind the house. The house was build by Lummis with the help of a 12-year-old Indian boy in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles. Lummis was born at Lynn, Massachusettes in 1859 and died in 1928. He founded the Southwest Museum (Los Angeles) and had an enduring interest in the American southwest and Indians in particular. He was city librarian, 1905-1910. He founded the magazine "Land of Sunshine" later called "Out West".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10333
title: Advertisement from the Los Angeles City Directory for physician Dr. Tom She Bin, 1892

description: Photograph of an advertisement from the Los Angeles City Directory for physician Dr. Tom She Bin, 1892. There is a drawing of a Chinese man in traditional Chinese clothes near the top of the image. The man is holding a fan and resting his hand on a table with a floral pattern. Below the picture is the name "Dr. Tom She Bin, Chinese Physician". The bottom of the page is taken up by a description of Bin's experience: "The Doctor is thoroughly competent. For over three hundred years his family has been noted for the most renowned doctors. The most surprising and marvelous cures, done here in Los Angeles, is more than sufficient proof of his skillful ability in medicine. He has in his possession hundreds of testimonials, the result of chronic direases[sic] treated by him, under an established method whfch[sic] has been in constant practice in China for the long period of 5000 years, and within this period of time said system of medicine has been gradually improving, until it would be impossible to fail to perform a radical cure. Be it remembered if you have lost all hopes of recovering your health, consult Dr. Tom She Bin at once. Don't be guided by false impressions; he will faithfully tell you all about your case, and if you are not treated by him no fees are due, so if you neglect to consult the Doctor it will be your own fault. Alameda Block, Los Angeles, Cal. Cor. Nr. Alameda and Commercial St.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13351
title: Portrait of aviator William Hoff at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photographic portrait of aviator William Hoff at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Hoff is at center and is shown from his waist to his head while looking to the right. He is wearing a dark, button-down sweater with a light armband at left reading "Avia", and a large helmet with a brow that extends out from his head and casts a shadow over his eyes. He is leaning on a wooden support pole for an airplane, and the arm of another similarly clad aviator is at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13070
title: Wright biplane on the runway at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

description: Photograph of a Wright biplane on the runway at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The aircraft is at center and is a frail, wood-and-canvas contraption with two propellers connected to an engine via bicycle chains. Five men are running to the plane. The runway is dirt and is marked by broad chalk lines. A large scoreboard is visible in the distance at center. The shadows of several people are on the edge of the photograph at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5240
title: Military aircraft flying over the United Air Terminal in Burbank during the dedication of the airport, May 1930

description: Photograph of military aircraft flying over the United Air Terminal in Burbank during the dedication of the airport, May 1930. At least twenty biplanes are flying in formation over the airport. There is a large formation of other airborne objects, possible distant planes, in the center. The airport terminal is at center and is a large rectangular building with a detached rectangular out building. A large crowd of spectators is gathered around the building. There is a water tower near the runway in the distance at right. The United Terminal later became the Lockheed terminal.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12843
title: Exterior view of the Western Air Express hangar in Alhambra, 1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Air Express hangar in Alhambra, 1930. The hexagonal hangar is in the background at center. It is a large, light-colored building with wide openings on each of its six sides. The center of the building is held up by scaffolding. There are several large Ford Tri-Motor airplanes visible, including one entering the hangar at left and another leaving at right. The area in front of the hangar is flat and covered with dirt. Several sets of tire marks are visible on the ground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13543
title: Portrait of Mayor George E. Cryer signing one of the first airmail letters and gags, April 17, 1926

description: Photographic portrait of Mayor George E. Cryer signing one of the first airmail letters and gags, April 17, 1926. Cryer is seated behind a large, dark-colored desk at left. He is wearing a light-colored suit and is signing with a large metal marker. A woman, possibly his secretary, is holding the massive letter at right. The woman has short, dark hair and is wearing a light-colored suit. There are curtains over the windows in the background at left, lamps on the wall at center, and the edges of two pictures at right. The letter reads as follows: "Executive Office City of Los Angeles California April 17, 1926 George E. Cryer Mayor Hon. James A. Walker, Mayor. New York, N.Y. Dear Mayor Walker: In behalf of the City of Los Angeles, I extend greetings to you and the people of New York, now but thirty hours [?]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20230
title: Two cars driving on a road through the salt beds in the Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of two cars driving on a road through the salt beds in the Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. Two early-model automobiles are at center. Both cars appear to be covered coupes and have spare tires mounted behind the trunk. They are traveling to the left on a road hidden by rough rocks. The land around the road is extremely rugged and uneven. A tall mountain range is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20231
title: Dirt road into Death Valley from the southern end, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of the dirt road into Death Valley from the southern end, ca.1900-1950. The heavily traveled road runs from the foreground at center into the distance. There is a single automobile parked near the side of the rutted road at right. Several people are standing near the car. The desert around the road is sparsely covered with low bushes. A tall mountain range is visible in the distance. Picture file card reads "From Puck negative #4".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20232
title: Small graveyard in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of a small graveyard in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. Three crude graves are in the foreground at center. They all consist of dirt mounds with wooden crosses. Lines of small rocks decorate the mounds. The area around the graves is cleared of brush, but many bushes are visible in the distance. A tall mountain is in the background at center. The cross at left reads "1896-1936 Martin Zapata Nedisdo en Leo Gto. Mexico"; the middle cross is illegible; and the third cross reads "Died Feb. 27 1935 Amado Santacruz Age 54". Picture file card reads "From Puck negative #22".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20233
title: Early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928

description: Photograph of an early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928. The car is at center. It is a dark-colored, two-door convertible and is facing to the right. There is a person behind the wheel, visible only in profile. The ground around the car is extremely rugged and rocky, although it is relatively flat. There are tall mountains in the distance that stretch across the entire image. Picture file card mentions Charles Puck.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1323
title: Interior view of the sitting room in the Charles F. Lummis house, 1902

description: Photograph of an interior view of the sitting room in Charles F. Lummis house, 1902. Indian blankets cover the floor and drape over chairs. Pottery is lined up on a shelf near the ceiling at right, and numerous framed pictures and handicraft cover the wall at center. A full bookcase sits in the corner to the right of center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20234
title: Five people stopping for water at Granite Wells, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of five people stopping for water at Granite Wells, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. The people are gathered around a large wooden watering trough at center. Three men are filling a large canteen at center, while a man and another person, possibly a woman, are washing their hands in the foreground at right. There are three early-model automobiles parked in the background at right. In the distance, a large, flat portion of the desert rises up into a tall plateau. The desert ground is covered with small bushes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11151
title: Two men standing among rows of salt stacks in the north end of Death Valley, 1910-1920

description: Photograph of two men standing among rows of salt stacks in the north end of Death Valley, 1910-1920. The two men are at left and are wearing suits and ties. They are silhouetted against the light-colored salt stacks (aka borax haystacks) that surround them. The stacks are conical in shape and are neatly lined up in seemingly never-ending rows. A tall mountain range stretches across the background of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20924
title: Aerial view of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. The roofs of multiple rectangular buildings can be seen at bottom. Roads curve around mountains which are visible above the buildings, while what appears to be a creek can be seen at left running over flat land towards a large mountain in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20828
title: Man and automobile on the west side of Black Range in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of a man and automobile on the west side of Black Range in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. An automobile is visible to the left of center in what appears to be a dried creek bed. A man can be seen standing to the right of the automobile with his legs spread and hands in his pockets. Canyon walls slope upwards to the left of the automobile, while vertical rock walls can be seen behind the man. An upwards sloping dirt hill is visible at right. Photoprint reads: "On the west-side of Black Range 2 1/2 miles from the lowest point in the USA, 337 feet below sea level".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20842
title: Automobile in Black Range, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of an automobile in Black Range, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. An automobile is visible from behind on a dirt road running from bottom center around a rocky hill at right. Other rocky hills line the left side of the road, while a mountain is visible in the background. The right side of the mountain is flat and sloped.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20236
title: Four people standing near a salt pool in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of four people standing near a salt pool in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. Three men are standing at center near the rocky edge of a wide salt pool. A fourth man is seated on a rock at right. The pool is in the foreground at left and is roughly circular in shape. The liquid in the pool is a frothy light color. The desert behind the men is rough and rocky, and there is a steep mountain range running across the image in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13892
title: Panoramic view of Rhyolite, Nevada, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Rhyolite, Nevada, [s.d.]. The small town is at center and is composed of a collection of single-story wooden buildings. There is no real pattern to the city, but a wide dirt road bisects it at center. Directly behind the town is a large rock mountain. More mountains are visible in the background at left. In the foreground at right, two dirt trails lead up the side of a brush-covered mountain.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7143
title: Exterior view of the Gaujome Ranch house, home of Mr. and Mrs. Cave Johnson Couts, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of of an exterior view of the Gaujome Ranch house, home of Mr. and Mrs. Cave Johnson Couts, 1870-1880. The adobe house is at right and its front porch faces to the left. The walls of the adobe have been covered with wooden boards. The covered porch is decorated with small plants. The roof of the main part of the house is covered with terracotta tiles, and a large second-story room sticks out of the roof in the background at center. There is a large rectangular window at right, partially hidden from view by a thin tree. A ladder is visible in front of a bush at left.; This photograph shows the home of Mr. &  Mrs. Cave Johnson Couts, ca.1875.  Itwas built in 1851 and 1853.  It is of adobe but was weather boarded on the outside in later years.  This view is of the front of the house, little seen room was added in later years.  A big orange orchard faced both house just west of ladder.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7146
title: Dog sleeping in a courtyard at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of a dog sleeping in a courtyard at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. A concrete fountain is at center. Six concrete paths lead away from the fountain and are bordered by an assortment of trees and bushes. A large skinny dog is sleeping on one of the paths in the foreground at center. The top of the ranch house is visible in the background. The house borders the courtyard and has a terracotta roof. At center, a single second-story room looks out over the court. There are two windows, a small balcony, and a wooden door on the front of the room.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15021
title: Bell tower and church front of Mission San Juan Bautista, California, from the southeast, 1927

description: Photograph of the bell tower and church front of Mission San Juan Bautista, California, from the southeast, 1927. Crosses are visible on peak of the church roof and the bell tower. Trees and bushes dominate the sides of the path leading to the church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8941
title: Birdseye view of the inner court of the Guajome Ranch house, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the inner court of the Guajome Ranch house, ca.1930. A concrete fountain is at center, and six concrete walkways lead away from the fountain. The house is visible in the background and is a long, light-colored adobe structure with a terracotta roof and a covered porch. A single wooden door is at center, and several large rectangular windows are visible along the walls. The courtyard around the fountain is filled with an assortment of trees and bushes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7148
title: Interior view of the parlor at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, ca.1875

description: Photograph of an interior view of the parlor at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, ca.1875. The parlor is an oddly shaped room with a wood-framed doorway at left. There is a decorative rug on the ground, and a large lamp hangs from the ceiling. There are two upholstered chairs and a matching couch, as well as a round table. Several paintings decorate the wall, and a set of shelves at right holds a collection of small pictures, vases, and plates. A statue of two people is on the round table at center. Another room is visible through the open doorway at left. It too has a decorative rug on the floor.; Photoprint reads: "[Items include] large mirror from Old Bandini home in Italy (very old); Maria Antonia Couts Scott (?); beautiful mirror, heavy gold frame, marble top gilded pedestal, from Bandini home, original Italian; money Couts died age(?)."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7073
title: Outer court and the jail at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of the outer court and the jail at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. The courtyard is in the foreground and is an open dirt area devoid of vegetation. A dog is sleeping in the foreground at left. An adobe building forms a right angle in the background at center. The left side of the building has two glass windows and a ladder is leaning against the wall. The windows on the right side of the building are barred up. This part of the building was used as a jail because the rancho was a citadel that could withstand a siege.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13925
title: Interior view of the chapel at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego (Mission San Diego Alcala?), ca.1900

description: Photograph of an interior view of the chapel at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego (Mission San Diego Alcala?), ca.1900. The chapel is a small room with an altar at center and small rows of wooden chairs in the foreground. There is a wide aisle between the chairs and the floor is ornately decorated. The altar is adorned with flowers beneath a crucifix. There are several large paintings on the wall, and large light-colored curtains cover windows at left. This was the first private home chapel in California with a  resident priest by permission of the Pope. The large painting on the altar of the Madonna and Child in oil and the twelve stations of the cross on wood were on Columbus's ship when he sailed for the new world in 1492. They were later bought by Don Jose Bandini for the chapel on his boat.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7116
title: Frog pond behind the house at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of the frog pond behind the house at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. The pond is in the foreground and is a smooth body of water that reflects the scene around it. There are several large trees on the far side of the pond, as well as a tall wooden fence. The edge of the pond is bordered by a wooden wall, and a ramp leads to the water at right. The word "Guajome" means "frog" in Spanish.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7111
title: View of the corridor along the dining room at the Gaujome Ranch showing a water tower, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of a view of the corridor along the dining room at the Gaujome Ranch showing a water tower, 1870-1880. The ranch house is at right and angles sharply across the background of the image, forming an "L" shape. The house is an adobe building with a terracotta tile roof, and a covered porch is visible at right. A tall wooden water tower is near the building at center and has a bell suspended beneath the water tank. There is an unidentified wooden platform in the foreground at left, beneath a tall trees. A small tree is growing in the foreground at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7139
title: Olive trees near the chapel at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of olive trees near the chapel at the Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. The ranch house is at left and is a long, low adobe structure whose walls are covered with wooden boards. A line of rectangular windows runs down the long side of the building. The roof is made of terracotta tiles, and a covered porch is visible in the foreground at left. A line of olive trees runs parallel to the house at right and intersects a low picket fence in the distance. The chapel is just to the right of the trees near the fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7105
title: Exterior view of the kitchen and the outdoor oven at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the kitchen and the outdoor oven at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. The kitchen is inside a "L" shaped adobe building that stretches across the entire image. The building has a terracotta tile roof and a covered porch at right. There are three adobe chimneys and a weather vane are protruding from the roof. The outdoor oven is at left, near a light-colored wooden door and a dark barrel. A wooden post is in the foreground at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7115
title: View of the inner courtyard at Guajome Ranch in San Diego from the roof, 1870-1880

description: Photograph of a view of the inner courtyard at Guajome Ranch in San Diego from the roof, 1870-1880. The square courtyard is at center and is filled with a variety of plants and trees. The roof is visible in the foreground and is covered with terracotta tiles. Two chimneys are in the foreground at center. In the background at right is a single second story room that overlooks the courtyard. Rows of tall rectangular windows are visible on its perimeter. Beyond the walls of the house in the background are many tall trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7135
title: Portrait of Parker Dear and Elena Couts Dear on an enclosed porch at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880

description: Photographic portrait of Parker Dear and Elena Couts Dear on an enclosed porch at Guajome Ranch in San Diego, 1870-1880. The couple is seated in chairs at center, Elena on the left in a rocking chair and Parker on the right in a wooden chair. The porch on which they are seated in a long, narrow room with a wooden wall at left and an adobe wall at right. The wooden wall has many large windows and a massive open double doorway. There is a lamp hanging from the ceiling at right. The adobe wall is lined with benches and chairs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15022
title: Charles F. Lummis at work building his house, Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Charles F. Lummis (left, on stair over barrel) working on building his house with another man (right, swinging sledgehammer), [s.d.]. Their attention is focused on a cement wall. Various construction paraphernalia is scattered about the site. Another house is visible in the background beyond a big old gnarled tree.