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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7056
title: Primitive desert Indian meeting house, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a primitive desert Indian meeting house, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910. About twelve rough branch poles support the ruin of a lattice now partially covered with grass and cloth which, at one point, provided shade over several benches or seats (now in ruins) in the desolate flat sandy desert. At right, in the background, stands a billboard(?) or building in a sparse copse of small trees. A man stands near a 2-wheeled cart(?) and a pail in the center background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15738
title: East entrance of Mission San Gabriel with El Camino Real bell, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the east entrance of Mission San Gabriel with El Camino Real bell, ca.1908. A double wooden door in an arched entry is situated below an inset in the adobe(?) wall above in which there is no sculpture. Two tall structural buttresses flank the entry. The bell hangs from a question mark shaped metal post with a sign reading "El Camino Real. Los Angeles, 10 miles; San Fernando Mission, 33m.; Whittier, 12m.; San Juan Capistrano Mission, 58m." The post is situated in the gutter next to the low curb of the street. The branches of a tree are visible at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15739
title: Looking east from Hotel Point, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930

description: Photograph looking east from Hotel Point, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. Small plants including brush grow along the rocky rim in the foreground. A peninsula of mountain formed by erosion sticks out into the canyon. The canyon spreads out into the distance, the rim forming a horizontal line at the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15740
title: Exterior view of the priest's residence or cloister of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the priest's residence or cloister of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908. A low stone wall separates the exterior corridor from the paved walk in the foreground. Several wood beams hold up the shingled roof covering the corridor. Climbing vines and other plants cover part of the roof and beams. Windows and doors punctuate the light-colored wall of the cloister. The branches of a palm tree are visible at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11230
title: Pasadena Tournament of Roses chariot race, 1911

description: Photograph of chariot races at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses celebration which, for many years, was a regular feature of the festival on New Year's Day, 1911. Two four-horse chariots are rounding a curve in the foreground. A large number of people crowd a grandstand in the background as well as the area just outside of the racing track. An American flag is flying in the distance. Mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14123
title: El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, ca.1890

description: El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. River in foreground. Several tall pine trees dominate the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7967
title: Cluster of oil wells in Los Angeles, showing paved road at left, ca.1910

description: Wooden oil Photograph of a cluster of oil wells in Los Angeles, showing paved road and with trees visible in the distance, ca.1910. A paved road runs from the leftmost foreground to the center of the image, where it disappears behind an oil well. Several oil wells stand in rows to each side of the road, with two rows of oil wells visible on each side. Two small, dwelling-like structures with paned windows, shingled roofs, and clapboard veneers sit in the middleground among the oil wells, one on each side of the road. The one on the right side is smaller and lightly colored, while the structure on the left side is two stories tall and slightly darker in color. The right foreground of the image is occupied by a portion of a small pond which is bisected horizontally by a low wooden fence. Trees are visible in the background. Note from back states, "The oil wells cover a large territory in the western part of the city and gives employment to a lot of men. Los Angeles is quite proud of this industry".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12431
title: Oil well in the San Joaquin Valley, showing automobiles and with low hills visible in the distance, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an oil well in the San Joaquin Valley, showing automobiles and with low hills visible in the distance, ca.1930. A tall oil well sits to the left of center, with a platform at its top and middle. A wire runs from its middle platform to the lower left of the image. At the base of the oil well sit several low wooden plank structures, utility poles, and three automobiles. A row of four chimneys or smokestacks and a low, cylindrical storage tank sit to the left of the well's base. A cloud of dust or steam hangs at the lower leftmost edge of the image. The foreground is filled by dirt or sand, while low hills of the same material are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6779
title: Exterior view of Whittier College, ca.1905

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Whittier College, ca.1905. A four-story, brick, Georgian-style building sits at the center middleground. Rows of dormer windows protrude from its shingled roof, while a square turret with a high steeple sits at the near left corner of the building. Each of the first two floors of the building has a row of paned windows framed by decorative arches, while the entrance is indicated by a large, columned portico. A brick chimney projects from a dormer window at the left edge of the building. A dirt or gravel walkway curves along the ground at the right of the building, while another diagonally crossees the lower left corner. Trees fill the fore-and backgrounds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12886
title: Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport, December 1939

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport, December 1939. The square area of the airport fills the center and right of the image, while the left is divided into several horizontal stripes. The airport building sits at the lower left corner of this suqare area. A large runway horizontally bisects the airport's square, with other runways intersecting it at angles. Buildings are visible along the left edge of the image, at the bottom left edge, and at the right center edge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4524
title: Drawn map of historical landmarks in the San Pedro-Wilmington Area, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a drawn map of historical landmarks in the San Pedro-Wilmington Area, [s.d.]. San Pedro is indicated at the south of the map, with the San Pedro Bay to its east. Wilmington and Rancho San Pedro are in the north, with Los Palos Verdes in the west. The Sepulveda Stage Line bisects the map vertically. The historical sites depicted include, from north to south: the Don Juan Sepulveda Home Site, the Don Jose Sepulveda Home Site, the Suanga Indian Village site, and the Don Diego Sepulveda Home Site.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5686
title: Exterior view of the entrance of Casa Verdugo in Glendale, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the entrance of Casa Verdugo in Glendale, [s.d.]. Railroad tracks cross the dirt of the foreground horizontally, their ties visible toward the right of the image. Behind the tracks, an arbor-like structure which consists of wooden posts, and a gabled, shingled roof, between whose sides rests a piece of corrugated tin reading "Casa Verdugo", indicates the entrance pathway. This rock-lined pathway recedes into the rear middleground; at its far end, two people sit on a bench. To the right of the entrance structure, light-colored rocks are arranged in the grass to spell "Casa V[er]dugo". Another rock-lined path curves from the right edge into the middleground before also receding into the trees. The remainder of the middleground is filled by trees, through which fragments of buildings can be seen. Hills are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m992
title: Birdseye view of the main channel of the Port if Los Angeles, looking north over the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, ca.1970

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the main channel of the Port if Los Angeles, looking north over the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, ca.1970. The Vincent Thomas Bridge bisects the image horizontally at a slight diagonal, running from just below center left to just above center right. The harbor fills the fore- and middlegrounds, with a concrete dock building in the foreground that reads, from left to right,  "American Mail Line", "American President Lines", and "Pacific Far East Line". A ship and two tugboats sail under the left center of the bridge. Several other ships and barges are docked throughout the harbor. Wilmington can be seen in the distance to the right, while the San Gabriel Mountains sit in the center background, to the north of downtown Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2720
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?)

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?). The looping junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways sits at the left foreground of this birdseye view, with commercial buildings all around it. One freeway enters the frame from the lower left side, while the other enters from the lower right. Downtown is pictured at center, while hills are visible in the background. A low cloud or strip of fog crosses the image horizontally, just in front of the hills.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15741
title: Looking west from Hotel Point, Grand Canyon, showing Mount Wa-tha-wa-lee, 1900-1930

description: Photograph looking west from Hotel Point, Grand Canyon, showing Mount Wa-tha-wa-lee, 1900-1930. The hump of mountain at upper right is dotted with trees and brush. The steep jagged rocky slopes of the canyon wall at right in shadow were formed by erosion. The canyon spreads out into the distance, the rim forming a horizontal line at the horizon at top.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20241
title: Birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914. City Hall is pictured at the center of this birdseye view, with other commercial buildings filling the centerground around it. The foreground shows residences and trees, while the near background contains vegetation. Hills border the vegetation and fill the remainder of the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11450
title: View of the golf course at Griffith Park, showing golfers, 1947

description: Photograph of a view of the golf course at Griffith Park, showing golfers, 1947. A group of golfers sit on benches and in the grass in the foreground; one man stands between the benches, and the only woman pictured stands to the left of the benches. A man at right centerground is prepared to swing at his teed ball. A few other golfers are visible in the rear of the green. Trees fill the left centerground and the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7691
title: View of a group of workers in a field in Orange County, showing residences in the distance, 1970

description: Photograph of a view of a group of workers in a field in Orange County, showing residences in the distance, 1970. A row of workers bisects the image horizontally, each man bent or stooping as he works. The field in which they work fills the centerground and runs to the paved road that sits in the foreground. The road crosses the image from the lower left corner to the middle right side. A row of reisdences, interspered with trees and utility lines, sits along the horizon line
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11451
title: Players in a golf course at Griffith Park, February 22, 1947

description: Photograph of players in a golf course at Griffith Park, February 22, 1947. In the left center, a man bent over while holding a golf club with a pipe in his mouth appears to be preparing for putting; he is standing with his legs tightly close to each other. Three additional men are standing to the right and are also holding golf clubs. Two extra golf balls can be seen on the ground close to the men. A golf bag with wheels is visible in the left foreground. All subjects are standing on a grassy lawn. A hillside and trees can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1408
title: Exterior view of the Sontag Drug Store, located at the northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Cloverdale Avenue, 1941

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Sontag Drug Store, located at the northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Cloverdale Avenue, 1941. The Sontag Drug Store, designed by Anderson and Norstrom in the Art Deco style and completed in 1935, sits at center, its entrance just to the right of center. The building is light in color, with rounded corners, a tall chimney protruding from its right side, and darkly-colored awnings reading "AGFA Film" along the display windows that line its sides. A man stands on the concrete sidewalk to the left of a display rack reading "Today's Special" that sits in the entranceway, while another man walks from the left of the image toward the center. The foreground of the image shows the paved street and two automobiles in motion, with the front edge of a bus at the right side. Another automobile is parked at the left side of the image. A traffic light and a street light sit to the left of center, in front of the drug store; the street light bears the street signs for "Cloverdale" and "Wilshire". A bent street sign lower down on the street light reads "W[?] Take [?] Of [?] It's Com[?] Co[?]".; Legible signs on the building from left to right include: "Cut Rate Drugs", "Fountain Booths", "Sontag [Original] Cut Rate Drug Stores", and "Fountain Grill". Signs in the front windows read "Chicken A La King", "Tom Turkey", "Chicken Loaf", and "Today's Menu", "Fine Grain Developing", and "Price Sale".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5008
title: View of a Venice beach in winter, showing sunbathers, 1947

description: Photograph of a view of a Venice beach in winter, showing sunbathers, 1947. Sunbathers sparsely cover the sand that fills the foreground of the image and recedes into the center background. A lifeguard's stand sits to the left of center, while the ocean is at the far left of the image. A strip of buildings lines the sand at the right edge; a small stand bearing the sign "Neta" is the closest, positioned in the centerground, while behind it sits a taller building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15742
title: A display in the museum of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of a display in the museum of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908. Woven and painted objects as well as other religious items such as vessels are displayed on the two shelves of a glass and wood case about waist high. The corner of another case is visible at lower left. Behind the case, on the wall, are hung about 40 paintings of religious subjects in a multitude of sizes. Three sculpted figures sit on wooden posts. An Indian blanket and a silk[?] hanging are also displayed on the wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2829
title: Low-altitude aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over the Civic Center, 1959

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over the Civic Center, 1959. A birdseye view of the Los Angeles Civic Center, showing City Hall at the right center of the image. The view extends just past a cylindrical storage tank in the upper right corner, with similar tanks under construction to its right and in the upper center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2828
title: Low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957. The Miracle Mile stretch of Wilshire bisects the image horizontally, while Fairfax runs from the lower left edge to the upper right corner. The Park La Brea apartments sit to the right in the centerground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3712
title: Low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951. Westlake park sits in the center foreground, with commercial and residential buildings spreading in all directions around it. Hills are visible on the right at the most distant point of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1918
title: Architectural drawing for Dodger Stadium, 1959

description: Photograph of an architectural rendering for Dodger Stadium, 1959. Dodger Stadium sits at the center of the rendering, ringed by two concentric circles of parking lots. Trees are depicted in each of the four corners. This model was the original shown to Los Angeles city officials, though it was later amended. The lower right corner of the print reads "Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles. Preager Kavanagh Waterbury. Engineers -- Architects".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6896
title: View of the intersection of Broadway and Twelfth Streets in Oakland, showing pedestrians, 1943

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Broadway and Twelfth Streets in Oakland, showing pedestrians, 1943. Pedestrians cross the street in the foreground, moving across the plane of vision. A few automobiles are visible behind them, while commercial buildings fill the background. The main store depicted is "Foreman & Clark Men's Clothes", while the awnings of "Zinkes Repairs", "Ann Rose Sportswear", and the "National Shirt Shops" also line the sidewalk, from left to right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9118
title: Low-altitude aerial view of orange groves near Covina, showing hills in the distance, ca.1941

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of orange groves near Covina, showing hills in the distance, ca.1941. Neat rectangles of orange groves, subdivided by low palm trees, fill the fore- and middlegrounds. The edge of a town sits at the right centerground, extending to the right side of the frame. Hills are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7900
title: View of fruit trees in Banning, showing a man photographing a woman, ca.1945

description: Photograph of view of fruit trees in Banning, showing a man photographing a woman, ca.1945. A man stands at the center foreground, photographing a woman who stands in the right foreground. A small dog sits on the ground between them. A chickenwire fence runs from the lower left to the middle right of the image, dividing the turned earth in which the figures stand from the rows of blooming fruit trees that fill the centerground of the image. Hills are visible in the background. Picture file card reads "All Year Round Club".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3045
title: Low-altitude aerial view of Lakewood, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of Lakewood, [s.d.]. Several automobiles occupy the paved, four-lane road that runs vertically along the left edge of the image, while a suburban development fills the background. The fore- and centergrounds show a large expanse of dirt or sand, with two square buildings to the left of center. Tire tracks cross at angles and in curves.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7990
title: Old doors of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the massive old wooden doors of Mission San Gabriel which withstood the attacks of the Indians, ca.1908. The four doors, no longer hung in a frames, are propped against an adobe(?) wall in a corner inside. Some door hardware is still present on the sturdy doors. About a dozen stone cooking implements (grinding stones, etc.) sit on the wood floor in front of the doors. A metal conduit hangs down from above.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2509
title: Low-altitude aerial view of the 4-level interchange where the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. 101) and the Pasadena/Harbor Freeway (SR 110) meet; Los Angeles, ca.1950-1959

description: Photograph of the low-altitude aerial view of the 4-level interchange where the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. 101) and the Pasadena/Harbor Freeway (SR 110) meet; Los Angeles, ca.1950-1959. A light-colored freeway runs from the bottom left to the center background of the image. Ramps leading on and off the freeway sit at both the fore- and center-grounds of the image, extending from it to both the right and left sides. The road is situated in a residential area; many blocks of houses and palm trees are visible throughout the image. Another paved road runs horizontally across the bottom of the image. Grand Avenue is running left to right at the bottom. Figueroa Street goes under the freeway. It intersects With Boston Street to the right of the freeway bridges. The view is to the west.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19253
title: Portrait of James W. Reitz, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of James W. Reitz, a North Hollywood attorney, [s.d.]. A man in a dark suit and checked tie sits at a desk, with both hands spreading out a folded piece of paper. A pen and inkwell sit before him, as well as an ashtray, while a window lined with blinds appears at right, and a bookshelf in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12106
title: Train on the Mount Tamalpais Railroad, heading to the right, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a train on the Mount Tamalpais Railroad, heading to the right, ca.1930. The image, which appears to be taken from one of the train's cars, can be seen at left, making its way around a mountain pass to the right. The foremost car behind the engine is open-air and exposes the passengers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9020
title: View of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947

description: Photograph of a view of a lettuce field on the farm of Charles Freeman, near Holtville, ca.1947. Many rows of lettice extend from the foreground to the horizon line in the distance. At center, a man sits in a tractor with high-traction tires, pulling a cart of harvested lettuce. A similar tractor sits to his right, further in the distance. A cart, without a tractor, is being filled by a group of workers in the distant left centerground, while four more workers harvest lettuce in the center rows. More workers and equipment are visible in the far distance. A row of trees lines the left rear edge of the field, and the forms of hills can be seen in the background. The lower right corner of the image is marked "54554".; Photoprint reads: "Received from Don Chandler, taken January 1947. Owner Charles Freedman. Description of work: Harvesting lettuce from muddy fields in California. An Unusually heavy rain in the Imperial Valley could have meant a big loss on perishable crops but dependable tract-type traction of 'Caterpillar' diesel tractors helped save the lettuce crop of Charles Freedman who farms 2700 acres (mostly row crops). Picture was taken near Holtville, California. Mexican nationals picked and loaded the crop."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20061
title: Copper mining equipment at Calaveras, ca.1930

description: Photograph of Copper Mining at Calaveras, ca.1930. A skeletal, triangular device stands tall to the left with a wheel at the top. The device appears to stand at the top of a crater in the foreground. What appears to be a lightly-colored house stands on the left surrounded by trees. The background is the rest of the town which consists of a road lined by electrical poles and homes that sit on the side of a mountain and are surrounded by trees. The trees of the mountain can be seen in the distance. "This Calaveras section was the principal source of copper in the United States during the Civil War. The famous Union Copper Mines were discovered in 1860".