cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19069
title: Dutch Flat historic views

description: Photograph of a church built in 1854 at Dutch Flat, Amador County, ca.1930. The church, repaired and painted in 1934, is seen center with a backdrop of spruce trees. The stairs of the church lead to a flag pole as well as a wire fence which spans the perimeter of the sandy schoolyard in the foreground. Quaint buildings surrounded by wooden fences can be seen on either side of the church and an electrical pole stands directly outside the church's door. The church stood another eighty years after the renovation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15294
title: Three horse-drawn coaches stopped at the custodian's cabin in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, ca.1889

description: Photograph of 3 horse-drawn coaches stopped at the custodian's cabin in Mariposa Grove, in Yosemite National Park. About 20 people are visible in and around the coaches and cabin. The forest is visible in the background including two particularly large trees near the cabin.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20074
title: View of Coloma Valley showing the South Fork of the American River, ca.1930

description: Photograph of Coloma Valley showing the South Fork of the American River, ca.1930. Trees and grass blanket most of the view of the valley. In the center, a cleared strip can be seen with several buildings on the right of it. A lightly-colored tower can be seen at the right side of the clearing with a field behind it. Several other fields can be seen in the back on the left while mountains paint the background.; Picture file card reads "The exact center of the photo is the site of Marshall's gold discovery in 1848 (January). In the background Mount Perry on left and Mount Murray on right. The white building is the Town Hall of Coloma".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20075
title: View of stone pilings at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Sutter's Mill in Coloma, ca.1930. At center a stone monument stands in the water with the name "Sutter Mill" written on the side with small rocks and a broken top right corner where the monument once had an "S". Several bent, metal poles can be seen protruding from the flat top of the monument. Several large rocks and tall grass can be seen to the left in the calm water. Rocks line the tree-covered bank in the background while a grassy hillside can be seen in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20076
title: Exterior view of the original Coloma school house, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the original Coloma school house, ca.1930. The school house stands center and appears to be made of logs. The windows on the front and side of the house are partially boarded while the door on the left and the walls are discolored and damaged. A second, lightly-colored building stands on the far left and appears to be much less damaged. Several leafless trees stand amongst the buildings while a small shed can be seen behind a small fence on the right. The town and hillside can be seen in the distance.; Picture file card reads "The original school house built in the middle 1850's. A modern one now occupies the grounds to the right -- out of the field of the photo".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20077
title: Monument in Coloma depicting James Marshall, who discovered gold in the area, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a monument in Coloma depicting James Marshall, who discovered gold in the area, ca.1930. A statue of a man pointing into the distance is pictured at center on top of a large pedestal. Below, metal rails surround this pedestal, and appear to be on a grassy knoll in a park area of some kind. The bronze statue was erected in 1890 and is supposed to point to the spot where Marshall found gold. Marshall died on August 10, 1885.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19067
title: Exterior view of the Bruschi Brothers Store in Coulterville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Bruschi Brothers Store in Coulterville, ca.1930. A small sign sits in the ground in front of the crumbling brick structure at center. Two iron double doors occupy most of the front wall while it appears the left part of the wall has been destroyed and the top right corner is missing. Weeds and sticks sit on the left of the store next to another structure that can be seen on the far left. Trees can be seen in the background on the right.; Picture file card reads "The sign in front of the place reads: 'Bruschi Brothers Store This famous store was erected in 1851'. The iron doors were shipped around the Horn. At one time, this store was busy enough to have besides three owners, five clerks and a bookkeeper".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8304
title: Barges loaded with hay on a Courtland river port, destined for the San Francisco Market, ca.1900

description: Photograph of barges loaded with hay on a Courtland river port, destined for the San Francisco Market, ca.1900. Two long schooners are pictured, their decks loaded with bales of hay. The foremost barge is pictured in full length at center, the word "Mountainview" across its bow. Farther left, a second boat is behind it and perpendicular to it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19048
title: View down an unidentified street in Columbia, California, ca.1930 (1894?)

description: Photograph of a view down an unidentified street in Columbia, California, ca.1930 (1894?). A wide, dirt road is pictured at center, curving gently to the right distance. On the left side of the street, commercial shops can be seen, a group of dalliers sitting outside the foremost shop, while a separate man can be seen on the roof. Farther in, early automobiles can be seen parked on either side. Trees line most of the image to the right. Photoprint reads: "Old buildings and old trees -- elms, poplars and cottonwoods line the street -- 'Stage Drivers' Saloon on the corner -- all date from teh 1850s". Legible signs from left to right include: "Ice Cream. [D]rinks. Lunches.", "McLaughlin & Son. Miners Supplies. Ener[...]. Merchandise", and "Justice of the Peace".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19049
title: Exterior view of The "Stage Drivers" Saloon, Columbia, 1852

description: Photograph of an exterior view of The "Stage Drivers" Saloon, Columbia, 1852. A rounded corner of the brick building is center with a poster on the wall under a hanging lantern. Along the corner, seven wooden chairs are placed along the wall with a man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe sitting in the far right chair. The man sits next to the doorway under the shade of a large tree just outside. To the right of the tree a man can be seen reading the paper underneath a window and further down the wall there is another door and empty chair. The building is now the Brady Museum of the gold rush days.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19050
title: Exterior view of Morgan's "City Hotel," Columbia, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Morgan's "City Hotel," Columbia, ca.1930. A large Cork Elm stands center shading the sidewalk in front of the lightly-colored brick building. Two sets of double doors, which are raised a step above the sidewalk, can be seen on either side of the Cork Elm with signs labeling them. A third, single door is unlabeled on the left. Two men sit reading papers on two separate benches along the sidewalk with fliers posted on the wall behind them. Above them a second floor can be seen through the leaves of the Cork Elm. "To the right is the entrance to the saloon where the girls danced on the bar".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19051
title: Exterior view of The Episcopal Church of Columbia, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of The Episcopal Church of Columbia, ca.1930. The church stands at center behind a picket fence and several trees and bushes. A rectangular window reflects the trees out front from the center of the side of the church while a smaller rectangular window can be seen on the side of a large, taller structure on the left side of the main building. The walls of both structures are made of darkly-colored wood paneled vertically. Larger trees than those directly in front of the church stand on either side.; Picture file card reads "Site of the Bonanza Mine that produced millions of dollars. The claim was owned by Jim Crocker, Jim Dovall and Alonzo Colby".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15295
title: Man with leggings standing near a Joshua Tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1904

description: Photograph of a man with leggings standing near a Joshua Tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1904. The man stands just left of center, and is looking at the Sierra Madre Mountains in the distance at right. In the foreground is sand. Further back is scrub brush.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1118
title: Exterior view of the home of Homer Laughlin on West Adams Boulevard, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the home of Homer Laughlin on West Adams Boulevard, ca.1900. At center a three story, Tudor style mansion with a steep stone facade is visible. Vines grow along the outside. Trees and other plants surround the house and the grassy lawn. Also in the lawn is a hose connected to a water pipe and a lawn ornament (a man on a stick?).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19052
title: Exterior view of Saint Anne's church, Columbia, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Saint Anne's church, Columbia, ca.1930. The darkly-colored church lies on the top of a hill at center in the distance. Several windows along the church's side wall overlook the boulders, bushes and trees that blanket the land in the foreground. Tree-covered hills like these can be seen faintly in the distance behind the church.; Picture file card reads "St. Anne's church built in 1856 with money donated by miners. Hydraulic mining has washed most of the soil away on one side of the building".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19053
title: Church and cemetery in Springfield near Columbia, CA, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a church and cemetery in Springfield near Columbia, CA, ca.1930. The lightly-colored, abandoned church sits slightly to the right with wood-paneled walls. No door occupies the doorway and the three openings that were once windows overlook the cemetery in the foreground. The lightly-colored grave markers, which are shaped like arches, are surrounded by thick, tall weeds in plots contained by chain fences and pointed metal posts. The backdrop is a faint hillside that are decorated by trees on the right, but contain a smooth clearing on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19054
title: Exterior view of the Swerer Store in Tuttletown, California, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Swerer Store in Tuttletown, California, ca.1930. The brick walls of the structure are not smooth, as the bricks are not level with each other and are not matching in shape or size. Two raised, wooden double doors stand in the front wall with bushes and grass below them. The roof is of wood paneling and contains two windows in the front, one which is boarded shut. Another structure can be seen behind the structure on the far right while on the left there is a wire fence that stands on a backdrop of trees.; Originally, the photograph was cataloged as "Old Columbia Brewery, built in 1856".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19055
title: Exterior view of Fire House Number One and the old town dentist's office and drug store, Columbia, ca.1920-1930

description: Photograph of an Exterior view of Fire House Number One and the old town dentist's office and drug store, Columbia, ca.1920-1930. Fire Hose Number One can be seen on the left with it's label printed on a wooden set of double doors that are placed in the structure's brick wall. To the left of the double doors a smaller, lightly-colored door stands underneath a fire bell tower that extends through the roof. This part of the building has a damaged, shingled roof that touches a tree which stands at the far left. The dentist's office and drug store is in the two-storied part of the structure on the right. Several double doors stand on the front and a fence of "fine iron work" sits on the second story in front of two rectangular windows.; The dentist's office and drug store building was originally described as Odd Fellows Hall which is actually located to the left of this structure, separated from it by a vacant lot. Per Edward Swanzey, a Columbia resident, "It was one of California's oldest IOOF chapters, that was finally taken over by the state of California in 2007".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19056
title: Cemetery on top of a hill, Columbia, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a cemetery on top of a hill, Columbia, ca.1930. Two rectangular graves, one slightly larger than the other, stand in a plot of land at center. To either side stand graves shaped like arches. On the left there can be seen a fenced plot of land containing one grave marker. Although grass covers the ground the grave markers stand in, bushes and trees can be seen in the background on the right, while tall, thin Cypress trees stand in the background on the left.; Photo file card reads "The cemetery on top of the hill which dates from the 1850's. On the rectangular slab in line with the Cypress tree is the following inscription: 'Jacob R. Geddis -- aged 28 years -- murdered on or about the 28th of June, 1861'".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19057
title: Portrait of Hubert Brady, Columbia, California, ca.1930 (1894?)

description: Photographic portrait of Hubert Brady, Columbia, ca.1930 (1894?). The old man stands at center with his bearded face slightly shaded by his large hat. The man's eyes are squinted and his thin mouth holds a pipe. His right hand can be seen in a fist in front of him while his left is at his side holding back his outer shirt. He can be seen in front of a billiard hall made of brick and the entrance can be seen to the right. To the left several wooden chairs line the wall behind him.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19058
title: Exterior view of The D.O. Mills Bank, Columbia, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of The D.O. Mills Bank, Columbia, ca.1930. The D.O. Mills Bank, also known as the "Gold Dust Exchange" can be seen at center. The main door is raised a step above the sidewalk which is shaded by the porch ceiling above. To either side of the main door there can be seen benches and two windows. The left window advertises the name while the left is covered. Several more raised doors can be seen underneath windows in another side of the building. On the far right, along the second visible wall, an automobile is parked outside of the building. Photo file card reads "Built in the 1850's. A store for home-made candy now occupies the place".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19059
title: Exterior view of a schoolhouse in Columbia, 1894

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a schoolhouse in Columbia, 1894. The right side of the large brick building reveals a staircase which leads to the two stories. In the center of the roof a short bell tower can be seen while the ten rectangular windows on the visible side view several skeletal trees in the surrounding yard of dirt. Picture file card reads "This is believed to be the oldest school house in California today. It opened its first term April 14, 1862".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9439
title: Young olive orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the view looking up the aisle between two rows of trees in a young olive orchard, San Fernando Valley, ca.1900.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19060
title: Hubert Brady and an unknown man situated behind a large horse trough at the "Stage Driver's Retreat", ca.1930

description: Photograph of Hubert Brady and an unknown man situated behind a large horse trough at the "Stage Driver's Retreat", ca.1930. An older gentleman in a hat and jacket sits on a chair behind the trough, smoking a pipe. Farther left, a second man in a lightly-colored shirt can be seen leaning in the frame of one of the saloon's doors. The trough itself is features prominently at center, made from large, sturdy planks of wood. Picture file card reads: "McLaughlin's. The trough, over 70 years old, now grows waterlilies and goldfish".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19061
title: Exterior view of an office and building of the Bixel Distillery, Columbia, 1894

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an office and building of the Bixel Distillery, Columbia, 1894. A few garments hang on the porch just outside the door of the office structure that resembles a house. The windows of the office view a small desk with several chairs which are also on the porch. Supplies such as barrels, jugs and ladders sit against the brick wall of the abutting building. The building sits at the foot of the dry hill behind it and is a great deal taller than the office. Trees in front and just next to the two structures shade the yard in the foreground, but shade the structures only slightly. Picture file card reads "Built about 1856. At one time, 28 men worked here making brandies".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20078
title: Newspaper clipping in which the first notice of James Marshall's gold find, Coloma, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a newspaper clipping in which the first notice of James Marshall's gold find, Coloma, ca.1930. The clipping is from the San Francisco Californian's March 15th edition for 1848. An brief article on a horse race is mentioned along with the information on the gold find. Document begins "A horse race came of at the Dolorea Mission Course".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19062
title: Exterior view of the house of Joseph and Anna Bixel, Columbia, 1894

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the house of Joseph and Anna Bixel, Columbia, 1894. The several windows with wooden shutters are in a wall of damaged wooden paneling that surrounds the doorway. The house stands on what appears to be a brick foundation on a hill covered in trees and bushes. Each level of the house has a different color of wood paneling, the second story darker than the first story or the roof. A room protrudes from the left wall into the thick trees.; Picture file card reads "The house of Joseph and Anna Bixel who moved to Los Angeles in 1878 and went into real estate business. Bixel Street is named for him".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18923
title: Long strip of smoothed rock left over from hydraulic mining in the American River, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a long strip of smoothed rock left over from hydraulic mining in the American River, ca.1930. A long bar of fist-sized stones is pictured extending towards the horizon. The top edge of this pile just barely obscures a view of the treetops below, and is heaped into two interlacing mounds, a slight depression down the center. The mining was done by dredgers.; Photoprint reads: "Miles of rock between Sacramento and Folsom -- the result of hydraulic mining by dredgers in the American River. Folsom can be seen many miles of rocks refuse from hydraulic mines".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18924
title: Hitching post resembling a horse's head, Folsom, ca.1936

description: Photograph of a hitching post resembling a horse's head, Folsom, ca.1936. The hitching post, a relic of the horse and buggy days, depicts a horse's head and can be seen center. The post, which appears to be stone, stands prominently along a sidewalk in Folsom amongst the wood and debris of the surrounding street work.  In the distance, to the left and above the post, electrical poles can be seen with nearby trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18925
title: Exterior view of the Wells Fargo Assay Office in Folsom, 1936

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Wells Fargo Assay Office in Folsom, 1936. Two adjacent one-story buildings are shown: to the left, the taller building bears a sign which reads "Folsom Soda Works" and is identified to have been the Wells Fargo Assay Office, Pony Express Stop and the assay office of Palmer and Day. To the right, a smaller building with a flat roof bears a sign that reads "Townsend Plan Headquarters" and is identified as having been a saloon and store. To the far left, the remains of what appears to be a broken-down delivery truck for the Folsom Soda Works can be seen. Both buildings were built around 1860.; Other legible sign from left to right include: "Ice", "Market" and "Model".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20081
title: Exterior view of the old Bell (Ball?) Flour Mill at Fort Independence, ca.1900

description: Photograph an exterior view of the old Bell (Ball?) Flour Mill at Fort Independence, ca.1900. The wooden structure is missing a roof and many pieces of the front wall. The porch is collapsed into a patch of pushes on the left side of the front wall. On the left only a wooden floor remains, raised from the ground. Trees make up the background of the old mill. "Built by A.N. Bell/Ball (?) in 1868. Operated by water power from Oak Creek, under the building. It discontinued in 1909".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20065
title: Old adobe in Fiddletown from Chinatown of the 1850s, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an old adobe in Fiddletown from Chinatown of the 1850s, ca.1930. At center a dilapidated old house is visible with an inclined, shingled roof. On the front of the house, two windows are visible with shutters that are open and partially off of their hinges. A porch is visible on the front, while a wooden fence runs from the end of the porch to the left and right. Trees are visible in the background while a dirt road runs in front of the house. Photoprint reads: "An adobe - all that is left of Chinatown of the 1850s and still occupied by Chinese".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20066
title: Two old buildings in Fiddletown, 1936

description: Photograph of two old buildings in Fiddletown, 1936. To the left a one-story building composed of wooden planks is visible with an inclined shinged roof. A screen door is visible in the center of the front wall with two windows on either side of it, while a shingled awning is visible hanging over the front of the building. A dirt sidewalk is visible running in front of the building, while a second building made from brick stands in the right background. Three archways are visible in front, while two women wearing dresses and a small child stand in front of the middle archway. An automobile stands parked to the right in front of the second building. A dirt road runs in front of both buildings to the bottom right while tall trees are visible to the right of the buildings. Photoprint reads: "Two old buildings - The large one bears the sign 'C. Schallarus, Blacksmith and Wagon Shop' 1870 ".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5119
title: Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900

description: Photograph through the trees of the Echo Mountain Observatory and Echo Mountain House (in the background) covered in snow. The valley floor crisscrossed with agricultural parcels is visible in the distance. Additional information: The Echo Mountain House was destroyed by a fire in 1900.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20067
title: View of an unidentified street in Fiddletown, showing parked cars and a Mobil gas station, 1936

description: Photograph of a view of an unidentified street in Fiddletown, showing parked cars, 1936. Several early automobiles are visible parked along the right side of the narrow dirt street that runs down the center of the image into the distance. To the left, a row of what appear to be residential buildings are jacketed in clapboard siding. A brick building is pictured towards the foreground at right, seemingly out of use. In the distance at right, a Mobil Gas station can be seen. Fiddletown was the site of a Chinatown in the 1850's, and was first settled in 1849.