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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2086
title: Exterior view of the Salvation Army Young Women's Boarding Home on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1915

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Salvation Army Young Women's Boarding Home on Grand Avenue near Fifth Street in Los Angeles, ca.1915. The boarding house is a four story structure with a flat roof and four rows of rectangular windows. A series of fire escape ladders extends down the front of the building at left. The doorway is at center and is a large archway flanked by cylindrical columns. Above the doorway, the words "Salvation Army" are carved into the stone, and the words "Young Women's Boarding Home" appear higher on the structure. A utility pole is in the foreground at right, and a tree is at left. The sloping street in front of the building is paved with cobblestones or bricks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13386
title: Amelia Earhart posing with Vance Graham of KMPC before making a flight, July 4, 1933

description: Photograph of Amelia Earhart posing with Vance Graham of KMPC before making a flight, July 4, 1933. Graham is standing near a large square microphone at right. He is wearing a light suit, a dark hat, and sunglasses. A sign bearing the name of his radio station is attached to the microphone. Earhart is walking away from Graham at center with her head down. She is wearing a light colored jacket and has short, dark, wavy hair. There are eight other people gathered around the aviatrix and the broadcaster, including a uniformed police officer at left and a man dressed all in light clothes at center. Photoprint reads: "Crenshaw Avenue, View Park Airport".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20019
title: Ship U.S.S. Constitution, or "Old Ironsides", docked in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the ship U.S.S. Constitution, or "Old Ironsides", docked in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The large sailing vessel is at center and is tied up alongside a dock crowded with people. The ship has all of its sails stowed, but a single row of cannons protrudes from the sides. Three lifeboats are suspended near the stern of the shop, and a large American flag is flying from the rearmost mast at left. Several smaller boats, including two tug boats and a small motorboat are moored in front of and behind the old frigate. On the dock at left is a large warehouse decorated with patriotic banners. A sign on the roof reads "H 57  City of Los Angeles Flood Lines".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7196
title: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the four by one hundred relay at the Olympics, 1932

description: Photograph of the peristyle end of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the four by one hundred relay at the Olympics, 1932. The long series of archways is at center, and in the middle is a tall rectangular section topped by a torch for the Olympic flame. A row of flags and banners runs along the archways. Near the top of the rectangular section is a scoreboard. The bleachers at right are crowded with people, and the other bleachers are beginning to fill up with newcomers. The scoreboard reads "4 x 1000 Relay Men Final U.S.A. Germany Italy Time 40s".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8928
title: Exterior view of the Estudillo adobe in San Diego, site of Ramona's wedding, 1887

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Estudillo adobe in San Diego, site of Ramona's wedding, 1887. The adobe building is at center and is a long, single story structure covered in light plaster. A row of five wood-framed windows with open wooden shutters runs along the side of the building at right. The roof is made from curved terracotta tiles. A tree with a torn piece of paper on its trunk is in the foreground at left, and another tree is visible in the distance at right. A large sign is painted on the side of the building and it reads "Ramona's Marriage Place".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10065
title: Solar motor near Phoenix, Arizona, showing detail of boiler where 2000 mirrors focus on sun's rays, ca.1903

description: Photograph of a solar motor near Phoenix, Arizona, showing detail of boiler where 2000 mirrors focus on sun's rays, ca.1903. The apparatus is designed to pumps water for irrigation. Gear mechanism (not visible) rotates the dish-shaped mirror to follow the sun.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m252
title: Melrose Hotel on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street on Bunker Hill, ca.1945

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Melrose Hotel on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street on Bunker Hill, ca.1945. The hotel is a large rectangular building with four stories. Its flat roof is slightly higher on the corners than in the middle, and a sign bearing the name of the hotel projects upward from the middle of the façade. The second and third stories have large covered balconies, and the bottom floor is obstructed from view by thick ivy and other plants. On the street in front of the hotel are three large automobiles, two of which are parked.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1283
title: Exterior view of the Richelieu Hotel, 120 [142?] S.  Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1950

description: Exterior view of the Richelieu Hotel, a former Bunker Hill residence, on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, ca.1950. The hotel is shown in a halftone print on a flier or brochure, a caption above the image reads "Alphabet for booklovers", and beneath "Dawson's Book Shop, 550 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 17, California". The 3-story Victorian dwelling itself is emblazoned with a decorative "R" over a covered semicircular front porch. The roof above is cone-shaped.; Dawson's Book Shop, founded in 1905, was the first antiquarian book store established in Los Angeles. It was located until 1952 at 627 South Grand Avenue, until 1968 at 550 South Figueroa Street, and thereafter at 535 North Larchmont Boulevard.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1268
title: Exterior view of the Melrose Hotel on Grand Avenue between First and Second Streets, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Melrose Hotel on Grand Avenue between First and Second Streets, [s.d.]. The large Victorian building has domed roofs and a porch and balcony that curve around the front of the building at right. There are three stories and a tower with four. The front yard is full of trees, including a squat palm tree and a tall leafless tree at center. A large chimney protrudes from the dark roof at left. In the distance at right, many other buildings are visible at the base of a hill.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m249
title: Bunker Hill hotels on Grand Avenue between First and Second Streets, 1946

description: Photographs of Bunker Hill hotels on Grand Avenue between First and Second Streets, 1946. The Hotel Richelieu is at right and the Melrose Hotel is at center and left. The Richelieu and the center section of the Melrose are large Victorian mansions with several stories, covered porches and tall towers. The left side of the Melrose Hotel is a rectangular building with a flat roof. There is a sidewalk in front of the three large buildings, and the yards in front of them are full of a variety of plants. Several large automobiles are parked on the street in front of the hotels, and one car is speeding past the Richelieu. A large sign over the Melrose Hotel at left advertises its name.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m248
title: Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, 1946

description: Photograph of the Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, 1946. Hotel Richelieu is at right and is a large, light-colored Victorian mansion with a conical tower, two covered balconies and a covered porch. At center is part of the Melrose Hotel. It is also a large Victorian house, but it has a curved balcony and rounded domes top its elaborately decorated walls. A cupola is on top of a tall tower at center. The other half of the Melrose Hotel is at left and is a large, four story  rectangular building with large triangular sections attached to the roof. A sign with the name of the hotel is attached above the façade. Two automobiles are parked on the street in front of the hotels. An assortment of plants occupies the yards in front of the buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m246
title: Stagecoach near the Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a stagecoach in front of the Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, ca.1895. The half-tone photograph shows the Richelieu at right. It is a large Victorian mansion with a wrap-around porch and a tall conical tower. At center and left are the two buildings of the Melrose Hotel. The one at center is another Victorian mansion with a tall, bell-shaped tower topped by a cupola. At left is a four-story rectangular building with triangular attachments on the roof and a sign that reads "Melrose". A stagecoach pulled by a team of six horses is in the street at left, and several people are waving at it from the porches of the Victorian buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20020
title: Bennett Wells sink during the days of the twenty mule team, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Bennett Wells sink near Death Valley during the days of the twenty mule team, [s.d.]. A dirt road is at center and heads into the distance at left. There are a few tire tracks  in the dirt, but not many. The road is lined with an assortment of low desert brush. A tall windmill stands behind the bushes at right, and in the distance behind it is a range of steep mountains whose tops are shrouded by clouds. The twenty mule team was used to haul borax out of Death Valley in the 1880s.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14084
title: Exterior view of a tavern at Wilson's Peak, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a tavern at Wilson's Peak, ca.1900. The tavern is a wooden building built on the side of the mountain. It has two stories and a third level observation deck. The second story has a covered porch along the long side at left, and several patrons are enjoying the view from deck chairs. A line of rectangular windows and doors wraps around the entire second floor, and a single open doorway is visible on the first. The area around the tavern is full of trees and plants except for a section of the hillside at right that is mostly bare.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6678
title: Exterior view of W.K. Mace's bungalow, South Pasadena, ca.1900

description: Photograph of W.K. Mace's bungalow, South Pasadena, California, ca.1900. The single story California craftsman style house has a covered porch supported by stone foundation and pillars. The driveway, at right, provides access to the back of the property.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20021
title: Halfway house on the trail up Mount Wilson, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a halfway house on the trail up Mount Wilson, [s.d.]. The building is at center and is a small shack with a steeply sloped roof. A frame made of branches extends from the front of the building at left. A donkey is standing near the house with a man, and another donkey is on the trail at right. The trail begins in the foreground at center and extends into the distance at right. Both sides of the trail are bordered by tall trees and small rocks. The steep slope of the mountain is visible through the trees at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6350
title: Maties Reyes with two loaded burros in front of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880

description: Photograph of Maties Reyes with two loaded burros in front of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880. At center, a man can be seen standing between two burros. The burro to the left is loaded with bundles of firewood while large sacks can be seen on the burro to the right. Another burro is also visible in the background. To the far left and right, a picket fence can be seen enclosing the road. The Mission church showing a long row of arches can be seen behind the man.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9871
title: San Jose's Main Street showing damage from the earthquake, 1906

description: Photograph of San Jose's Main Street showing damage from the earthquake, 1906. The broad, paved street is at left and heads away from the viewer into the distance. It is lined with tall buildings containing shops and horses while wagons are visible standing in the middle of the street. In several places, large beams are leaning against the sides of the buildings, and there are puddles on top of the streetcar tracks that divide the roads. A small pile of rubble is on a sidewalk in front of a three-story building at right.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Ganong Bros. Golden State Cleaning and Dyeing Co.", "Springs Tighe[?]", "The Menlo", and "Automobiles".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5353
title: Group portrait of Antelope Valley's first band, ca.1895

description: Photographic group portrait of Antelope Valley's first band, ca.1895. The band is composed of twenty members arranged in three rows with their instruments. All have brass instruments except for two percussionists seated at left. There are four women in the band, and they are all wearing hats. The men are all wearing suits, but only a few have ties. They are posed in front of a large clapboard building with three rectangular windows, the rightmost of which is open. The band was in Almondale, a few miles east of Little Rock, California.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5349
title: Students in front of the school building on Main Street in old Palmdale, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of students in front of the school building on Main Street in old Palmdale, [s.d.].  A group of three young girls wearing dresses and hats is standing in the foreground at left. Eight boys dressed all in black are standing together at right, and a man is standing on the steps of the schoolhouse, which is in the background at center. The school is a light-colored clapboard building with a tall spire on top and large rectangular windows around the outside. In the distance at right is a cluster of large farm buildings, including a windmill. The old school was built in the 1880s in old Palmdale, about two miles east of present Palmdale. The building was restored and later moved to the Gold Camp at Tropico Mine in Rosamond.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5341
title: Twenty-mule team standing in front of John Searl's borax warehouse in Mojave, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a twenty-mule team standing in front of John Searles' borax warehouse in Mojave, ca.1880. The mules are hitched to two large wagons in two long lines. The wagons are massive and are heavily loaded with hay(?). The back wheels are considerably larger than the front ones. A group of four men is standing near the lead wagon at center. The warehouse is behind the mule team and is a long, large wooden building with two massive doorways. A caption is illegibly handwritten on the bottom of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2905
title: Exterior view of the Rosamond Hotel in Rosamond, ca.1910

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Rosamond Hotel in Rosamond, ca.1910. The hotel is a two-story rectangular building made entirely of stone. It has a covered porch and a balcony on its front side at right, and a sign above the balcony bears the name of the hotel. Two lines of arched windows run along the side of the building at left, and a wooden gate in a stone wall leads to a yard next to the hotel. Two people are standing in the shade provided by the porch. The hotel was built in the 1900's by Ezra Hamilton with rock obtained from Tropico Hill. The hotel was first known as Hamilton Hotel, and later Juanito's and Rock a By Club. The 1952 Tehachapi earthquake did so much damage that the top story had to be removed.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5348
title: Students on first Antelope Valley Union High School bus, which ran between Palmdale and Lancaster, ca.1909.

description: Photograph of students on first Antelope Valley Union High School bus, which ran between Palmdale and Lancaster, ca.1909. The bus is an early-model truck shown in profile and facing to the right. There is a small engine compartment at right, and the back of the bus is covered by a long wooden roof. It has large tires, and a spare tire is slung under the back of the bus. Ten students, both boys and girls, are looking out of the open windows of the bus. The acronym "A.V.U.H.S." is painted on the side of the bus over the back tire. The words "High School Bus" are handwritten along the bottom of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5340
title: Men standing near a steam engine in front of the Harvey House in Mojave, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of men standing near a steam engine in front of the Harvey House in Mojave, [s.d.]. The steam engine is at center and is facing to the left. It is coupled to a slant-back tender car and is spewing smoke from its smokestacks. Eight men in long  pants and hats are standing on the tracks in front of the locomotive. Behind the engine is a long, two-story wooden building with a covered porch and rows of large rectangular windows. The tender car bears the number 1079.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5331
title: Antonio Araujo and his daughter Sally with a horse and an antelope in front of an adobe house on La Liebre Ranch, 1903

description: Photograph of Antonio Araujo and his daughter Sally with a horse and an antelope in front of their adobe house on La Liebre Ranch, 1903. Antonio is at center on a dark horse that is facing to the right. He is wearing the clothes of a gaucho, including chaps and a broad-brimmed hat. Sally is standing on the ground at right near a small antelope. She is wearing a dark dress and a light shirt. The adobe house behind them is light in color and has a covered porch. A single rectangular window is at center and is flanked by two doorways. A wooden chimney protrudes from the roof. The house was built by Beale in the 1850s on the west side of Antelope Valley and later stood on the side of Tejon Ranch.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12208
title: Specimen of a Washington Lily, native of Oregon, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a specimen of a Washington Lily, native of Oregon, ca.1920.  Five blossoms and several buds are shown on a neutral background. The flower can vary in color from white to purple.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5342
title: Snow-covered Main Street in Mojave, March 1896

description: Photograph of snow-covered Main Street in Mojave, March 1896. A long line of wooden buildings runs along the far side of the street. All of the buildings have rectangular facades and covered porches. The second building from the left is a beer hall. A team of horses is pulling a makeshift sleigh down the middle of the street at center. Both sides of the street are lined with utility poles. Most of the buildings visible were destroyed in a fire a few years later. Handwritten across the bottom of the image are the words "Big snow at Mojave March 96".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20028
title: Tourist card from the Angel's Flight inclined railway at Hill Street and Third Street, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a tourist card from the Angel's Flight inclined railway at Hill Street and Third Street, [s.d.]. The left side of the card is composed of a half-tone drawing photograph of the Hill Street Tunnel and the railway making its way up the hill to the left. There are two cars on the narrow tracks, and many people are waiting near an archway at the bottom for the return of the vehicles. There are several tall buildings around, including the tall Angel's View tower. At the bottom of the image are the words "Compliments of J. W. Eddy".; At right is a section of text that describes the highlights of the railway: "Have you ever visited the 'Angel's Flight?' If not, why not? It is the most unique, interesting and useful inclined railway in the world. It is in the heart of the city -- Hill and Third Streets. Los Angeles, Ca. The ride is inspiring and perfectly safe. The view from the Tower -- 'Angel's View' -- is grand, overlooking city and mountains. The camera obscura puts a beautiful living picture of Third Street and vicinity on canvas before you. Fare 5 cents, three for 10 cents, ten for 25 cents, 100 for $1.00. Angel's View with Camera Obscura, 5 cents; three for 10 cents. Rest Pavilion, 'Angel's Rest,' overlooking city, Eddy Park and Fountain Free. Easy Chairs. Come and  bring your friends and enjoy yourselves. Phones: Home 2013, Main 1314".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5188
title: Exterior view of the Echo Mountain House with people on the porch, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Echo Mountain House with people on the porch, [s.d.]. The large white hotel building is at center. It is three stories tall and has a wrap-around porch. A large, multi-sided tower is at center, and two chimneys protrude from the roof on either side. A series of stone retaining walls is at left. There are many people gathered on the porch and on the stairway that leads to the building at right. The top of Echo Mountain is visible beyond the hotel. The building was constructed in 1894 and burned down in 1900.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20029
title: Group portrait of members of the Women's Camera Club, [s.d.]

description: Photographic group portrait of members of the Women's Camera Club, [s.d.]. There are four women pictured and they are arranged in a diamond pose : the woman in back is standing at center, the two in the middle row are seated on either side, and the fourth woman is seated on the floor in the middle. All of them are wearing lacy light-colored dresses and hats with large bows on top. Three of them are also holding early cameras, which are little more than boxes with holes in the front. There are two small plants visible, one on each side of the club.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7384
title: F. A. Morgan's Water Wagon at Kinyon Mine near Randsburg, ca.1897

description: Photograph of F. A. Morgan's Water Wagon at Kinyon Mine near Randsburg, ca.1897. Twenty-one men are posed in front of two large, open, horse-drawn wagons. The men are all wearing long-sleeved shirts and broad-brimmed hats, and many are leaning on the wagons. The wagons are filled with large barrels of water. In the background, two large wooden buildings are visible, and in the distance is a brush-covered ridge. Morgan's wagons obtained water in Indian Wells and hauled it fourteen miles, where it was sold for two dollars for a fifty-gallon barrel.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20657
title: Saint Elmo Mine in Randsburg, ca.1897

description: Photograph of the Saint Elmo Mine in Randsburg, ca.1897. Three men in hats sit on a pile of rocks in front of a wooden mining tower on the left where three more men stand in front and two men sit next to a ladder on the right side. An open, wooden shed stands just behind them on a hill of rocks and a stage coach can be seen on the right with six darkly-colored horses. The coach is covered with two men in suits sitting in the back while two men in hats sit in the front with the man on the left driving. "'Stage coach and horses kept in my filed yard over a year, 1897'. Frank A. Morgan".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13992
title: People inside a building at the Kinyon Mine in Randsburg, ca.1898

description: Photograph of people inside a building at the Kinyon Mine in Randsburg, ca.1898. There are six people inside a wooden room. At left, two men are seated and looking at an object one of them is holding. At center, a woman is holding a fish(?) while another leans on a stack of sacks. At right, a man is seated on the sacks while another man is holding one. There is a set of wooden shelves with small rocks attached to the wall at left, and a small square window is at center. The Kenyon Mine adjoined Frank A. Morgan's Standard Mine.