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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1165
title: Hotel Green as seen from a nearby park, Pasadena, ca.1905

description: Photograph of Hotel Green as seen from a nearby park, Pasadena, ca.1905. The light-colored building is approximately five-stories tall. The first floor features arched passageways and arcades. A number of chimneys (or exhaust vents) jut from the roof. Benches line the sidewalks in view. A variety of trees decorate the lawn surrounding the building. A thick bed of flowers is visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12178
title: Logs moving down a stream (or a log jam?), California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of logs moving down a stream (or a log jam?), California, ca.1900. Scores of logs fill the stream. Debris such rocks, twigs, and lumber wood are also present in the stream. Trees cover the waterfront of the stream.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m923
title: Exterior view of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hill St. & 6th St., Los Angeles, ca.1890-1940

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the exterior view of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hill Street and 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1890-1940. The curved entryway on the corner consists of three arched doors. Five arched stained glass windows are directly over the entryway. A square tower to the right of the entryway rises to a spire. The roof has 2 main peaks -- one at left, the other at right. An octagonal tower is at left. Other buildings are visible adjacent to the church. Two women stand in front of the church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17510
title: Throngs of people crowding the Long Beach pier and pavilion, California, ca.1895

description: Photograph of throngs of people crowding the Long Beach pier and pavilion, California, ca.1895. The crowds of people pack both levels of the pier as well as the beach. Several American flags, situated above the pavilion, are waving. Several small buildings (or shacks?) are located next to the pavilion and pier on the sandy beach. Horse-drawn carriages are nonchalantly parked at various locations on the beach.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17511
title: James W. Marshall's cabin at Coloma, California, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of James W. Marshall's cabin at Coloma, California, [s.d.]. The single-story wooden cabin has an inclined shingled roof. A tree blocks the view of the side gable. Bushes and shrubs surround the house. A hill is visible to the left and mountains are visible in the distance.; "On an icy cold morning early in 1848, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter from New Jersey, picked up a few nuggets of gold from the American River at the site of a sawmill he was building for John Sutter near Coloma. By August, the hills above the river were strewn with wood huts and tents as the first of 4,000 miners lured by the gold discovery scrambled to strike it rich. Prospectors, from the East sailed around Cape Horn. Some hiked across the Isthmus of Panama, and by 1849, about 40,000 came to San Francisco by sea alone. Nearly $2,000,000,000 in gold was taken from the earth before mining became dormant." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m860
title: The Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (or Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (near Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899. The Victorian-style church is about four-stories tall. It features a clock tower, inclined roofs, and stone masonry walls. A built to surround the property also is made of stone masonry. Trees surround the property. Hills are visible in the background.; "The church was originally built in 1889 for Mrs. Alexander Campbell-Johnston in memory of her late husband. It was designed by Architect Ernest Coxhead and was built in a style reminiscent of a church that Mrs. Campbell-Johnston remembered from her native Scotland. This photo also shows stone wall that appears to be under construction along Avenue 64, then Mountain Avenue. The wall was designed in 1895 by Architect Fred L. Rohrig." -- unknown author.; "Church of the Angels is located on Avenue 64 and Church Street, Highland Park. The story of how a charming stone Victorian church came to stand on what was once a Spanish land grant goes something like this: In 1798 land was granted to Jose Maria Verdugo, an area encompassing thousands of acres of what we now call Pasadena and Burbank. It was known then as Rancho San Rafael. The Verdugos prospered; the land was handed down to children and children's children. But the prosperity passed and hard times forced descendants of Jose Maria to sell much of the land. In 1869 a man named Prudent Beaudry lived up to his name by gaining several thousand acres of Rancho San Rafael in a loan forfeiture. He went on to become mayor of Los Angeles in 1874. About a decade later, a British diplomat named Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnson visited Southern California. He must have liked what he saw, because in 1883 he and his wife, Frances, purchased 2,000 acres from Beaudry. They quickly developed the land for farming, turned over operations to their sons and left for England. A few years later, Alexander and Frances returned to the re-christened San Rafael Ranch, but Alexander took ill and died in January of 1888. In memory of her husband, Mrs. Campbell-Johnson commissioned a church from Arthur Street -- son of the famous Victorian architect George Street. Inspired by one of his father's designs, Arthur drew up plans and sent them to Ernest A. Coxhead, another British architect who was building quite a reputation in Central California. The first cornerstone was laid by Frances herself on Easter eve of 1889. The church was finished in September of that same year. Exercising considerable artistic expression with Street's plans, Coxhead created a masterpiece that remains nearly unchanged save for slight earthquake damage to the clock tower. Today, Church of the Angels is an active place of worship and a sought-after venue for wedding ceremonies." -- Bill Smith, ca.2001.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6561
title: Exterior view of "The Old Mill" of the Mission San Gabriel, also known as "El Molino Viejo", San Marino, ca.1890

description: Photograph of the exterior view of "The Old Mill" of the Mission San Gabriel, also known as "El Molino Viejo", San Marino, ca.1890. The mill, a single-story mission-style structure, features Spanish-tiled roofs and adobe walls covered with stucco. A set of stairs leads to a rectangular doorway (at right). To the left is a large arched passageway. The leaves from the trees in the foreground dangle above covering some of the sky scene.; "Around 1816, a water-powered gristmill and fortress, now known as 'El Molino Viejo' and considered the first water-powered gristmill in Southern California, was constructed (by Indian labor) at the southern border of Pasadena (now the City of San Marino). The mill is now a historical site situated just Northwest of Lacy Park, which was a natural lake at that time." -- unknown author, ca.2002.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3141
title: Panoramic view of early East Hollywood showing agricultural sites and the Immaculate Heart High School (later a College), Los Angeles, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of early East Hollywood showing agricultural sites and the Immaculate Heart High School (later a college), Los Angeles, ca.1905. Groves of unidentified trees cover the land in the foreground. Barn-like farm houses can be seen a short distance away. A house under construction is visible at left. Closer to the bases of the mountain range at left is the Immaculate Heart High School. Mountains are visible in the distance.; "Immaculate Heart High School was founded in 1906 by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Catholic religious order of women who trace their origin to Olot, Spain, where they were founded by Father Masmitja de Puig in 1848. The sisters opened Cathedral School in Los Angeles in 1886. This became the first parochial school in the city. The sisters later purchased a fifteen-acre plot of land for $10,000 in the Hollywood Hills at Western and Franklin Avenues where they built a convent and a high school with boarding facilities. Transportation for students in the early 1900s consisted of wagons on dirt roads. During this time Western Avenue changed from a rutted wagon road to a major artery, Los Feliz from a cow path to a boulevard, and the surrounding olive and orange groves yielded first to California bungalows, then to apartment structures and business and industrial complexes. The school was originally called Immaculate Heart College, even though it began as a high school. The College portion opened in the following decade." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14497
title: Map of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, 1899

description: Photograph of map of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, 1899. Bounded by the following regions: Colina de Montañas del Norte (top), Poyarena (bottom), Los Angeles (left), San Joaquin de Jose Sepulveda[?] (right). Lengthy inscription in Spanish at the bottom of the map.; "By means of a reading glass I was able to decipher the Spanish inscription at the bottom of the print. The original map seems to have been drawn by a priest at San Gabriel in connection with an arrangement under consideration for sharing the territory east of San Gabriel with another priest named Padre Amable. This arrangement must belong to a period much later than mission days -- probably late in the 40's or early in the 50's. Some of the settlers whose names appear on the map did not receive their grants from the Mexican Government until later than 1842. All I know about Padre Amable is that he was in charge of the parish at the old Mexican settlement at Agua Mansa between 1852 and 1855. It was under him that the Agua Mansa church was built. This was the church, the ruins of which were sketched by Henry Chapman Ford." -- G.W. Beattie
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14231
title: On the trail to Wilson's Peak, California

description: Photograph of four people on the trail to Wilson's Peak, California. The slope (about 45 degrees) is covered with fir trees and rocks. The trail is cut into the side of the slope. Two of the men are riding donkeys.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3154
title: Panoramic view of East Hollywood looking northeast from lemon groves, Los Angeles, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of East Hollywood looking northeast from lemon groves, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Uniform rows of lemon trees line the groves. Fallen leaves litter the dirt soil. Houses and short buildings are visible in the distance, as well as a small hill in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3275
title: The Hoegee residence in East Hollywood, ca.1904

description: Photograph of the Hoegee residence in East Hollywood, ca.1904. The three-story house sits on top of a hill. Stairs made of stone bricks lead visitors from the clean driveway up through the decorated and well-manicured courtyard and eventually to the house. The house features a large semicircular balcony that also serves as a porch or an arcade for the lower floor. It is possibly the main entrance. A large American flag waves above the façade of the house.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3269
title: Residence and land of Mr. Harper located in the mouth of Laurel Canyon, West Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the residence and land of Mr. Harper located in the mouth of Laurel Canyon, West Hollywood, ca.1905. A man is walking through the agricultural fields filled with short unidentified bushes (or young trees?). Many of the bushes have wooden sticks stuck in the soil under or next to them. At left is a small house situated just past the row of trees near the base of the mountain. A short way up the mountain stands the Harper residence (center). The Victorian-style house is about three-stories tall. It features an octagonal tower, dormer windows, and steeply inclined roofs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3145
title: Panoramic view of Hollywood showing Orchard Street and Orange Drive, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Hollywood showing Orchard Street and Orange Drive, ca.1905. Orchard Street is visible at left, while Orange Drive can be seen at right. Large grids of abundant land populate the city. Houses and buildings are spaciously scattered throughout the area, most of which are two- to three-stories tall. Utility poles and lines line the streets in the foreground. Compares to CHS-6950 (in 1912) and CHS-6974 (in 1928).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3197
title: View of the Cahuenga Peak near Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a view of the Cahuenga Peak near Hollywood, ca.1905. The lush mountain terrain looks like ripples (or waves) along the mountainside. Other mountain ranges are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17512
title: Sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846

description: Photograph of a sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846. Three large arched doorways allow entrance into the church. Above it is a multicurved parapet with an arched window. On the left corner of the church is a multi-tiered bell tower. To the right of the entrance is a long arcade. Two horsemen are galloping close to the shack (or outhouse?) in front of the mission. "Mission as sketched by Cave Couts, ca.1850. Probably copied from Powell sketch, from Fabricas" -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17513
title: Distant view of Mission San Diego Alcala from a nearby park(?), ca.1845

description: Photograph of a distant view of Mission San Diego Alcala from a nearby park(?), ca.1845. The mission sits on a hill in the distance. The church is visible (center), but the rest of the background scenery is blocked by the leaves and branches of trees within the park. The park appears to be enclosed by short (adobe?) brick wall and wooden fences. Little rocks line the roads within the park.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1936
title: Exterior view of the ruins of Mission San Antonio de Padua from a distance, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the ruins of Mission San Antonio de Padua from a distance, ca.1900. Parts of the roof on various buildings have collapsed, while some of the walls of the buildings have deteriorated. Nearby outhouses have collapsed. In front of the mission is a large flat clearing. Behind the mission are mountain ranges covered with lush trees and bushes.; "Father Serra knew that this third mission's success was important to assure that his dream of a "chain" of missions be realized. Fr. Serra was so anxious to get this mission underway he hung a bell from a large oak tree on their very first day there and vigorously rang it to attract 'All the Gentiles' within earshot. He was not disappointed. Just a few days after their arrival, sensing the kindness and good intentions of the strangers, large numbers of natives arrived to meet them. They accepted the gifts of beads and cloth from the padres and in return provided their own gifts of seeds and acorns harvested in the area. In 1773 the mission was moved to a site further north in the Los Robles Valley that offered a better water supply. The San Antonio River, about three miles above the mission, was dammed and long aqueducts brought the water to the mission where is was stored in reservoirs. The water was used to turn the first California gristmill, where wheat was ground into flour. Much of this early water system, along with the gristmill, are still there today. Due to its remote location, the San Antonio Mission was badly plundered after its secularization in 1834. The mission was completely abandoned for almost 50 years, between 1882 and 1928. Restoration here was a formidable task, but seen as one of the largest and most picturesque of all the missions remaining in northern California, San Antonio was selected by the newly formed California Historic Landmarks League as one of their first projects in 1903. A further restoration of all the mission buildings was funded by the Hearst Foundation and the Franciscans of California in 1948. The mission is now an accurate replica of the original mission as it stood in 1813. Parts of the compound are today used by the Franciscans, but most of the grounds are available to the public for viewing." -- unknown author, ca.2000.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6313
title: Father Regnernes strolling in the sacred garden (or holy garden?) of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1895

description: Photograph of Father Regnernes strolling in the sacred garden (or holy garden?) of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1895. He is wearing a dark hooded robe with a rosary and cross attached to his belt. He is staring downward as he takes step away from the circular fountain(?) (or well?) at the center of the garden. Potted plants are placed on the walls of the circular fountain. A variety of trees fill this garden. The multi-tiered tower and part of the church are visible above the trees.; "Santa Barbara Mission was founded December 4, 1786. Portions of five units of its extensive water works, built by Indian labor, are preserved in this park, a filter house, Spanish gristmill, sections of aqueducts, and two reservoirs. The larger reservoir, built in 1806, is used today as part of the city water system. Ruins of the pottery kiln and tanning vats are here, also. The fountain and lavadero are nearby in front of the Old Mission. A dam, built in 1807, is located in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, one and one-half miles up Mission Canyon." -- The California State Historic Landmark Plaque #309.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17514
title: Interior view of Mission Santa Clara de Asis, looking towards the altar, ca.1890

description: Photograph of the interior view of Mission Santa Clara de Asis, looking towards the altar, ca.1890. The main altar, which is highly ornate, is situated behind a low wooden balustrade. On it are candles and other objects. There are paintings on the wall behind. The ceiling is also decorated with painting. The pulpit is visible at right. Several dozen pews form two columns down through the church with a large aisle in the middle and two smaller aisles on the sides near the walls. On the walls hang paintings (or pictures?) in frames with a cross on top. Candles flank the paintings. The ceiling appears to be made of hard wood with stained crisscross decorations.; Picture file card reads: "In 1881, the adobe walls of the church were removed from the façade to the sacristy, widening the church. Wooden walls replaced the adobe thus removed. Extent of widening may be seen in photos #980 and #5909. In these two photographs may be seen the original reredos, pulpit and statues. The sanctuary ceiling is also original. This church burned Oct. 25, 1926." -- Edith Webb.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14498
title: Ramona on a rear balcony at Camulos Ranch, California, 1901

description: Photograph of Ramona on a rear balcony at Camulos Ranch, California, 1901. A picket fence dominates the foreground below her. A few trees and other foliage encroach on the house. The ranch was a prominent location in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17515
title: Distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905. The mission, the tallest structure in the area, is situated past several buildings. A road connects the mission to these buildings and branches out intersecting another long road. Down the main road are several houses -- towards the left and the right. Mountains are visible in the distance.; "Although the last mission to be founded in the south, San Luis Rey the 'King of the Missions' came to be the largest and richest of all. A great quadrangle was 500 feet on a side. An intricate aqueduct system supplied water for the mission and gardens as well as for pools used for bathing and laundry. In the year 1831 an incredible 16,000 cattle, 25,500 sheep and 2,150 horses graced the far-flung ranchos. 395,000 bushels of grain and 2,500 barrels of wine were produced by that same year. Mexico, once free from Spain, began to divide the spoils of the mission system. Governor Pio Pico and his brother alone appropriated 90,000 acres of Mission San Luis Rey land for themselves. By 1846 the last vestige of mission life had disappeared. Finally, the U. S. Government gathered the last of the Indians into a 'temporary' home on a reservation at Pala. They are still there, the only original site where Mission Indians are still ministered to. The original decree, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 18, 1861, which returned the mission buildings and a few surrounding acres to the Church, is displayed today in the mission museum. Even so, years of vandalism and neglect followed before Franciscans from Mexico returned in 1892, to begin a restoration which has recaptured much of the grandeur of old." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17516
title: Portrait of a group of monks at Mission San Luis Rey, 1902

description: Photographic portrait of a group of monks at Mission San Luis Rey, 1902. Eleven monks, dressed in monk garb, stand in a row in front of one of the mission buildings. Several of the monks are wearing skullcaps and holding books. Many of them appear to be humbling themselves by looking down or away. Several appear to be in state of meditation or praying. Behind them is a large arched door. Scrub grass and wild plants cover the ground in the foreground.; "Although the last mission to be founded in the south, San Luis Rey the 'King of the Missions' came to be the largest and richest of all. A great quadrangle was 500 feet on a side. An intricate aqueduct system supplied water for the mission and gardens as well as for pools used for bathing and laundry. In the year 1831 an incredible 16,000 cattle, 25,500 sheep and 2,150 horses graced the far-flung ranchos. 395,000 bushels of grain and 2,500 barrels of wine were produced by that same year. Mexico, once free from Spain, began to divide the spoils of the mission system. Governor Pio Pico and his brother alone appropriated 90,000 acres of Mission San Luis Rey land for themselves. By 1846 the last vestige of mission life had disappeared. Finally, the U. S. Government gathered the last of the Indians into a 'temporary' home on a reservation at Pala. They are still there, the only original site where Mission Indians are still ministered to. The original decree, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 18, 1861, which returned the mission buildings and a few surrounding acres to the Church, is displayed today in the mission museum. Even so, years of vandalism and neglect followed before Franciscans from Mexico returned in 1892, to begin a restoration which has recaptured much of the grandeur of old." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9970
title: Dutch windmill near Mission Santa Barbara

description: Photograph of a Dutch windmill near the Mission at Santa Barbara. Thick foliage surrounds the base.