cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3002
title: Lithographic drawing showing a panoramic view of Los Angeles, taken from the junction of Main Street and Spring Street at 9th Street, ca.1873

description: Photograph of a lithographic drawing showing a panoramic view of Los Angeles, taken from the junction of Main Street and Spring Street at 9th Street facing north, ca.1873. The city, mostly developed, has grid-like city blocks. There are many farmland and residential areas. An orchard of trees is visible (lower right). Legible signs include: "Hill St.", "Fort St.", "Spring St.", "Main St.". Caption reads: "from the historical files of Title Insurance and Trust Company".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3080
title: Drawing of a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking south from Elysian Park, ca.1885-1886

description: Photograph of a lithograph drawing, by E.S. Glover, of a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking south from Elysian Park, ca.1885-1886. The Los Angeles River, the most noticable landmark here is the large ribbon of water (starting at left) running into the distance. The city has many undeveloped areas to the south (top of the picture) and to the northwest (bottom right). In the center, there is a cluster of buildings. Beyond is an agricultural area with groves of trees. A grid of roadways overlays the foreground. Back of photoprint reads "From Reservior Hill" and also "ca. 1880-1885".
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/kaj7ai/w0dkcy
title: Puccinia senecionis.acutiformis Hasler, Mayor & Cruchet F-0879 (5).tif

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17250
title: Portraits of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Sebastian Viscaino, ca.1540 & ca.1600

description: Photograph of half-tone prints of portraits of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Sebastian Viscaino, ca.1540 & ca.1600. Both from the chest up. They each wear pointed bears with handlebar moustaches and have medium-length curly hair. Cabrillo is turned slightly to his left, while Viscaino is turned slightly to his right.; Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was Commander of the Armada which sailed into the San Diego harbor on September 28, 1542. With his landing history, from a European perspective, began in California.; Sebastian Viscaino explored the California coast in 1602, giving lasting names to many California areas: San Diego Bay, San Pedro Bay, Santa Catalina Island and Santa Barbara, for example.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/kaj7ai
title: Puccinia senecionis-acutiformis Hasler, Mayor Cruchet, 879

description: Fungarium Mikromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7482
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City, California, September 1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City, California, September 1865. A few small boats glide in the placid water of the lake off shore from the few buildings of the settlement. Caption reads: "Tahoe City, and the mouth of Truckee River, western shores of Lake Tahoe (Sept. 1865)."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13095
title: Drawing by Vischer of Hermit Valley, Sierra Nevada range, ca.1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Hermit Valley, Sierra Nevada range, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "Life and scenery in the Sierra Nevada. 'Hermit-Valley.' Big Tree route from Murphy's to Genoa. Camels for livestock[?]. Murphy-Genoa Express. Holden's chimney [...] the snow gauge[?] in 1862. Immigrants for California. Camels in corral. Vista [...] Silver Mountain. Cherokee[?] encampment. Teamsters.", "Vischer." Log cabins, a covered wagon, other wagons and riders on horses are surrounded by a forest of tall pine trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12987
title: Drawing by Vischer of rodeo preparations at cattle ranch, San Lorenzo, California, ca.1870-1874

description: Drawing by Edward Vischer of rodeo preparations at a cattle ranch, ca.1870-1874. Caption: "Scene on an old Californian cattle ranch, in early Spring, on the eve of a general rodeo (landscape San Lorenzo, Mont[erey] Co[unty]"....  Two men on horseback rope a steer while another rider looks on. A small herd of horses run at left. A post and rail fence surrounds a large flat area in front of a ranch house. Part of a church is visible behind the ranch house.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13111
title: Drawing by Vischer of a redwood grove in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a grove of redwood trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 1863. Caption: "The California redwood. Group on the summit of the Santa Cruz mountain range (sk. 1863)", "Vischer". Three tall trees at center tower over the surrounding forest. The trunk of a dead tree stands at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17221
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Captain Smith's residence in Santa Cruz, ca.1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Santa Cruz area, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "Santa Cruz, from the beach. Sketched from the premises of Capt. Smith. The upper and lower portions of the town visible beyond the bottom-land. Party of excursionists returning from a shell-gathering picnic on the sea beach reporting an immense success." Twelve dressed-up people walk in the grassy area between two buildings (a house and barn?). One person is mounted on a horse. Two cows graze nearby.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17238
title: Drawing by Vischer of Geyser Gulch and Pluton Creek, Sonoma, 1858-1866

description: Photograph of a drawing by Vischer of Geyser Gulch and Pluton Creek, Sonoma, 1858-1866. Caption: "The geysers. Front-view of Geyser Gulch, and Pluton-Creek, from the hills near the hotel (Mountain of Fire), Sonoma C[oun]ty, Vischer". Riders on horseback race along a dirt road leading from a small building which is near a few grazing cattle and people. Rolling hills rise in the background.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/luiijk/duzhds
title: Puccinia senecionis.acutiformis Hasler, Mayor & Cruchet F-2364.tif

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13094
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Spring Valley Waterworks, San Mateo County, California, ca.1861

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Spring Valley Waterworks, San Mateo County, California, ca.1861. Caption: "Spring Valley Water-Works. Outlet of the main tunnel, and commencement of the flume to the city. Scenery 4 miles above Crystal-Springs, 27 miles to San Francisco.", "Entrance of the tunnel, 1861". A rider on horseback approaches the flume along a dirt road on the wooded slope. An inset at bottom shows a close-up of the tunnel entrance.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/luiijk
title: Puccinia senecionis-acutiformis Hasler, Mayor Cruchet, 2364

description: Fungarium Mikromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13104
title: Drawing by Vischer of Sugarloaf Station, near Placerville, 1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Sugarloaf Station, near Placerville, 1860-1865. Caption: "Sugarloaf Station, formerly known as Dix's Station of the first Overland Mail [Route] (an old Mormon settlement), 38 miles from Placerville." A man tends to a six-mule drawn wagon parked behind another wagon adjecent to "Webster's" log cabin in the forest. A flag flies from the pinnacle of the sugarloaf-like peak in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17222
title: Drawing by Vischer of Mr. Sime's residence in Santa Cruz, ca.1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Mr. Sime's residence, Santa Cruz, ca.1863. Caption: "Sunset-scene near the San Lorenzo (Marenzo?) paper-mill and Mr. Sime's residence at Santa Cruz." A cow grazes and several people on horseback stand on or near the dirt road leading to several buildings nestled in the forest of tall pine trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13103
title: Drawing by Vischer of Yank's Station, Lake Valley, 1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Yank's Station, Lake Valley, California, 1860-1865. Caption: "Placerville - Carson route, Yank's Station, Lake Valley, between the east and west ranges of the Sierra Nevada [mountains], Fall-trade." Numerous horse- and donkey-drawn wagons, people, and livestock are gathered about the clearing around the busy station which consists of a large two-story building and several smaller buildings including a log cabin at right. One small building bears a sign reading "USC".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13099
title: Drawing by Vischer of the preacher's house, Sierra Valley, ca.1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the preacher's house, Sierra Valley, ca.1863. Caption: "Sierra Valley. One of the sources of Feather River, the north fork. Grouse-supper at tge preacher's home." Six people stand near a small wooden house, a covered wagon, several horses, and a sledge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17234
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada, ca.1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada, ca.1863. Caption: "General view of Sierra Valley from Beckwourth Pass." Horses, people, a sledge and a wagon are near a small two-story building in the clearing absent of trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13102
title: Drawing by Vischer of the East Summit of Sierra Nevada, 1861

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the East Summit of the Sierra Nevada, 1861. Caption: "East summit of the Sierra Nevada [mountains]. Placerville - Carson [City] route, the pass from the California side, Vischer, 1861." A driver with a long whip stands beside a wagon drawn by an eight-oxen team as it moves up the dirt road on the heavily forested slope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10321
title: Spectators observing the Chinese dragon in a parade at the Los Angeles Fiesta, 1901

description: Photograph looking north from 4th Street of crowds of spectators observing the Chinese dragon in a parade down Spring Street at the Los Angeles Fiesta, 1901. One parade marcher carries a stool on which the head of the dragon sits when at rest. American flags hang from lines strung across the road. Onlookers sit on the edge of the roof in the foreground. Legible signs include: ..."Business"..., "334, Z.L. Parmelee, gas and electric fixtures. Nickel, silver and all kinds of plating and refinishing", ..."Market", "Stationery [...], 35", ..."arry [...] dressings, [...] plaster".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13114
title: Drawing by G.J. Denney of the entrance to Humboldt Bay, 1848(?)

description: Photograph of a drawing by G.J. Denney of the entrance to Humboldt Bay, 1848(?). Two sailing ships navigate the stormy waters around a large rock offshore while two people on land look on.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7481
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Wagener Hotel on Lake Tahoe, April 1861

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Wagener Hotel on Lake Tahoe, April 1861. Several people and cattle are near a small log cabin at which boats are moored on the lake. A two-story building is visible at the edge of the forest in the background. Caption reads: "Van Wagener Hotel and Fishery on the south shore of Lake Tahoe (sketched April 30 1861)".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m22536
title: Venice oil field, looking north from the Venice Pier, 1931

description: Photograph of a Venice oil field, looking north from the Venice Pier, 1931. In the left foreground, a marsh flat can be seen, while to the right an expanse of water can be seen. In the background, numerous oil derricks fill the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13105
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of Strawberry Valley on the route from Placerville to Carson City, Spring 1861

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Strawberry Valley on the route from Placerville to Carson City, Spring 1861. Donkeys and a rider on horseback stand in a clearing before a three-story building (a mill?) near a small log cabin. A horse is tethered to a wood slat fence at left. Caption: "Strawberry-Valley, on the Placerville-Carson route, Spring 1861."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17223
title: Drawing by Vischer of a natural bridge and Triton's Cove, near Santa Cruz, ca.1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Mr. Sime's residence, Santa Cruz, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "Natural bridge and Triton's Cove on the sea coast, four miles north of Santa Cruz." Two riders on horseback traverse the bridge at top. A person sits resting on a log or stone in the foreground. The ocean is visible through the arch of the bridge at back.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12747
title: Great Seal of the State of California of 1851

description: Photograph of the Great Seal of the State of California of 1851. An ancient female soldier in armor with shield and spear is depicted sitting on shore near a bear, a shovel and minor digging with a pick, and a sheaf of wheat. Offshore are several sailing ships. Mountains rise in the distance. Legible writing around the circumference of the round seal reads, "The Great Seal of the State of California", and below a string of stars, "Eureka".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13096
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Donner Lake area, September 1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Donner Lake area, September 1865. Caption: "Donner-Lake. Autumnal sunset in the Sierra Nevada (west range). Scene near the summit on the Dutch Flat-Road.", "Summit-range. Site for tunnel of the Pacific Railroad (Pollard Hotel), Truckee Range, site of the cabins of the Donner Party, 1846. Spike[?] below flock[?] of birds showing surveys[?] for the track of the Western Pacific Railroad.", "Vischer, September 1865". Two wagons hitched to each other, two horses, and a six-horse drawn stage travel the dirt road through the thick forest.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m71
title: Panoramic view looking east toward Broadway and 3rd Street, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a panoramic view looking east toward Broadway and 3rd Street, ca.1885. Several churches are prominent in the cityscape. The first spire on the left is the First Presbyterian Church, the second spire on the right is the First Congregational Church, and in between the two is the Jewish synagogue. In the distance (above the First Congregation Church spire) is the dome of Saint Vibiana's Cathedral. Trees densely surround homes in the foreground and sparsely throughout the city in the background.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/qewvnp/7vdram
title: Puccinia senecionis.acutiformis Hasler, Mayor & Cruchet F-2406.tif

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13109
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Union Aqueduct in the Calaveras mining, 1862

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Union Aqueduct in the Calaveras mining, 1862. Caption: "Calaveras mining region. Flume of the Union Aqueduct. View on the road from Murphy's to the Big Trees.", "Fischer". The long wooden lattice structure of the aqueduct runs along the road on which a horseman rides in the forest.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/qewvnp
title: Puccinia senecionis-acutiformis Hasler, Mayor Cruchet, 2406

description: Fungarium Mikromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6937
title: Drawing by Vischer of horses and wagons crossing slough in the Mount Diablo Range, 1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of horses and wagons crossing slough in the Mount Diablo Range, 1865. Caption: "Coast range scenery. North view of Mount-Diablo range from Pacheco. Passage of the slough in Winter.", "Vischer, 1865." A church stands at left. Cattle graze in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12111
title: Drawing by Vischer of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad train at Menlo Park, 1864-1867

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad train at Menlo Park, 1864-1867. Caption: "Evening passenger train on the San Francisco - San Jose Railroad, crossin San Francisquito Creek.", "Tree - station[?]", "Studies of the trees of California", "The redwood twins", "Menlo Park", "Vischer", "1864", "1867". A horse-drawn wagon, rider on horseback, and a few pedestrians wait on the dirt road as the steam locomotive passes the two tall redwood trees for which Palo Alto (the later name of Menlo Park) was named (i.e., tall tree).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13106
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Brockliss Bridge, near Placerville, 1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Brockliss Bridge, near Placerville, 1860-1865. Caption: "Brockliss-Bridge, old emigrant road and bridge over the north fork of the American River, 22 miles from Placerville." A barge moves under the bridge which is being crossed by cattle. Two horsemen converse in the foreground near a small building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13097
title: Drawing by Vischer of the Donner Lake area and Donner Peak, California, ca.1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Donner Lake area and Donner Peak, California, ca.1863. Caption: "Donner-Lake and Donner-Peak. Dutch-flat - Virginia route, summit-scene in the Sierra Nevada, in high Summer. Completion of summit tunnels, Central Pacific Railroad, south of Tunnels no. 7 and 8.", "Vischer, 1863[?]". Large boulders and lightening-struck trees dominate the scene in Donner Pass.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13113
title: Drawing by Thomas Hill of Yosemite Falls, ca.1865-1875

description: Photograph of a drawing by Thomas Hill of Yosemite Falls, ca.1865-1875. The falls plunge down the north wall of the valley over 1600 feet eventually flowing into the placid Merced River below. Caption: "Yosemite Falls, river view. Thomas Hill."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9899
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of the town and mission at Santa Barbara, May 7, 1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the town and mission of Santa Barbara, May 7, 1865. A few houses are scattered among the trees at the feet of the rolling hills. In the foreground are several horses and a couple of barrels. The mission, in the background, is distinguished by two tall bell towers flanking the main portico entry. Caption reads: "Santa Barbara, the presidio and ex-mission. View from the grounds of Mr. Louis T. Burkdon's residence on the hill near the beach. Sketched, Sunday, May 7, 1865", "Town of Santa Barbara from the beach", "Vischer".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12984
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer of Paso del Robles Hot Springs, ca.1865-1870

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of Paso de Robles Hot Springs showing the arrival of the Overland Stage from Los Angeles, ca.1865-1870. Caption: "Paso de Robles, Hot Springs, San Luis Obispo County, on the left bank of the Salinas. Arrival of the California Overland Stage from Los Angeles." A stagecoach pulled by a six-horse team pulls in front of a low building at left. Several people and two mounted riders stand in the foreground. At right a two-story building stands.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13007
title: Downward view of a "Chateau Thierre Aeroplane", a World War I aircraft, in flight over Argone Forest and French trenches, ca.1914-1918

description: Photograph of downward view of a "Chateau Thierre Aeroplane", a World War I aircraft, in flight over Argone Forest and French trenches, ca.1914-1918. The SPAD biplane has two circle insignia, one on each side of its wings. There are several stripes that run diagonally across the body of the plane and around its nose. In the middle of the plane's body, there is a symbol of an eagle(?) with its wings spread, tips pointing up. The fixed landing gear extends below the plane. The terrain that the plane is flying over appears to be undeveloped land. Several horsemen and horse-drawn carriages can be seen on a long straight road. Beyond this road is a forest. Trenches zig-zag across the terrain toward the road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13112
title: Drawing by Vischer of a Pony Express mail stage "crossing the plains," ca.1860-1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a Pony Express (Overland) mail stage crossing the plains, ca.1860-1865. A man on horseback races toward the fast stage drawn by four horses. A wagon train of four covered wagons, each drawn by teams of six horse, is visible in the background. A collapsed covered wagon, with two dead horses still hitched, lays in the foreground. A telegraph line passes overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12974
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the ruins of the Mission del Carmelo in San Carlos Rey near Monterey, 1861

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer, 1861, of Mission San Carlos Rey at the mouth of the river Carmelo. A man on horseback stands near a standing man and two sheep in the foreground. Neaby is an ox cart. Both oxen are laying on the ground. A small copse of old trees is at right. In the background are the mission ruins. A domed bell tower and a smaller campanario straddle the main entry. A couple of smaller buildings stand in front of the church. The ocean is visible in beyond the mission. Caption reads: "(1861) Ruins of the church and buildings of San Carlos Rey (Mision del Carmelo near Monterey).", "Sketched 1861", "San Carlos founded 1769", "© Vischer, 1861".; Image acquired? by C.C. Pierce around 1925.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12977
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Antonio de Padua, June 26, 1873

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Antonio de Padua, June 26, 1873. Several children are pictured standing along a low stone grid that appears to the foundation for a building while a dirt path stretches out for the portion of crumbling wall to the left towards the mission in the distance. The mission church stands with its portico entrance to the right, a long barn-style chapel, from the left of which a long adobe patio extends towards more ruined walls. Mountains are visible in the background. The text below the image reads: "Church, buildings, and ruins of the Mission San Antonio de Padua, in Monterey C'ty", "Sk. June 26, 1878", "Francn. Father Borotco Amkriz, an Acolito of the Order", and "© Vischer".; Image acquired? by C.C. Pierce around 1925.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12959
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad as seen from a distance, ca.1873

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad as seen from a distance, ca.1873. Horses, a dog and an ox are visible in the left foreground, with what appears to be a herd of some other type of animal grazing in the valley to the center of the image where the modest adobe barns of the mission can be seen, several of them to the left with their roofs collapsed. Mountains are visible in the background. The shadow of a tree stretches in from outside the frame. The text below the image reads: "Ruins of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, in the Salinas Plains", "Property of the Soberanis (1873)", and "© Vischer".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15764
title: Drawing of a bullfight at Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores), ca.1842-1876

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer, 1876, of a bullfight in front of Mission San Francisco de Asis (Dolores), 1842. The mission was founded 9 October 1776. Spectators on a grandstand behind a long fence, on a balcony of one of the mission buildings, and on horses in the foreground watch several picadors as they approach a bull who has downed another rider. A matador stands nearby. Several customers visit a vendor's stand which sits near a building in the right foreground. Two steers lay nearby. Pillars dominate the front of the church. A cross is at the apex of the roof of the church. Caption reads: "A reminiscense of 1842, bullfight after high mass at Mission Dolores in celebration of the Patron Saint, San Francisco de Asis", "© Vischer (1876)".; Image acquired? by C.C. Pierce around 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12972
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a rear view of the Mission San Carlos as seen from the seaside, October 1867

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a rear view of the Mission San Carlos as seen from the seaside, October 1867. A wall encloses an area behind the church. Four buttresses are visible along the side of the church. A domed bell tower and smaller campanario stick up above the peaked roof. Several animals graze in the foreground. Hills rise at right. Caption reads: "Rear view of the ruins of the Mission of San Carlos, from the sea-side", "October 1867", "© Vischer".; Image acquired? by C.C. Pierce around 1925.