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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18960
title: Watercolor painting depicting the Plaza at Sonoma, ca.1874

description: Photograph of a watercolor painting depicting the Plaza at Sonoma, ca.1874. The painting shows two men in top hats and fine dress at the outskirts of the plaza. One is situated on horseback to the right, while the other -- short and squat -- stands at left. Farther back to the right, the American flag can be seen flying from a tall pole. Long, one- to two-story buildings demarcate the rectangular outline of the plaza, facing inward. The painting, which depicts the town during the year 1850, was in the possession of Otto von Geldern. Picture file card reads "The conspicuous house was the home of General Valejo, where he was seized by the Bear Flag party".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18961
title: Oil painting by Corina Oreana Day, depicting the Mission de Las Dolores in San Francisco, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an oil painting by Corina Oreana Day, depicting the Mission de Las Dolores in San Francisco, ca.1900. Native Americans and more European-looking figures are pictured congregating outside the mission chapel. The tall, two-story building which is pictured to the left is lightly colored and features a facade reminiscent of Roman architecture. To the right, a one-story building that appears to be the monks' quarters extends outward from the first, connecting it to a shorter building of similar shape on whose veranda men and women can be seen. To the far left, a man is pictured riding by on a horse, beating a hanging effigy of Judas Iscariot. Picture file card identifies the painting as depicting a time near the year 1830 as well as having been in the Golden Gate Park Museum.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/vajblq
title: Coniophora arida (Fr.) P.Karst., 2391

description: Fungarium Macromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5414
title: Exterior view of an adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas in Beverly Hills, 1920

description: Photograph of the exterior view of an adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas in Beverly Hills, 1920. The adobe was known as the Antonio Roche house, although the first grant was given to Manuel R. Valdez and belonged to Marie Rita Valdez (?). The bottom stair is missing from the  wooden staircase going up the white-plastered adobe to a recessed door near the peak of the roof. There is a boarded-up door beneath the staircase, and both the extreme right and extreme left ends of the wall of the building are wooden. Small plants are growing at the base of the stairs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m28
title: Flood damage to the Santa Fe tracks on the old Downey Avenue Bridge (later North Broadway) during the Los Angeles flood of 1885-1886

description: Photograph of the flood damage to the Santa Fe tracks on the old Downey Avenue Bridge (later North Broadway) during the Los Angeles flood of 1885-1886.  Several people are standing in front of a lumber pile and shed, near the washed-out Santa Fe tracks on the banks of the Los Angeles River. In the foreground, two large ropes cross the tracks and continue down to the river, where one rests on a pile of debris. Across the water, a damaged bridge can be seen, and a streetcar is at the extreme right of the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m490
title: Birdseye view of First Street,  looking east from Hill Street in Los Angeles, ca.1884

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of First Street,  looking east from Hill Street in Los Angeles, ca.1884. The unpaved road is marked by wheel tracks and lined with what appear to be mostly wood-paneled residential buildings, both houses and larger two-story apartment buildings. Mixed in among these are many trees and most of the houses are surrounded by low wooden fences. There is a large building with a spire on top at the left of the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3653
title: Birdseye view of Central Park, the oldest park in Los Angeles, ca.1880

description: Photograph of Central Park, the oldest park in Los Angeles, ca.1880. Bordered by Olive Street, 5th Street, 6th Street, and Hill Street, the park is fenced in with a low picket fence and surrounded by short trees. Several larger trees and small bushes are also planted within the park which later became known as Pershing Square after Gen. John J. Pershing. There is a large concrete area in the middle of the park, and several concrete walkways connect the center to the edges.  On the blocks adjacent to the park mostly residential-type buildings can be seen, along with a one-story house in the foreground and a handful of larger two-story houses in the background. The words "Pershing Square" appear at top in the transparency, presumably added several years after the picture was taken in about 1880 since the park was not known as Pershing Square until Armistice Day, 1918.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2384
title: Birdseye view of the Los Angles Plaza, 1878

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the Los Angles Plaza, 1878.  The Pico House, Plaza Catholic Church, Plaza and Lugo House can be seen, as well as tanks from the gas company located just south of the church.  The three-story Pico House hotel is at the extreme right of the picture, and the roof and the cupola of the Plaza Church, properly known as Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels, is at the extreme left. The plaza itself contains several rows of trees, ranging from very short ones on the outside, to medium trees in the middle and tall ones in the innermost circle.  There is also short fence separating the outermost row of trees from the next row.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14749
title: Pauma Indian mission and village, upper San Luis Rey Valley, San Diego County, 1900

description: Photograph of Pauma Indian mission and village, upper San Luis Rey Valley, San Diego County, 1900. A man sits in the doorway of his small one-story house at left. Another building is visible beyond a rough fence at right. Rough wooden posts stick up out of the ground in the foreground. Mountains are visible in the background. The few scraggly trees present are devoid of foliage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m38
title: Birdseye view of Broadway, looking south from Courthouse Hill, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Broadway, looking south from Courthouse Hill, ca.1880. The street is occupied by at least one horse-drawn vehicle, is unpaved and is lined with trees, which are planted along the sidewalk. There are many buildings visible, most with peaked roofs that suggest that they are residential buildings, but at the center of the picture there is a square, flat-roofed two-story building with large windows and a prominent porch covered by a balcony. The base of a large hill is visible at the extreme right of the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m656
title: Junction of Spring Street, Main Street and Temple Street looking south from Commercial Street, showing the Temple Block, , 1880

description: Photograph of the junction of Spring Street, Main Street and Temple Street, showing the Temple Block, looking south from Commercial Street, 1880. Legible signs on the numerous storefronts include, at right, "L.W. Tha[...]", "Libreria Espanola", "Upham & Rae"; at center, "Bank", "Telegraph", "Adolph Portugal"; and at left, "Works", "Signs", and "Bell"  The unpaved road has many horse-drawn vehicles parked on it, and street car tracks go off in three directions from the center of the intersection.  The three-story bank figures prominetly in the picture.  Two people stand on the porch of the low building in the lower left corner.  Extraneous writing, "Temple Block", on negative or print has been edited out from the lower right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18963
title: Eterior view of an unidentified roundhouse near streetcar rails, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an unidentified roundhouse near streetcar rails, [s.d.]. A hodge-podge three-story tower stands at the center of the image, vaguely Victorian in style, yet decorated with maritime porthole windows towards the peak. A wraparound balcony skirts the second story, while a windowed chamber is visible at the very top, suggesting what might possibly be a lighthouse light. A small bell and other equipment can be seen stationed on the ground below. Streetcar tracks can be seen to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m597
title: View of Main Street looking north from Temple Street, ca.1884

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from Temple Street, ca.1884. The buildings on the left are all two-story, with elaborate facades that include decorative moldings on the upper floors and long covered walkways on the ground floors. The buildings on the right have similar architecture, although one of them has a cloth awning instead of the solid overhangs found on the other buildings.  There are many horse-drawn vehicles parked on the side of the unpaved road.  In the background near the center of the picture is a large, elaborate building with a tower or cupola on top.; Legible signs include from left to right:  "La Cronica", "75 S.W. Sutherland 75", "Gun Store", "Stationary", "Southern Cal News Depot 71", "M[ec]hanic's Store", "Bank",  "Commercial Bank", "Agency Pacific [...]", "Pacific Coast [...]ss Co.", "Ponet O[...] Undertaker", "L. HARRIS", "Children's Clothing and Furniture", "Quincy Hall", and "Cigars & Tobacco".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4917
title: A model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931. Looking northeast, the layout of the new city can clearly be seen with the Los Angeles Plaza located in the lower left-center. The large white structure to the left of the Plaza is the Old Plaza Church. The two streets running from bottom of photo to the Plaza are Main Street on the left and Los Angeles Street on the right. Alameda Street runs from the lower right corner diagonally toward the lower center of photo. The L.A. River can be seen running from the lower-right diagonally to the center of the photo, turns left and disappears behind the mountain. At that point the Arroyo Seco can be seen at its confluence with the LA River. The tall majestic San Gabriel Mountains stand in the far background. Vineyards blanket the area between the City and the L.A. River (lower right). The large dark spot in the lower-right of the photo is El Aliso, the historic landmark of the indigenous Tongva people who once lived in the Indian Village of Yangna at that location, adjacent to the L.A. River. Picture file card identifies the image as a diorama of the Pueblo Los Angeles as it appeared in 1850 as designed by J. Marshall Miller. Picture file card also reads "Prepared for the Los Angeles Times Anniversary 1931?".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18964
title: Remains of the J.M. Osuna adobe on Santa Fe Ranch, ca.1925

description: Photograph of the remains of the J.M. Osuna adobe on Santa Fe Ranch, ca.1925. The squat, one-story adobe is shown at center, stripped entirely of its roof, leaving only the walls, whose top edges appear worn and eroded. Dark spots on the left collection of walls seem to suggest a fire of some kind. In the right background, a tall palm tree can be seen. Other small trees can be seen leafless in the barren ground in front, which is littered with small shale stones.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6536
title: Ruins of the Sales Ranch Adobe  one mile north of  the San Gabriel Mission, ca. 1928

description: Photograph of the ruins of the Sales Ranch Adobe  one mile north of  the San Gabriel Mission, ca. 1928. The squat, one-story adobe is shown at center, stripped entirely of its roof, leaving only the walls, whose top edges appear worn and eroded. Dark spots on the left collection of walls seem to suggest a fire of some kind. In the right background, a tall palm tree can be seen. Other small trees can be seen leafless in the barren ground in front, which is littered with small shale stones.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13219
title: Drawing (painting?) by W. Francis called "The Charge of the Caballeros" depicting the Battle of San Pascual, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a drawing (painting?) by W. Francis called "The Charge of the Caballeros" depicting the Battle of San Pascual, [s.d.]. The drawing shows a mass of mounted soldiers converging in a confused combat, the Californios (Francis' "Caballeros") identified by their long lances and the Americans by their uniforms and sabers. In the foreground a horse that has lost its American rider is galloping at the front of the charge. In the battle, which occurred December 6, 1846 near San Diego during the Mexican War,  General Stephen Kearny led a group of about 100 cavalrymen in an ill-advised attack on a group of Californio lancers; the resulting engagement led to the deaths of around 20 US cavalrymen, along with several wounded, as well as minimal casualties and a victory for the Californios.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8115
title: Cemetery in Palm Springs north of the school house, ca.1898-1924

description: Photograph of the cemetery in Palm Springs north of the school house, ca.1898-1924. The graveyard is at the base of a rocky hill with sparse brush.  There is a fence around the cemetery composed of chicken wire attached to wooden posts in the ground.  There is a wooden picket gate in the fence as well. Two large stone pillars can be seen at opposite sides of the picture, possibly monuments or ruins of an old structure. One of these pillars appears to have a plaque on it and is surrounded by smaller obelisks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13056
title: Arch Hoxey's crashed airplane at the Domigues Hills Air Meet, 1910

description: Photograph of Arch Hoxey's crashed airplane at the Domigues Hills Air Meet, 1910. Hoxey's crumpled airplane is pictured in the extreme foreground, while a group of attendants to the meet can be seen in the background. To the left, a man in aviator's gear holds a pair of pliers and hangs his head. The rear end of an automobile can be seen to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12196
title: Spring in the forest on Mount Lowe, Altatena, California

description: Photograph of the forest and a spring in Mount Lowe canyon, Altadena, California. Trees have fallen across the spring. Rocks protrude from the forest floor along the path of the spring in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14247
title: Exterior view of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, ca.1885-1887

description: Photograph of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, California. Main or south front.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13054
title: View of the airfield at the Dominguez Hills Airmeet, with airborne plane, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of the airfield at the Dominguez Hills Airmeet, ca.1910. W.R. Brookins is shown airborne in his Wright Model A biplane, which is visible in the left sky as it executes a turn.  Two other biplanes are visible on the ground.  A group of five people can be seen standing around the plane on the left, while a lone pilot stands near the plane on the right. In the foreground at the center of the picture, two people are walking towards the grounded planes.  On the horizon, two more small groups of people can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13154
title: Portrait of the office staff of the Western Union Telegraph Company, 1891

description: Photographic portrait of the office staff of the Western Union Telegraph Company, 1891. There are eighteen people in the picture, seven women and eleven men, and they are arranged in three rows: two rows of seven, and the top one of four. All the men are wearing jackets and ties, with flowers pinned to their right lapels, while all the women are wearing long dresses and flowers, although the flowers are not as uniformly placed on the women as they are on the men. All of the people appear to be fairly young, probably not older than forty. The telegraph company was located at the corner of Main Street and Market Street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8307
title: Lithograph depicting Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, 1847

description: Photograph of a lithograph depicting Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, 1847. The fort is pictured at the center of the drawing, its long, featureless walls stretching almost across the entire image. At the left end of the fort is a tower with a slanted roof and the barrels of cannons protruding from holes cut to accommodate them. Inside the walls of the fort several chimneys are visible along other buildings, probably barracks, and another tower with artillery inside. Atop one of the interior buildings is a large American flag.  In front of the fort, there are three soldiers, and in the foreground on the right there is a brick building with a sign that reads "S. B [...]", while on the left, there is a lone tree.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14153
title: Drawing of the harbor in Stockton, June 1, 1852

description: Photograph of drawing of the harbor in Stockton, June 1, 1852. The picture shows a river with a bridge across it and several small watercraft traveling in it. There are pedestrians crossing the bridge and several walking on the roads on the far bank. There are also many horse-drawn vehicles, including a stagecoach at the right side of the picture. The picture shows schools, churches, courthouses and other buildings, including a two story building in the foreground on the right side with a balcony supported by archways.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18965
title: Drawing depicting the Mission San Francisco de Asis during the early 1870's, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a drawing depicting the Mission San Francisco de Asis during the early 1870's, ca.1900. The mission chapel is shown in the background just left of center, a two-story adobe building with a romanesque facade. Farther front, separated from the chapel by a picket fence, pedestrians can be seen walking in the dirt road in the foreground among horse-drawn carriages. To the right, an American Flag can be seen hanging from its flagpole, behind which the one-story long annex of the monks' quarters can be seen extending to the right from the chapel.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9074
title: Drawing of San Francisco's Golden Gate, showing several large ships, 1837

description: Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco's Golden Gate, showing several large ships, 1837.  At right, there are two large ships, one with two masts and one with three, and a dinghy is in the water nearby.  Another ship with at least two masts is in the foreground at left, and there is also a dinghy near it.  Two sailboats can be seen across the water, and yet another large ship is roundng the point. The image also depicts Yerba Buena, as that was then name of the city until 1847. There are ducks on the water, swimming near a floating barrel.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8003
title: Painting (drawing?) depicting the arrival of the Jedediah Smith party at the San Gabriel Mission in 1826, reprinted from West Ways magazine, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a painting (drawing?) depicting the arrival of the Jedediah Smith party at the San Gabriel Mission on November 26, 1826, reprinted from West Ways magazine, ca.1900. Smith, a mountain man, can be seen at center with other members of his party, and is dressed in a leather outfit with a raccoon skin hat and holding a musket.  He and another similarly dressed man seem to be conversing with a Mexican priest who is dressed in the attire of a Franciscan. In the lower right corner, an Indian is watching the event from a sitting position, and other Indians are behind the priest, moving baskets, a goat and pots. In the arched doorway of the mission, there is another priest.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8011
title: Engraving depicting the celebration that occurred in San Francisco when California was admitted to the Union, after 1850

description: Photograph of an engraving depicting the celebration that occurred in San Francisco when California was admitted to the Union, after 1850. There is a large crowd gathered to watch a parade, which is led by a float pulled by a team of six horses and ridden by a group of people. A group of uniformed horsemen is watching the parade from the bottom right corner. The parade is starting to pass in front a building with a sign that reads "El Dorado", but the bulk of it remains in front of a long series of buildings whose facades are dominated by marble columns. In the background, the "City Hotel" sign and building can be seen.; Originally, the image was dated by 1849. However, California officially joined the Union in September 9, 1850.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11880
title: Drawing of a California and Oregon Stage Company stagecoach making its way through the mountains, ca.1860

description: Photograph of a drawing of a stagecoach belonging to the California and Oregon Stage Company, ca.1860. The coach is driven by two men, and passengers fill not only the interior compartment, but have found seats on the roof as well. Six horses are pulling the vehicle at a brisk trot. Beyond the coach is a waterfall, a valley full of pine trees, and in the distance is Mout Shasta. Signs on the stagecoach include "California & Oregon Stage Company" and "U.S. Mail". The proprietors of the stage company were Bradley Barlow, J.L. Sanderson, and James W. Parker.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12720
title: Drawing of Fort Yuma on the Colorado River in California, ca.1850

description: Photograph of a drawing of Fort Yuma on the Colorado River in California, ca.1850. The fort itself is on a hill on the far side of the river; its wooden structures and American flag identifying it as a military bulwark. There is a steamboat in the center of the picture, along with two tall poles between which a rope is suspended that acts as guide for the ferry that is attached to it. In the foreground there are several men mounted on horses and a covered wagon hitched to a team of four animals. There are two buildings on the near side of the river, one that resembels a ranch house, and the other that has a sign that reads "W[...]ones".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5203
title: Maiden Hair Falls in Rubio Canyon, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of close-up of Maiden Hair Falls in Rubio Canyon, a source of water for Altadena, upstream of Rubio Pavilion, on Echo Mountain (near Mount Lowe), [s.d.]. The water rushes so quickly down the fall that it looks like a mist. The fall crashes in front of a rock wall and hits jagged rocks at the bottom. Wooden stairs stand near the top of the wall at left with a wooden beam crossing above the water over head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6292
title: Fountain and monks outside of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1901

description: Photograph of a fountain outside of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1901(1910?). The elaborately carved fountain is in the foreground, and its water reflects the image of the two friars standing near it, as well as the image of the two-towered mission facade. The priests are dressed in dark robes with hoods, and both are wearing light colored ropes around their waists. The arched walkways of the mission are visible behind the fountain, and in the distance there are mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18966
title: Ruins of the Mission Soledad, showing a corral, San Diego, ca.1898

description: Photograph of the ruins of the Mission Soledad, showing a corral, San Diego, ca.1898. The collapsing adobe walls of the mission can be seen in the right distance, their doorway facing to the right. No roof is visible, and all of the spackle has eroded away, showing the brick beneath. The top edges of the walls appear worn and broken. In the left foreground, a large tree stands in front of what appears to be a corral, which is delineated by a circle of barbed-wire fence. Sedge grass covers the surrounding terrain.