cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6278
title: Bell tower and south front of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1885-1905

description: Photograph of the bell tower and south front of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1885-1905. Palm trees and shrubbery line the paved walk adjacent to a low wall. A cross is perched atop the bell tower. Nine buttresses supporting the high wall of the church are visible in this perspective.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14316
title: Mission Santa Barbara, California, showing group of about twelve people standing on front steps, ca.1888

description: Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara, California, showing group of about twelve people standing on the front steps, ca.1888. A picket fence surrounds an area in front of the mission. Three crosses over the main entrance to the mission can be seen. Two large bell towers flank the central facade of the church. At center, a circular window can be seen above the arched entryway surrounded by six columns. The group of people stand in a line along the steps near the entrance.  To the left of the church, a line of arches can be seen along a long, rectangular structure.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5652
title: Sugar Loaf, Avalon harbor, Catalina Island, in moonlight, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the rock formation Sugar Loaf in Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island, in moonlight, ca.1900. An observation post is marked by an iron railing at the top of Sugar Loaf. A sail boat and several smaller boats are anchored in the harbor below. A cliff is visible at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10258
title: Headgate of an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the headgate of an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley, ca.1920. A field full of plants is to the left of the ditch. A pasture with cows in it is to the right. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13552
title: Portrait of Judge R. Dimmick

description: Photograph of a portrait of Judge R.H. Dimmick (or K.N., or R.N, or K.H., or Demick, or Dimmock). From the thighs up. His long dark hair is parted on his left. He is wearing a long frock coat over a three-piece suit. His left hand is held behind his back. His right arm rests on a cushioned chair back. On a light background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9063
title: Field of sugar beets, Oxnard, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a field of sugar beets, Oxnard, ca.1900. Row upon row of sugar beet plants are separated by irrigation furrows. A copse of trees is visible in the distant background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9010
title: Gentle waves roll into a beach under a cloudy sky, ca.1900-1920

description: Photograph of gentle waves rolling into a Pacific Ocean beach under a cloud-filled sky.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11831
title: Stagecoach at Pico House, Los Angeles, ca.1884

description: Photograph of a stage coach (or Tally-ho) parked in front of the Pico House, Los Angeles, ca.1884. Nine people sit in the uncovered stage coach. The driver holds a whip over the hitched team of 4 horses. Nine other people stand on the boardwalk in front of Pico House looking on. Legible signs include: "Pico House", stagecoach "Sierre Madre Villa, Pasadena, Los Angeles", "Cigars", "Tobacco", "Office".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3497
title: Arrowhead landmark pattern on Arrowhed Mountain in San Bernardino County, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the arrowhead landmark on Mount Arrowhead in San Bernardino County, ca. 1900. Viewed from a dirt road. The predominant vegetation is scrub grass.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8325
title: Crescent or Creeping Hills of Colorado Desert, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a sand dune on Crescent or Creeping Hills of Colorado Desert, ca.1900. Standing water is visible in the sand at left. The sparse vegetation is scrub brush or scrub grass.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9029
title: Three large sugar beets on display, ca.1900-1910

description: Photograph of a close-up of three specimens of very large sugar beets on display, ca.1900-1910. They are standing upright next to each other leaning against a wall. Behind them, on two shelves is other produce displayed in jars of varying shape and size. A sign above the beets reads "80 tons, 160,000 pounds of these beets grew on one acre by Joseph McGregor, 6 miles from Sacramento without irrigation. These beets average 49 pounds each". One jar label reads "Sacramento [...] California".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11867
title: A painting "Staging in the Sierra Nevadas" by Gutzon Borglam, ca.1888

description: Photograph of a painting "Staging in the Sierra Nevadas" by Gutzon Borglam, ca.1888. A stagecoach drawn by 6 horses racing down a narrow and steep mountain road is depicted.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14325
title: Looking south between Broadway and Spring Street from the courthouse, Los Angeles, ca.1894

description: Photograph looking south between Broadway and Spring Street from the courthouse, downtown Los Angeles, ca.1894. Legible signs include: "Harness and Saddlery", "Woodbury Business College", "Cass & Smurr Stove Co., tin ware, lamps, crockery, stoves, superior ranges, household goods", "Kahn's Lace House, ladies and children's wear", "Stoll & Thayer Co., books and stationery", "Offices for rent in this building", "Bryson Block", "See Plato here", "Hotel Nadeau", "Shirt makers", "Royal Bakery", "N. Raphael Co."..., "Grand Pacific european hotel"..., "Nales Pease furniture", "L.A. Rubber Stamp Co., seals, stencils, stamps, badges, checks"..., "Seals, stencils, brass s"..., "Choice fruits [...] Poland Rock", ..."broker [...] money to loan [...] fire insurance"..., "Howes",  ..."real estate insurance", "Wendell Easton [...] Easton Eldridge & Co. real estate, J.L. Ballard"....
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11929
title: Specimen of a branch from a camphor tree, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of a branch from a camphor tree, ca.1920. Multiple berries and leaves are on the branch against a light neutral background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14318
title: Looking south on Broadway from Court house, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph looking south on Broadway from Court house, Los Angeles, ca. 1900. The photograph features the following buildings: From north-west corner of Broadway and First Street: Tajo Building (1894-1938), Tally-Ho (circa 1894-1939, adjoining Tajo to north), Watauga Hotel (four-story, two buildings north of Tally-Ho), Brotherton Building [?], Franklin Hotel (far lower right, top of T, Broadway at Franklin Street) and Los Angeles Police Central Division (west of, and partially behind Tajo, across First Street); South of First Street: Hough Block (unknown-1956, 2nd from SW corner), Yosemite Hotel (left of the Hough Block), Newell and Rader Block (the shorter building left of Yosemite Hotel), Newell and Gammon Building (a taller building with "Smith Premier" sign), Roanoke Building (built in 1886 as Millar Building, left of Newell), C.H. Frost Building (built in 1898, north-west corner of Broadway and Second Street), California Hotel (First and Hill Streets), Hotel Lincoln (with white cupola, Hill Street at First and Second Streets), Crocker Mansion (at Bunker Hill - just above and left of Lincoln cupola, south-east of Olive Street and Third Street); South of Second Street: California Bank Building (built in 1887, south-west corner), YMCA Building (built ca.1887, left of the California Bank), B.F. Coulter Building (built ca.1888, left of YMCA Building), Bicknell Building (built in 1892, left of the Coulter Building), H. Newmark Building (left of Bicknell), Boston Dry Goods Store (built ca. 1896, J. W. Robinson's, left of Newmark), Fred J. Byrne Building (at north-west corner with Second Street). From the left side Broadway: Second Los Angeles Times Building; South of First Street: Culver Block (at south-east corner of Broadway and First Street), Hayes Block (just east of the Culver Block), Larronde Block (at north-west corner of Spring and First Streets), Schumacher Block (just north of the Larronde Block), Hotel Nadeau (st First and Spring Streets), Wilson Block (north-east corner of Spring and First Street); South of Second Street: Hellman Building (north-east corner of Broadway and Second Street), Bryson-Bonebrake Building (north-west corner of Spring and Second Streets), Hollenbeck Hotel (1884-1931, south-west corner of Second and Spring Streets), Wilcox Building (1896 - shortened in 1971, south-east corner of Spring and Second Streets), Third City Hall (1888-1928); South of Third Street: Bradbury Building (built in 1893, south-east corner of Broadway and Third Street).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11930
title: Two men working a horse-drawn harvester in a bean field, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of two men working a horse-drawn harvester in a bean field, [s.d.]. Rolled piles of crops stand in the soil on the left while rows of plants still stand on the right. A man in a lightly-colored shirt and hat balances on the wooden beams of the harvester while driving the three horses in front on the right. The two outer horses are dark while the center one is lightly-colored and all stand among the crops on the right. A second man, who stands on the left with a dark shirt and hat, follows the harvester with a pitchfork. Houses stand among trees along the base of the tree-spotted hillside in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7243
title: Farmer mowing alfalfa with a horse-drawn mower in an Imperial Valley alfalfa field

description: Photograph of a farmer mowing alfalfa with a horse-drawn mower in an Imperial Valley (or Ventura County) alfalfa field. Two horses draw the mower across the field which is already mowed in the foreground. A row of trees grows along the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7242
title: Men standing next to a large alfalfa root in Imperial Valley, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a seven men standing in the field next to a large single root of alfalfa (about ten feet tall) grown in Imperial Valley, ca.1910. One man at left is reaching up the root. A horse-drawn wagon is visible behind them. Another team of horses stands behind the wagon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8812
title: Acacia tree (Acacia Floribunda) in Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1920

description: Photograph of a tree (Acacia Floribunda) in Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1920. The tree is pictured growing adjacent to a path marked with stones. Beyond a hedge behind it, a few other trees and the roofs of two houses are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8386
title: Tall palm tree (Washingtonia Filifera) growing next to a path through a lawn, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a tall palm tree (Washingtonia Filifera) growing next to a path through a lawn, ca.1920. Smaller palms and other plants are growing on the gentle grassy embankment behind it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9064
title: Acacia tree (Blackwood) (Acacia Melaseoxgeon[?]) growing next to a dirt road, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an acacia tree (Blackwood) (Acacia Melaseoxgeon[?]) growing next to a dirt road, ca.1920. The branches of an adjacent tree are visible at right. A sign in the background across the road reads "For sale, Huff[...], H.W. Hellman [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9482
title: Acacia tree (acacia cyanophylla) on a grassy slope, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an acacia tree (blue-leafed wattle, or, acacia cyanophylla) growing on a gentle grassy slope with a few other trees and bushes, ca.1920. Part of a building is visible through the foliage to the right of center. Utility poles are visible in the background at right atop the hill.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10177
title: Brazilian acacia tree (Arancasia Brasiliensis), ca.1920

description: Photograph of a Brazilian acacia tree (Arancasia Brasiliensis) growing in a grassy lawn, ca.1920. A sprinkler is on in the background at right. A garden[?] is visible beyond a path or road behind the tree. The roof of a house is visible through the foliage beyond that.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15610
title: A big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta) in what appears to be a Mexican park, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta, or, Washingtonia Robusta), Mexicao, ca.1920. The tree can be seen growing in a grassy lawn on a gentle slope beside the cement steps of a foot path. A water tap is sticking up near the steps. Other plants and trees grow thickly behind.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14317
title: Looking south on Broadway from Court house, Los Angeles

description: Photograph looking south on Broadway from Court house, Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15611
title: Lilac flowered fuchsia (fuchsia arboresceus, or, F. Syringaeflora) growing in front of a house, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a lilac flowered fuchsia (fuchsia arboresceus, or, F. Syringaeflora) growing in front of a house, ca.1920. The thick foliage almost completely obscures the porch of the wooden house. A wooden lattice covers a crawlspace under the porch. At left, three steps lead up to the porch. The shingled roof is visible at top.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15612
title: A big palm tree (Phoenix reclinata) in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a big palm tree (Phoenix reclinata, or, African dwarf date palm), Los Angeles. Growing the a small rectangular grassy lawn. Viewed from the street. A paved path goes around at least three sides of the lawn. Parts of four 2-story wooden houses are visible through the foliage of trees and other plants growing along an iron [?] bench behind the palm. Utility poles and wires are visible above.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15613
title: Man near a tall stand of bamboo, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a man leaning against a tall wooden post to the left of a stand of bamboo in a small clearing, [s.d.]. Behind is a thick growth of trees. Also visible is the top of a utility pole.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1711
title: View of the E.L. Doheny residence, Chester Place, Los Angeles, 1902

description: Photograph of the exterior front of the mansion occupied by the Doheny's (and Judge Silent) on Chester Place (near Adams Boulevard), Los Angeles, 1902, viewed from the house next door. Several large palms (different varieties) grow in the front yard. The 2-story-plus dwelling with tile roof sports a tower with a hexagonally shaped roof on the front of the house. A walk leads straight up to the house from the street (at right, not visible). A low hedge separates the Doheny property from the house (in the foreground) next door.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15614
title: Locust tree, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a Locust Tree (Saint Johns Bread Tree, or, Carob Tree, or, Ceratoma Silqua Carob Tree), Los Angeles. A horse stands in the small rectangular grassy area near a tree behind the Locust tree. The are is enclosed in a wooden fence. Two gates are visible. A wood building behind is mostly obscured by the foliage of the two trees. Part of a brick building is visible at right background. Legible signs include: "No advertis[...] building", ..."crea".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15615
title: A big palm tree at the residence of Homer Laughlin, Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a big palm tree at the residence of Homer Laughlin, Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles. Plants grow around the base of the tree which is in a grassy lawn. A series of several stakes are stuck in the ground around the tree. Other trees and plants are visible in the background. A wire or string is attached to a small stake in the grass at bottom left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15616
title: A palm tree at the corner of Figueroa Street and Orange Street, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a palm tree (Latanis Burbunica) on the corner of Figueroa Street and Orange Street, ca.1920. The tree grows in a grassy lawn. It is one of two palms which straddle a walkway from the street to the house (not visible). Parts of dwellings are visible across the street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1661
title: Redwood tree in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney (O'Melveny?), Twelfth Street and Figueroa Street (according to Stuart O'Melveney), Los Angeles, ca.1900, looking south. A wooden picket fence surrounds the property. Only part of the house is visible at left. Across the street, at left, other buildings are visible. Legible signs include: "City Nursery, Figueroa Nursery [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m932
title: Palm trees near Emanuel Presbyterian Church on Figueroa Street, ca.1900-1905

description: Photograph of palm trees (Dracenas palm trees) across the street from Emanuel Presbyterian Church on Figueroa Street, between Ninth Street and Tenth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1905. A man in a 3-piece suit wearing a hat pauses on the sidewalk in front of one tree and looks up at it. The church has a tall square tower with a peaked roof on the corner. An arched stained-glass window is above the three doors of the main entry. Another building is visible across the street from the church. There are palm trees along the walk in front of this house.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15618
title: Blue palm tree (Erythea Armata) on Figueroa Street, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a blue palm tree (Erythea Armata) on Figueroa Street, ac.1920. The large tree is growing in a grassy lawn at center. Part of a house is visible through the fronds at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1866
title: Los Angeles County Court House and Jail on Poundcake Hill, ca.1895

description: Photograph of exterior Los Angeles County Court House and Jail on Poundcake Hill, ca.1895. Located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. Broad stairs approach the building from the corner. A stone retaining wall lines the sidewalk on the Court House side. About 10 horse-drawn carriages are parked on the street in front of the building. Utility poles and lines are visible. A flag flies from the uppermost clock tower of the building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3209
title: Methodist Episcopal South Church of Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of Methodist Episcopal South Church, southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street (or Gower Street), Hollywood, ca.1905. A tall square tower with a peaked roof is on the corner of the church over one arched entrance. To the left of the tower is an arched stained-glass window over a series of arched entryways. Tall trees line the sidewalk at left. Another large tree at right obscures the side of the church. A utility pole and wires run over head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3210
title: Methodist Episcopal South Church of Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of Methodist Episcopal South Church, southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street (or Gower Street), Hollywood, ca.1905. A tall square tower with a peaked roof is on the corner of the church over one arched entrance. To the left of the tower is an arched stained-glass window over a series of arched entryways. Tall trees partly obscure the building. A pedestrian (blurred) is walking by one of the trees. Another building is visible in the background. Utility poles and wires run overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3384
title: DeLongpre residence on Hollywood Boulevard, ca.1890-1900

description: Photograph of Marguerites which border a pathway at the Paul DeLongpre (de Longpre?) residence, Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood, ca.1890-1900. Looking west from Cahuenga Avenue on Hollywood Boulevard. Trees grow along a tall wall at left. Part of a large house is visible at right. Note attached to photoprint reads: "House in corner is home to Daieda Wilcox Beveridge -- founder of HWD".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3388
title: Marguerites bordering the sidewalk in front of the Paul DeLongpre (de Longpre?) residence, Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of marguerites bordering the sidewalk in front of the Paul DeLongpre (de Longpre?) residence, Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood, ca.1905. Looking west from Cahuenga Avenue on Hollywood Boulevard. Trees grow along the walk at left. Part of a large house is visible at right. Pedestrians stroll along sidewalk further down and across the street. A horse-drawn carriage is parked on the street at left, while a streetcar is in the street at left. A row of trees across the street completely obscure any buildings behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3189
title: A road through mustard, showing a man on a horse, ca.1902

description: Photograph of a man on a horse on a narrow dirt road with tall mustard plants growing on either side ca.1902. The man is pictured from a distance at center, the narrow road stretching into the foreground. The tall mustard plants stand to either side. These plants are the result of the practice of Franciscan fathers scattering seed as they walked from mission to mission to mark their trail.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3246
title: Paul deLongbre residence and garden, Hollywood Boulevard and Cahenga Avenue, Hollywood, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the Paul deLongpre residence and garden, Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood, ca.1905. The front of the two-story house, visible at right, includes a several balconies, an open tower, and a series of arches at the main entry. The well-cared-for garden and lawn abuts a paved area in the foreground. Parts of other houses are visible in the background beyond the foliage of several trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15619
title: Head and shoulders of a child emerging from the petals of a calla lily, ca.1920

description: Photograph of close-up of a specimen of a calla lily on which has been superimposed the head and shoulders of a child in order to give the effect of the child emerging from the flower. The image is arragned on a dark background. Back of photoprint reads "Calla-Kid".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7918
title: View of orchards and mountains in Riverside, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Riverside showing orchards in the foreground and mountains in the background including Mount Rubidoux, ca.1900. A flume crosses across the middle of the image. A few houses are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15620
title: Ocean Park Amusement Park and pier

description: Photograph of a drawing or painting of Ocean Park Amusement Park and pier in Santa Monica. Throngs of people crowd the entrance to the pier (lower right). Halfway along the pier as well as at the ocean end, large buildings are built upon piles. Several small boats can be seen in the ocean. Some people frolic in the waves on the beach. A caption at left reads: "White Star Amusement Pier now nearing completion at Hollister Ave., Ocean Park, property of White Star Amusement Co., Fred W. Pearson Pres., C.W. Hollister Sec., Frank M. Tyler Archt".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1168
title: Hotel Green, Pasadena, from the south, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the Green Hotel, Pasadena, from the south as seen from a fountain in a nearby park, ca.1905. Two wings of the hotel are visible in this perspective showing four towers in the six-story building. Palms and other trees are planted around the surrounding lawn. Water sprays from the top of a pile of stones in the middle of the fountain in the foreground. Flowers surround the fountain.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5998
title: Pasadena panoramic view looking northeast toward mountains, ca.1898-1900

description: Photograph of panoramic view of Pasadena looking northeast toward the Sierra Madre mountain range in winter, ca.1898-1900. Mount Wilson is behind clouds across the background. Trees are dispersed among the buildings of the city at center.