cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14535
title: Cathedral of San Agustin and Federal Palace, Queretario, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of a side view of the Cathedral of San Agustin (Saint Augustine) and Federal Palace, in Queretario, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. A man stands on the broad steps leading up to the church at left, while several trees grow on the broad paved walkway in front of the entry. The church is heavily decorated with a statue of Jesus on the cross between two-stories of columns, above an arched opening on the first floor. Another building appears at right, before an aging wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11860
title: Stage coach used by the Butterfield Stage company between Los Angeles and Saint Louis, ca.1858

description: Photograph of a stage coach used by the Butterfield Stage company between Los Angeles and Saint Louis, ca.1858. The coach itself sports a cabin with four windows on each side, two small and two large with the larger windows supplied with what appear to be canvas flaps, spoked wheels, a carriage driver's seat which extends from the back, and a luggage shelf beneath it, on which rests a steamer trunk. The carriage is unhitched. A  22-day fare on the coach in 1858 cost ninety dollars.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3895
title: Rear patio side of the Francis Avila Adobe built in 1821, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the rear patio side of the Francis Avila Adobe built in 1821, [s.d.]. The house, owned by the 1825 mayor of Los Angeles, Francis Avila, is a long, one-story complex featuring multiple consecutive doors and windows. In the foreground, a garden plot demarcated by a circle of bricks can be seen from which a vine of what appears to be ivy is growing. A tall y-forked tree that obscures part of the house can also be seen in at left. The house called "the most pretentious in the city" and that was allegedly "used by Commander Stockton as his headquarters" was located on Avila street, which was later renamed Olvera.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m803
title: Northwest corner of Spring Street and Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906

description: Photograph of the northwest corner of Spring Street and Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906. Pedestrians cross the unpaved roads, in which striations of some kind are visible. Six stories of the Los Angeles Furniture Co. can be seen behind the smaller one-story collection of shops that stand in front of it whose legible signs read "Jackson Club" and "Moodsco's Burbank Theatre". A building sporting the sign "Hotel Hayward" and one with a sign over the window reading "Pianos" are visible in the right and left backgrounds, respectively.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m804
title: View looking south on Spring Street from Seventh Street, ca.1905

description: Photograph looking south on Spring Street from Seventh Street, ca.1905. The line of buildings pictured to the side of the unpaved Spring St. appears to be comprised mostly of two-story commercial buildings, although a Victorian home with a balcony can also be seen. Trees line the side of the road as well. Legible signs include "White Garage" and "Liptons". According to the picture file card, one of the buildings just visible on the corner of Eighth Street at the extreme left of the photograph is the post office.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3348
title: Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Western Avenue, ca.1927

description: Photograph of Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Western Avenue, ca.1927. Automobiles can be seen driving in the street, as well as parked along the sidewalk. Featured prominently in the right of the photograph is the two-story office of a branch of the Security Trust and Savings Bank. A network of cables are stretched above the street, and cable car tracks are visible embedded in the roads.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m122
title: Broadway and Sixth Streets, Los Angeles, ca.1906

description: Photograph of Broadway and Sixth Streets, Los Angeles, ca.1906. At left, a man with a shovel can be seen excavating for the W.P. Story building "in late 1909", next to which Silverwood's Department Store and Tally's Theatre are pictured. The road is unpaved and the tracks and wires for cable cars are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1360
title: Montana Grocery Store on the corner of Temple Street and Hill Street, November 1908

description: Photograph of Montana Grocery Store on the corner of Temple Street and Hill Street, November 1908. A sidewalk is visible in front of the two-story store along the two roads, although neither road is paved. A sign advertising Coca-Cola is legible in huge lettering on the side of the building, below the clapboard veneer. The sign for the grocery store itself advertises "Fresh Fruits, Cigars and Tobacco," and "Laundry Agency". Utility poles line the side of Hill Street. Trees are visible at the top in the background at the top of the hill.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17838
title: Cable line built on elevated tracks on San Fernando Street, ca.1899

description: Photograph of the cable line built on elevated tracks on San Fernando Street over Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, ca.1899. The steelwork of the elevated bridge runs in from the left and into the background, along the main street, which appears to be unpaved. A loading house and crates are visible underneath to the left, as well as two pedestrians walking side by side. Telephone poles line the other side of the street. Photoprint reads: "Viadust(?). Abandoned 1904".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m648
title: Main Street below Seventh Street, looking south, ca.1906

description: Photograph of Main Street below Seventh Street, looking south, ca.1906. At the far end of the street, the outlines of two trolley cars can be seen moving along the tracks embedded in the unpaved road. Victorian-style two story residences combine with shops to line the right side of the street, although mostly commercial ventures dominate the left. Pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalks on each side. Telephone poles are evident at regular intervals to the right, along with trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m136
title: Broadway at the corner of Seventh Street showing a building advertising for the California Furniture Company, Los Angeles, ca.1906

description: Photograph of Broadway at the corner of Seventh Street showing a building advertising for the California Furniture Company, Los Angeles, ca.1906. Telephone cables stretch across the road while pedestrians walk both the sidewalks and the street, which appears to be unpaved. One man rides a bicycle in front of the vacant lot located to the left of the Furniture Company building. Trees are visible behind it, as well as another building of several stories. At the extreme left, a building topped by a flag is visible. Other signs on the main building read "Wall Paper, Fabrics & Art Decorations.", "El Imperio" and "ORR[...] Under[...] Em[...] Will have [...] Corner Tenth [...] About [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14536
title: Courtyard of cathedral of San Agustin, Queretario, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of a two-story structure lined with arches, surrounding the courtyard of cathedral of San Agustin (Saint Augustine), in Queretario, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. Ornate stone carvings decorate the two stories of arched corridors, while part of a stone tower is visible above. A man stands at the bottom on the paved yard facing the arches. Legible signs include: "DE", "Hacienda", and "Correo".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m647
title: Main Street looking from Twelfth Street in front of a children's residence, 1906

description: Photograph of Main Street looking from Twelfth Street in front of a children's residence, 1906. A post-and-wire fence lines the left side of the seemingly unpaved road, while the four-story building of the children's residence is visible through the row of trees that line the right. A lamp post can be seen among the trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4928
title: Panorama of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph in panorama of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, ca.1924. The densely packed town shows buildings up to but not exceeding four stories, one of which to the left sports three spires. Telephone poles are also interspersed among them. This area marks the location of the first settlement in 1781. Fourty-four persons were alotted town lots within the lines drawn. Tree foliage hangs in from the right of the frame.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1427
title: The Teatro Mercedes (or Merced Theatre) in Los Angeles, ca.1909

description: Photograph of the Teatro Mercedes (or Merced Theatre) in Los Angeles, ca.1909. Below the Romanesque architecture of the three-story building, a crowd of pedestrians stand in front of the Japanese shops at ground level which read "A. Itami Clothing Store" and "Yamanobe Grocery". The theater, completed on December 31, 1870, opened its first professional engagement on January 30, 1871. It was "used later as an Armory, then again as a Fire Engine house". An automobile is partially visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17839
title: "City garden" (name?) general store at Eighth Street and San Pedro, ca.1923

description: Photograph of "City garden" (name?) general store at Eighth Street and San Pedro, ca.1923. The two-story shop, whose main sign reads "Harness" was started in 1874 by F.X. Eberle and his wife, Marcetes, and contained about six acres. It was the first stop the Santa Monica Railroad made out of the city. The shop's brick wall is obscured by a thin tree to the right, while its wood-veneered front is obscured by a telephone pole. Streetcar tracks are visible embedded in the unpaved road. Other legible signs on the building read: "Strap Work", "Puritain Hams and Bacon", "Whips", "Union Gasoline", "[...]Ellas" and "[...] rear". A wooden cutout of a pointing man stands above the main sign.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17840
title: Portrait of James Marshall, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of James Marshall, [s.d.]. The man can be seen from the chest up slightly turned to the left. The man is balding with white hair and a white beard. He is visible wearing a dark three-piece suit with a bowtie. A caption underneath the image reads, "Jas. W. Marshall". Mr. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma on the twenty-fourth of June, 1848. Photoprint reads: "discovered gold at Coloma -- June 19, 1848".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4475
title: View of San Pedro from Terminal Island, 1900

description: Photograph of a view of San Pedro from Terminal Island, 1900. With the city in the background, the photograph shows a shack at the far right on the foreground bank, a sailboat on blocks, and debris along the ground. A dock extends out left into the harbor in the center of the frame, where several, masted ships can be seen secured. A small flatboat is also visible in the water at the center left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3851
title: The patio of the Mission Los Angeles, ca.1906

description: Photograph of the patio of the Mission Los Angeles, ca.1906. A palm tree at the center of the frame partially obscured the two-story longhouse in the foreground. Several chairs are visible on the porch, which sports and overhang supported by colonnade. In the background, a taller set of buildings can be seen. The roof of the patio at left shows signs of disrepair.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2108
title: Tomb of Pio Pico at Buenavista Cemetary on North Broadway Street, ca.1906

description: Photograph of the tomb of Pio Pico at Buenavista Cemetary on North Broadway Street, ca.1906. The Romanesque mausoleum sports faux-column molding and an arched roof. The side facing the camera shows three dark rectangles, one of which appears to be a plaque of some sort. Pio Pico served as the last governor of Mexican California before the American takeover in 1846. Foliage partially obscures the right side of the tomb.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4885
title: An old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920. The adobe's roof and walls show signs of extreme disrepair. A man in a light hat and dark pants poses in front. Several signs posted on its outside advertise for "Camel" and a large sign to the right advertises a performance by Carmen Rodriquez at the Teatro Novel. A four-story building advertising Wrigley's chewing gum on its side wall has two spires and is visible in the background.  Along the side of the building, several telephone poles can be seen. At left, a man can be seen walking near the large telephone pole.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11781
title: The painting "The Covered Wagon" by George Woodworth, ca.1850

description: Photograph of the painting "The Covered Wagon" by George Woodworth, ca.1850. A train of covered wagons drawn by oxen and horses is cutting through the prairie, flanked to either side by men on horseback. Mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14537
title: Fountain of Neptune, Queretaro, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of Fountain of Neptune, Queretaro, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. A stone sculpture of Neptune holding a trident stands on the fountain which is build under a stone arch which bears the dedication "Para ornamento y commodidad publica, el M.I. Ayunamiento, año de 1797". A group of several dozen people stand at its base looking toward the camera. Two covered open-air structures angle away from the arch.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m106
title: Broadway looking north from Fifth Street, the site of the first Broadway Department Store, ca.1899

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Fifth Street, the site of the first Broadway Department Store, ca.1899. Horse-drawn carriages and people on bicycles navigate the unpaved road, flanked to either side by Victorian buildings reaching up to three-stories in height. Visible signs include: "Chamb[er] of Commer[ce]" and "S-C.A.-Judd-405 / Carpets. [...]atting--Linoleum."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10507
title: Cars decorated with banners on Broadway at Ninth Street looking south from Eighth Street, July 1, 1903

description: Photograph of cars decorated with banners on Broadway at Ninth Street looking south from Eighth, July 1, 1903. A man speaks to a woman in her topless motorcarriage in the foreground, while another man walks perpendicular to the sidewalk at left. A two-story house can be seen in the background, along with several telephone poles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m120
title: Exterior view of the Delaware Hotel on Broadway, looking south between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, which later became the Dalton Theater, ca.1896

description: Photograph of the Delaware Hotel on Broadway, looking south between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, which later became the Dalton Theater, ca.1896. A group of nine individuals are bicycling past the front of the building whose brick-faced side sports signs which read "Deleware Elegantly", "Deleware Restaurant First Class [...] All Hours", "Cleveland and Envoy Bicycles" as well as "Wheels for Rent". Behind some treecover in the background, the Spring St. School and the spire of the First Baptist Church can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m143
title: Men and women sitting in cars on Broadway, north of Ninth Street in the east side, July 1903

description: Photograph of men and women sitting in cars on Broadway, north of Ninth Street in the east side, July 1903. Five motorcarriages with spoked wheels form a line running up the side of the still unpaved street, in which embedded trollycar tracks are visible. A two-story house as well as some telephone poles are visible in the background at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m153
title: Early automobiles on Broadway between Ninth and Tenth Streets looking south, Los Angeles, May 24, 1904

description: Photograph of early automobiles on Broadway between Ninth and Tenth Streets looking south, Los Angeles, May 24, 1904. One of the automobiles sports a sign advertising "3 Daily Deliveries" and another sign that reads, "Brookside Vineyards". The street, still unpaved, shows trollycar tracks and potholes. Telephone poles and palm trees line the sidewalks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m102
title: View of Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The "Peerless Restaurant" is pictured on the corner, advertising the "Best 15 cent Meal in the City". Other legible signs include: "Kettledrum Coffee and Specialties", "Dye", "[...] Chase, Funeral Directors [...] Embalmers" and "Hairdressers". A church and four-story building are visible in the background while several pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalk. Trollycar tracks are evident embedded in the road. Telephone poles are also visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m534
title: Los Angeles Police Bicycle Squad in the Mounted Police Parade on Broadway north of fifth, May 24, 1904

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Police Bicycle Squad in the Mounted Police Parade on Broadway north of fifth, May 24, 1904. The officers are seen from behind in the extreme foreground trailing into the distance. Signs on the buildings along the roadside read "Broadway Meat Market", "Pacific Fish and Oyster", "Delicatessen" and "M. Codie". Trollycar tracks are apparent in the road, which does not appear to be paved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m115
title: The Los Angeles Police Bicycle Squad in the Mounted Police Parade on Broadway's west side, May 24, 1904

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Police Bicycle Squad in the Mounted Police Parade on Broadway's west side, May 24, 1904. A group of roughly ten policemen pedal towards the camera, led by a horse-drawn carriage. The one-story Sun Drug Company is pictured in front of the four-story Mackie-Fredericks Company in the background. Legible signs include "Butter Eggs Cheese",  "Cigars [...] Water", "[F]ort Costa Flour" and "[...] Curtains [...] Mattings and Linoleums".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m800
title: View of Spring Street looking north from Seventh Street featuring the I.N. Van Nuys residence, Los Angeles, May 24, 1904

description: Photograph of a view of Spring Street looking north from Seventh Street featuring the I.N. Van Nuys residence, Los Angeles, May 24, 1904. Several early automobiles drive towards the camera along the unpaved street in which trollycar tracks are visible. Only the wrought-iron fence and the top of the Victorian architecture of the Van Nuys residence is visible from behind the lush treecover surrounding it. Telephone poles are visibible, as well as large signs attached to building in the background which read "Furniture and Carpets" and "An[g]elus Flour".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m794
title: Bicyclists on Spring Street looking north near Eighth Street, ca.1899

description: Photograph of bicyclists on Spring Street looking north near Eighth Street, ca.1899. Six bicyclists that appear to be male pedal away from the camera down the unpaved street in which trollycar tracks are evident. Telephone poles line the sidewalk on either side of the street. To the right a collection of signs and advertisements adorn the buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14538
title: Castle Granaditas (Alhóndiga de Granaditas), Guanajuato, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of the rear view of Castle Granaditas (Alhóndiga de Granaditas), Guanajuato, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. The boxy structure has a short staircase leading to an entry upon which several people stand. More people stand in the foreground near an adjacent building including a man holding a trombone. Part of the city is visible in the background (right) down the hill. Legible signs include: "Café de Granaditas., [...]os y cigarros de las mejores, Marcas. Limonadas y sodas gaseosas. Licores finos y Cerv"..., "Hidalgo", ..."Plaza de torr[...]gavirra"... The Castle is located at the corner of 28 de Septiembre and Cuesta de Mendizabal Streets (both, current names). "When the Insurgents took the City of Guanajuato, Spanish people found shelter in this place. Eventually, Mexicans took it on September 28, 1910" -- Dr. Jesus Roberto Duarte, 2016-03-07.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2076
title: First athletic club in Los Angeles, located on Spring Street in the west side between Twenty-Ninth Street and Thirty-First Street, 1885

description: Photograph of the first athletic club in Los Angeles, located on Spring Street in the west side between Twenty-Ninth Street and Thirty-First Street, 1885. A crowd of men stands in six groups along the front of the club's hall, titled in German: "Turn Verein Hale". To the left, a group of men in light shirts make a human pyramid while more men to the right simply pose, sandwiching the largest group between these two. Above the center group, on the molding over the main door, five men stand, attending a flag. In the windows to either side of this, several men are seated. The club was established in 1854, the hall being later erected in 1875 under the name of Tutonia Concordia. The inscription over the door reads "Out Heil".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m795
title: A man driving a topless automobile on Spring Street looking north from 8th, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a man driving a topless automobile on Spring Street looking north from 8th, ca.1900. A mustached man, dressed in a suit and hat, drives along the shop-laden street, steering his vehicle with a handle mechanism. A woman and a man are speaking under a cloth overhang at left, and a sign on a building at right reads "Corum Paper Box Factory".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m801
title: A man driving an automobile down the left hand side of Spring Street, looking south from Seventh, ca.1902

description: Photograph of a man driving an automobile down the left hand side of Spring Street, looking south from Seventh, ca.1902. The man, dressed in a dark suit and hat, steers the car with a handle-and-stirrup device. To the left, telephone poles and the Corum Paper Box Factory are visible, while trees line the sidewalk to the right. Another automobile is just barely visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m796
title: A man driving on Spring Street in front of the Van Nuys family residence, ca.1902

description: Photograph of a man driving on Spring Street in front of a Van Nuys residence, ca.1902. The man, dressed in a dark suit and candystriped hat, steers the topless carriage with a rod-and-stirrup device. In the background, the Victorian architecture of the I.N. Van Nuys residence can be seen, with its gingerbread roof, molded window frames and clapboard veneer. A wrought-iron fence marks the perimeter of the lawn. A woman is partially visible in the background from behind the vine-grown porch of the residence, over which hangs a sign reading "Rose Lawn Villa". Tree foliage obscures the left side of the residence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m802
title: Los Angeles Bicycle club gathering for a race on the west side of Spring Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets, October 1904

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Bicycle club gathering for a race on the west side of Spring Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets, October 1904. Adults and children wait with their bicycles on the right side of the unpaved road, in which trollycar tracks are visible. A single bicyclist rides in the middle of the street toward the camera. A billboard on the building above the riders reads "The Hub" and "Weilands". A trolly can be seen parked in the background. Other legible signs include "Powell's Bakery", "Dyeing and Cleaning Works", "W.G. Ricketts" and "Groceries".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m530
title: Automobiles on Fifth Street looking east from Spring, Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of automobiles on Fifth Street looking east from Spring, Los Angeles, ca.1910. Both the Rambler Bicycle shop and the Citizens National Bank buildings are pictured among others along the street. According to the sign, Rambler also sells automobiles. A horse-drawn carriage, a pedestrian and a man on a bicycle are visible in the background.