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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13752
title: View of the Mesa Encantada from the North, New Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of the Mesa Encantada from the North, Acoma, New Mexico, ca.1900. The mesa, which sticks up above the general landscape like a pedestal, is in the distance beyond a clearing in the foreground. A wider mesa can be seen at left in the distance.; "Also known as the Enchanted Mesa. It's a sandstone butte, 430 ft (131 m) high, central N.Mex., near the pueblo of Acoma; called Mesa Encantada in Spanish and Katzimo by the Native Americans. According to one Pueblo legend, the mesa was the home of their people until an earthquake destroyed the only approach; investigation does not support the legend." -- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001.; "About a mile from Acoma is La Mesa Encantada (the Enchanted Hill), with perpendicular walls rising four hundred feet high from the plain. There is a weird tradition of this lofty cliff related by Mr. James W. Steele, who states that on this mesa was anciently the home of the people of Acoma. One day in harvest-time the whole population of the town -- men, women, and children -- with the exception of three ailing women, were in the valley below, working together, according to their custom on such occasions. A cloudburst, as the sudden rain floods of the country are called, occurred up the valley, and a great wave swept down, undermining the sand upon which rested the narrow staircase of notched rock by which alone the top of the mesa could be reached. When the people returned, they found that where the stairs had been, the whole side of the mesa had fallen in a heap in the valley below, leaving the summit absolutely inaccessible. The three women could be seen above, wandering around the edges, waving their arms, and shouting, but no help could reach them. The skeletons of these women lie somewhere on the summit, where still are the walls of the old city; but nobody has ascended the Mesa Encantada since the day of the disastrous flood." -- Clarence Pullen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4857
title: External view of an adobe house, in Sonora town on the east side of Castelar Street, 1895

description: Photograph of an external view of an adobe house, "built 1873 by Senora Magdelana Cocia (?)", in Sonora town on the east side of Castelar Street, between Ord Street and Alpine Street, 1895. The single-story house appears to be in poor condition. The stucco is peeling from the worn and chipped adobe bricks that form the walls. The shingled roof is uneven and some of the shingles have fallen off. The wood that makes up the gable on the side of the house (left) is uneven and falling apart. The wooden window screens are cracked or have missing parts to them. One window, next to the left door, is boarded up. At left, there is a wooden fence and a door that leads into the yard. Two children (center) stand in front of the door and their mom can be seen peering out. Two other children can be seen standing at the last door (right). Above them is a chimney situated on the inclined roof. A utility pole on the sidewalk near the last door and one in the distance has been edited out. Tracks can be seen on the dirt road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4950
title: A market in Sonora town, on the corner of Ord Street and Broadway, north of the Plaza, ca.1890

description: Photograph of a market in Sonora town, on the corner of Ord Street and Broadway, north of the Plaza, ca.1890. The single-story market, made of adobe, has shingled roof and appears to be in fairly good condition. A chimney stands on the inclined roof near the corner of the market. A wooden awning, covering almost the entire corner of the store, provides protection to the storefront where vegetables, fruits, brooms, mop handles, and a variety of other things are on display to be sold. A man stands next to the door (at left) facing a small scale that hangs on a wooden post. Next to the wooden post is a pumpkin, several crates and a bag with a tag on it. An advertisement ad hangs from the end of the awning and it reads: "we sell delicious Purity ice cream". Two utility poles line the sidewalk in front of the store. Tracks, rocks and debris can be seen on the dirt road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13565
title: Portrait of the Del Valle family, at their family picnic at Camulos Ranch, Ventura County, California, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of the Del Valle family, at their family picnic at Camulos Ranch, Ventura County, California, ca.1900. Over fifty members sit, kneel or stand while posing for the camera. Several women near the center front are wearing similar polka-dot dresses. A woman in the center of the front row is holding a steer skull. The fourth person over to her left is a man strumming his guitar. The group of people over on the left is sitting on a blanket. Several square shaped boards are scattered about on the wild grass. A horse attached to a carriage is parked directly behind another carriage where a man sits posing for the camera. The surrounding trees provide shade from the sun. Most of the men are wearing suits. Majority of the people are wearing hats.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17302
title: Hualpai Trail (or Havasu Trail?) at Cataract Canyon, one of the canyons at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, ca.1900-1940

description: Photograph of the Hualpai Trail (or Havasu Trail?) at Cataract Canyon, one of the Grand Canyon's canyons, Arizona, ca.1900-1940. The canyon walls have visible horizontal layers. The floor is strewn with large rocks. A woman, holding a hat, stands a high elevation looking downward. Close by, a child (male) is sitting on a mule. Following the child is another mule carrying a load of boxes (luggage?). A man stands at the bottom holding a stick and looking upward. Two men stand at a distance examining the canyon walls.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17303
title: Interior of a stamp mill, Los Angeles(?), ca.1900

description: Photograph of the interior of a stamp mill, Los Angeles(?), ca.1900. The mill is about three-stories tall, constructed mainly of wood, and has a sloping roof. Eight coffin-shaped boxes used to hold conveyor belts allow the two workers to sift through the crushed rocks or ores. Eventually, the crushed materials fall into a container at the end of the conveyor belt. At the start of each conveyor belts are cylindrical heads made of metal. They are attached to pistons and in turn are attached to some kind of mechanical device on the second floor. Two men sit on the ledge and appear to be overseeing the process on the second floor. Two men on the first floor are looking through the crushed materials that roll down the conveyor belts. Light bulbs hung from electrical cords attached to the building's structural beams dangle freely just above the conveyor belts.; "Stamp mills are used to pulverize ore, salt, rocks, etc., into powder form or until they could pass through a 30-mesh screen. Miners would bring their gold bearing rocks to get the gold ore out. If they did not own a stamp mill, typically, they had to pay the owner of the mill a certain amount of gold to use the stamp mill. Stamp mills consists of heavy iron heads on vertical shafts. Horizontal shafts are turned by some mechanical means to move the vertical stem up and down (similar to piston heads on cam shafts)." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14095
title: View at the foot of the Hualpai Trail at Cataract Canyon, one of the canyons at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, ca.1900-1940

description: Photograph of a view at the foot of the Hualpai Trail at Cataract Canyon, one of the canyons at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, ca.1900-1940. The canyon walls have visible horizontal layers. The floor is strewn with large rocks. One man stands at an elevated position near the edge of the cliff (center). Three people can be seen standing on a sloping pathway, near a wooden structure. One man is standing at the base. Shrubs are visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17304
title: Hikers (or prospectors) posing in front of Wigleeva, a Havasupai god and goddess, Cataract Canyon (Havasu Canyon), 1898

description: Photographs of hikers (or prospectors) posing in front of Wigleeva, a Havasupai (Yavasupai) god and goddess, Cataract Canyon (also known as Havasu Canyon), 1898. A man and a woman standing next to their white mule are posing in front of Wigleeva, two stone pillars situated on top of the canyon walls, seen in the distance. The canyon walls have visible horizontal layers. The base of the canyon walls is strewn with large rocks. Brushes cover the sandy soil in the foreground.; "Wigleeva (also wii'igliva, or wii gl'iiv) is a double stone monument located in Supai, which is 300 feet deep in Havasu Canyons.  This remarkable site is made up of Supai Sandstone. The Havasupai people revere the Wigleeva for they believe it stands over them and protects them." -- unknown author.; "Havasuw 'Baaja, the people of the blue green waters, are the traditional guardians of the Grand Canyon. Related to the Yuman, the Havasupai have from the beginning, inhabited the Grand Canyon and its environs. By 1919 with the establishment of the Grand Canyon National Park, the Tribe was restricted to 518 acres, 5 miles wide and 12 miles long in a side canyon. The Tribe has since had returned to them 188,077 acres of their former homelands which makes up their reservation today. The Havasupai Reservation is located in Coconino County, at the southwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park. The nearest community to the Reservation is Peach Springs, 64 miles southwest from Hualapai Hilltop. The Havasupai Reservation consists of plateau country, dissected with deep, scenic canyons characteristic of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Havasu (Cataract) Canyon, now the permanent home of the Havasupai Indian Tribe, is internationally known for its blue water and spectacular water falls adorned with travertine columns, shelves and skirts. Topography of the plateau areas varies from rolling, gentle slopes, to escarpments of outcrops of the Kaibab Limestone." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17305
title: Bridal Veil Falls, Cataract Canyon, Havasu, Arizona, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Bridal Veil Falls, Cataract Canyon, Havasu, Arizona, ca.1900. The falls spill out over a rocky ledge in narrow ribbons flowing towards a river below where a few jagged rocks juts from the surface of the river. Nearly vertical, rocky walls of the canyon can be seen in the background. Many shrubs and trees grow at the top of the canyon.; "Bridal Veil is about one hundred and seventy feet high, and five hundred feet broad, but this space is not entirely covered with water. The edge is so broken that the water dashes over the precipice in a large number of stream and falling upon several different ledges, is again broken into a dashing spray, which, light and feathery, again leaps into the air. The general effect is indescribably beautiful." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1588
title: Nordlinger residence, on West Ninth Street, Los Angeles, between 1880-1910

description: Photograph of the S. Nordlinger residence, at 1537 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles, between 1880-1910. The Gothic Revival style house stands about two-stories tall. A flight of stairs leads up an elevated yard to a covered porch. A striped cloth awning, in a retracted position, hangs above the entrance to the porch. The walls surrounding the front yard and the walls surround the porch are made of ashlar masonry. The house boasts several cant windows, a turret-like dormer window, steep pitched gables, extended eaves, and ornamental patterns around the windows. To the right is another two-story house with similar architecture. To the left is what appears to be an empty lot where the grass grows wildly.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14453
title: View of the town and mission at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1899

description: Photograph of a view of the town and mission at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1899. The mission chapel and cloister can be seen in the left distance, while what appears to be a farming homestead can be seen in the centerground. Houses from the town fill the rest of the background, just in front of a swath of forest and hills.; "...looking south from 'El Horno.' To left foreground, large excavation from which adobe was no doubt taken for mission and pueblo buildings. Cemetery wall still intact, ruins of north wing (graneries) still high, roof still on part of west wing. Old Protestant 'Boom Day' church of 1880's to center foreground. Between it and whitewashed house of D. Marcos Forster y Avila are ruins of extensive mission monjerio, with ruined window embrasure still distinct." -- A. Yorba.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14103
title: Bridal Veil Falls, Cataract Canyon, Havasu, Arizona, ca.1900-1940

description: Photograph of Bridal Veil Falls, Cataract Canyon, Havasu, Arizona, ca.1900-1940. The falls spill out over a rocky ledge in narrow ribbons flowing towards a river below where a few jagged rocks juts from the surface of the river. Rocky walls of the canyon can be seen in the background. Many shrubs and trees grow at the top of the canyon.; "Bridal Veil is about one hundred and seventy feet high, and five hundred feet broad, but this space is not entirely covered with water. The edge is so broken that the water dashes over the precipice in a large number of stream and falling upon several different ledges, is again broken into a dashing spray, which, light and feathery, again leaps into the air. The general effect is indescribably beautiful." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4684
title: Exterior view of the Marlborough School for Girls, Los Angeles, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Marlborough School for Girls, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The two-story school has a well-manicured yard. A water hose is laid out across the lawn. Along the walls of the porch are several bushes and a wooden structure used to grow vines. Vines can be seen sprouting upwards and encircling the wooden skeletal structure. A rail separates the yard from the school. Several trees in the yard cover the façade of the school. The first floor of the school is constructed of shingled wood and the second floor is made of brick. A dormer protrudes from the inclined shingled roof.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13572
title: Portrait of the Del Valle family, Rancho Camulos, Ventura, ca.1888

description: Photographic portrait of the Del Valle family, Rancho Camulos, Ventura, ca.1888. There are about 8 children, 10 women, 16 men, 3 elderly women, and 2 elderly men sitting on a flight of stairs posing for the camera. One man sits on a windowsill at right, and another man is standing next to him holding (and leaning against?) a stick. Majority of the children are seated in the front row, while all of the elderly are standing in the back at the top of the stairs. Most of them have their hats off and either holding it in front of them or at their side. One man is leaning against the stairway rails (upper left). Numbers on photoprint correspond to: 1. Ysabel del Valle (The Senora). 2. Reginaldo del Valle, son of Ysabel, the senator. 3. Reginaldo's first wife (Helen Castile). 4. Rosa del Valle (unmarried). 5. Josefa del Valle, Mrs. Juan Forester? 6. Susie. 7. Enedina. 8. Alice Bowers (governess). 9. Joe Varela (brother of Chen Varela who married Elias Forster). 10. Ysabel del Valle Cram. 11. Nena del Valle Cram. 12. Chen Varela, Chen's mother was the Senora's sister. 13. Nachita del Valle Kirby. Children of Dona Ysabel and Ygnacio del Valle: Reginaldo, Josefa del Valle Forster (wife of Don Juan), Ysabel del Valle Cram. Children of Juventino and Susanna del Valle: Rosa, Susie, Enedina, Nena, Nachita. Other children of the above are not in the picture.; "Three generations of del Valles served their country through either military service or in responsible governmental positions under the Mexican government and the new government of California. Their lives were closely associated with the most prominent and influential citizens of Mexico and California during the tumultuous years of California's entrance into the United States and its rise from a rural state to one of power and influence. Antonio del Valle, a native of Compostela, Mexico, played a prominent role in both the Spanish and Mexican colonization of California. He arrived in California in 1819 as a lieutenant in the San Bias Infantry, responsible for delivering forty men to the presidio of San Francisco. New troops were called to reinforce the garrisons that had been attacked the previous year by the privateer Bouchard. The Company moved to Monterey and Antonio became commander in 1822. In 1824 he was placed in charge of secularizing the San Fernando Mission and served as majordomo until 1837. In recognition of his years of military service, he received the 48,612 acre Rancho San Francisco grant in 1839. ..." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6018
title: Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920

description: Photograph of the Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920. The new bridge, a trusted deck arch bridge, towers over the older bridge, a Howe trust bridge. Shrubs and bushes cover the foreground. Wood and lumber are scattered over the ground in the distance (left). A two-story house is visible in the distance (center). Two street lamps stand at a shoulder on the bridge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13308
title: An Acoma squaw dress made by Acoma Indian men only, ca.1898

description: Photograph of an Acoma squaw dress made by Acoma Indians men only, ca.1898. Designs on the blankets include: arrow-shaped patterns, leafy-shaped patterns, and rhombuses. At each corner on the blank, there is a brush-like knot. The blanket hangs on a wall, while the beams of the ceiling are visible at top.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9086
title: Orange orchard in South Pasadena, near Alhambra, ca.1905

description: Photograph of an orange orchard in South Pasadena, near Alhambra, ca.1905. The orange trees, blossoming with oranges, form aisle down the agricultural landscape. A horse hitched to a wagon stands in the middle of the orange orchard. The roof of a fenced-in house is visible in the foreground. Houses and a large building can be seen in the distance. The large building is situated on top of a hill. Mountains are also visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9093
title: Orange orchard in South Pasadena, northwest of Alhambra, ca.1909

description: Photograph of an orange orchard in South Pasadena, northwest of Alhambra, ca.1909. The orange trees, blossoming with oranges, form aisle down the agricultural landscape. A cow(?) is grazing near a bucket, a wooden contraption, and a wooden fence (foreground). Utility poles can be seen scattered across the landscape. Houses can be seen in the distance. Mountains are also visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1391
title: Exterior view of the Pekin Curio Store in Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1909

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the exterior view of the Pekin Curio Store in Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1909. The two-story building, constructed of wood and brick, has three dormers on its inclined shingled roof. A flagpole stands at the peak of the roof on the left side of the building. The arcade, supported by wooden columns, provides cover for people to window shop or access the three different shops. A large clock hangs under the covered balcony. Several signs displayed in front of the stores have Chinese writing. The "Pekin Curio Store" sign on the left side of the building has a picture of a dragon. The unpaved street is empty.; Legible signs include: "...ura", "...a, ...ant, ...ort orders", "bill fare: fried chicken 25¢, ... house steak 25¢, sirloin steak 20¢, rib steak 20¢, ..., every Sunday, special dishes and orders", "the Pekin Curio Store, 520", "entrance next door", "Chais B. Laiyou", "Kim Yuen & Co., 518", "Tai Sang, Hing Kee & Co.", "514".; "The Lugo Adobe, said to have been built in the 1840s by Don Vicente Lugo, was one of the very few two-story houses in the pueblo of Los Angeles. In 1867, Lugo donated this house on the Plaza to St. Vincent's School (forerunner of Loyola University). From the 1880s until it was razed in 1951, the building was occupied by the Chinese. Location:  El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, SE corner Los Angeles and Alameda Sts, Los Angeles." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4864
title: External view of an adobe home formerly known as the Ybarra home, 730 and 750 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895

description: Photograph of the external view of an adobe home formerly known as the Ybarra home, 730 and 750 North Spring Street, north of Ord Street and North Broadway, Sonora town, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The one-story house is about 20 to 30 yards long. It has a shingled incline roof and wooden window shutters. The stucco is peeling from the worn and chipped adobe bricks that form the walls. There is a door and doorsteps at every two or three yard intervals. Utility poles line the sidewalk where three men stand. The unpaved street has track marks all over it. A sign on a nearby building (left) reads: "Bailey, Schmitz Co.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14454
title: Portrait of Eli Taylor at 70 years of age, July 16, 1890

description: Photographic portrait of Eli Taylor at 70 years of age, July 16, 1890. He can be seen standing to the left of a chair on which his left hand is resting. He is visible wearing a three-piece suit and a wide brimmed hat, and he can be seen gazing off to the right. A cane is visible in his right hand. He was born in Maryland, and was a pioneer of Los Angeles in 1849.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4863
title: External view of an adobe house on 721 Castelar Street, between Ord Street and Alpine Street, Los Angeles, 1895

description: Photograph of the external view of adobe house on 721 Castelar Street, on the west side between Ord Street and Alpine Street, Los Angeles, 1895. The façade of this single-story house shows two doors and two windows. Above the doors are the house numbers: "721" and "723". In the lower part of the house the stucco is peeling from the worn and chipped adobe bricks. The tip of the shingled roof is covered in vines. At left, there is a wooden fence. Other houses are visible in the distance beyond the fence. The dirt road is littered with debris, rocks and tracks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m578
title: Los Angeles Street, north from First Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of Los Angeles Street, north from First Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910. The street is filled with pedestrian and carriage traffic. Commercial buildings line both sides of the streets. Many of the buildings display their business ads or business names prominently. Utility polls line the street. A confusion of utility lines hangs above the streets.; Legible signs include: "[...]sons [...]er", "[...]r & co.", "109, Kingsbaker Bros. Co., 112", "wholesale cigars", "113, Azellerbach & Sons, 117", "wholesale dry goods", "notions & furnishing goods", "119, Johnston & Barret Dry Goods Co., 123", "wholesale notions", "wagons, buggies & carriages", "furnishing goods", "E.P. Bosbyshell", "coffee roasters", "California auto dispatch 303, 211-221 Alpine St.", "Fortin [...] [H]awkins", "106, American Barber College", "the great labor emporium", "we gave work to", "108, John Wigmore & Sons Co.", "paper boxes, book binding, and printing", "Bishop & Company, candy and crackers", "agency for Hermitage and Old Crow Whiskies, bottled in bond", "headquarters for ... whiskey", "128, Crane Co., 126", "stoves and metals", "plumbers and steam fitters supplies", "Meese & Gottfried Company".