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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20195
title: Footbridge in Big Bar, Trinity County, ca.1900 (ca.1930?)

description: Photograph of a footbridge in Big Bar, Trinity County, ca.1900 (ca.1930?). The wooden footbridge with what appears to be wire fencing extends over a small river and pebbly bank below.  Wires extend from the center of the bridge to either side. The bridge as well as two electrical lines connect two wooded hills with the corner of the roof of a settler's cabin visible on the left hill. A faint wooded hillside can be seen in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20196
title: View of the Placer mine at Big Bar, Trinity County, showing a man with mining apparatus, 1900-1910

description: Photograph of a view of the Placer mine at Big Bar, Trinity County, showing a man with mining apparatus, 1900-1910. A man stands at center, surrounded by rock debris and bounded on either side by large-diameter metal pipes which run from the lower left and right corners, respectively, diagonally toward the center. The pipe on the right has a joint from which another metal pipe protrudes, perpendicular to the first. This pipe is slightly smaller, and extends upward and to the left at an angle; its sides are riveted, and it is braced by a wooden structure consisting of an arm with a box at the end that contains rocks.  The man's hand holds a lever which is attached to a nozzle-like feature at the left end of this smaller pipe. Trees are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14027
title: Team of horses pulling a covered wagon in Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a team of horses pulling a covered wagon in Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, ca.1905. A team of six horses pulls a covered wagon along a dirt road which bisects the middleground of the image horizontally. The leading pair of horses in the team is light in color, while the remaining four are darkly-colored. A low cloud of dust hangs at the horses' feet. The covered wagon is in two connected parts: a larger wagon in the front, and a smaller wagon in the rear. Both sections of the wagon appear to be made of wood, with wooden wheels, while their tops are made of cloth. Ropes criss-cross the sides of both wagons. The cloth top of the larger wagon sits crooked, creating a gap that reveals the top of the wagon's side, while a metal pail hangs from the middle of the rear wagon. A large hillside, dotted with trees, sits behind the road. Two wooden box-like structures, their sides made of angled slats, rest near the bottom of the hill. Intermittent wooden posts line the road on the side closest to the hill.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19075
title: Burned remains of the El Dorado mining camp in Calaveras County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the El Dorado mining camp in Calaveras County, ca.1930. Sun shines on the weeds at center through the openings of incomplete brick buildings on the left. The remnants of a poster hangs on a wall while several poles protrude from the same wall's upper stories. An automobile is parked next to a large tree that covers a second, more complete building in the background on the right. Trees cover the road in the distance.; Picture file card reads "El Dorado, Calaveras County. One of the famous mining camps of the 1850's is almost gone. The burned out buildings stand like ghosts of the past. Grass grows on the sidewalks once trod by thousands. Down the empty street there still stands the Hills Hotel, built in 1856-57. [s.d.]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m948
title: Altar of the St. Vincents Catholic Church in Los Angeles, 1898

description: Photograph of the altar of the St. Vincents Catholic Church in Los Angeles, 1898. The tall, ornate altarpiece is shown at center, with a statues of priests on its second tier (the pope at left?) each flanking a painting of a man in prayer in front of a cross. Below, the altar table can be seen, a tall candle stick to the left along with two chairs. Three steps lead from the base floor to the altar.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13984
title: View of a road in Nashville, El Dorado County, 1936

description: Photograph of a view of a road in Nashville, El Dorado County, 1936. A man examines an automobile parked outside of a boarding house on the right. Another wooden building with a shingled, sloping roof and a porch stands next to the boarding house. A fenced field can be seen on the opposite side of the street from these buildings until what appear to be houses stand on the left, further down the road. The electrical poles and trees that stand on the sides of the dusty road can be seen lining the road in the distance.; Picture file card reads "Nashville. Once a rush spot in El Dorado County, now deserted but still has some charm left as one looks down the street. The old Tennessee Hotel on the right. Photo -- 1936".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2921
title: Santa Barbara Mission and vineyard, ca.1888

description: Photograph of the Santa Barbara Mission from the vineyard, ca.1888. About five people are on the front porch to the entryway of the church. A row of arches supports the roof of the exterior corridor running to the left. A short, wooden fence contains a walkway in the foreground on the left which leads to the church. More wooden posts hold up young trees in the foreground on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9512
title: Shoemaker's mountain ranch, Little Rock, Antelope Valley, California

description: Photograph of the Shoemaker's Mountain Ranch in Little Rock, Antelope Valley, California. Surrounded by trees the buildings of the ranch in the foreground look out on the flat landscape beyond. Mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14149
title: Cloud study, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of clouds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15297
title: Group of people picking tomatos, Hammel & Denker ranch, foothills east of Sherman, California

description: Photograph of a group of about a half a dozen people picking tomatos, Hammel & Denker ranch, foothills east of Sherman, California. A horse-drawn wagon sits in the field. One person is mounted on horseback. A pile of several full crates sits in the aisle in the foreground. Hills rise in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8732
title: San Diego downtown panoramaca.1887

description: Photograph of San Diego panorama from Florence Heights (Grant's house) showing buildings among others John C. Fisher Opera House and the "B" Street School, ca.1887. The Pacific Ocean is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8053
title: Panoramic scene of undergrowth at Beaumont, California

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of the foothils at Beaumont, California, showing undergrowth of oak and wild flowers. A fallen tree's trunk is in the middle of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3605
title: Cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895

description: Photograph of cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895. The hills, which are identified as being along the Los Angeles River, are pictured to the right, while a narrow dirt path runs from the lower right to the lower left of the image. A large fruiting cactus bush is pictured at the extreme right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15298
title: Tin mine complex owned by Colonel Robinson, Temescal, 1889

description: Photograph of a tin mine complex owned by Colonel Robinson, Temescal, 1889. In the left foreground, a large, rocky cliff juts over the rest of the scene. Below at right, a complex of one- and two-story buildings comprise the mining comlex. Roads and mountains are visible in the distance. Colonel Robinson was the father of A.P. Robinson of 8315 Lookout Mountain Avenue.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2600
title: Three pack burros used in mining, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of 3 fully-loaded pack burros used in mining, California, ca.1900. A man mounted on another burro stands behind them. They are standing near a stone wall which terminates at a tree. A small rough wooden building is visible behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15299
title: Indian basket collection in the Ruskin Art Club exhibit, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Indian basket collection in the Ruskin Art Club exhibit, ca.1900. About one hundred baskets of enormous variety in style and size sit and hang on three blanket-covered tiers. Two pictures and a diagram hang on the wall behind.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3606
title: Wild undergrowth in Elysian Park, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of the wild undergrowth in Elysian Park, Los Angeles. A dirt road winds around the park and a horse-drawn buggy is visible on one of the curves. The back of the photoprint reads "Sage and wild undergrowths".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15300
title: Palm trees line the residential street of Palm Avenue (Adams Street), ca.1905

description: Photograph of palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) lining the residential street of Palm Avenue (Adams Street), Los Angeles, along the curb, ca.1905. Two-story dwellings are visible behind the trees. The street terminates at a house in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15301
title: Children by the stone steps to the choir of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1904

description: Photograph of the three children on the lower stone steps to the choir of Mission San Gabriel, ca.1904. Three buttresses are visible. A large tree is at right. At the top of the steps a metal railing encloses the landing. A wooden fence and a railroad crossing sign is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15302
title: Front of the presidio of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, California, prior to restoration

description: Photograph of the presidio of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, California, prior to restoration. Priest stands on cobbled area behind open arched metal gate in wooden fence. Bell tower to left of main entry. Cross mounted at apex of wall over main entry.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7622
title: Monument to Junipero Serra which depicts the founder of the California missions stepping from a boat, ca.1893

description: Photograph of monument to Junipero Serra which depicts the founder of the California missions stepping from a boat, ca.1893. On a rough granite base surrounded by a wrought iron spike fence. The caption reads: "Here June 3, 1770, landed Very Rev. Father Junipero Serra, O.S.F. and founded the following missions, San Diego, July 16, 17[...], San Carlos Monterey, June 3, 17[...]0, San Antonio de Padua, July [...], 1771, San Gabriel, Sept. 8, 1771, San Luis Opispo, Sept. 1, 1772, San Francisco, de Los Dolores, Oct. 9, 1776, San Juan Capistrano, Nov. [...], 1776, Santa Clara, Jan. 13, 1777, San Buenaventura, Mar. 21, 178[...] and died Aug. 28, 1784, in San Carlos Mission Carmelo Valley. 'As the Lord livith, even that my [...] saith that will I speak [...]' 2nd Chron. 18th Chap., 13th Verse. This monument erected by Jane L. Stanford, in the year 1891, in memory of Father Junipero Serra, a philanthropist seeking the welfare of the humblest [...] and ready to sacrifice himself for the good of his fellow beings, a [...] of his master." A barred, metal gate stands in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11968
title: Beached whale, California coast

description: Photograph of a group of about 40 people (mostly men in front, women and children in back) looking at a beached whale, California coast. There is a cable or line around the whale, at right, extending to the left of the image. The beach is rocky. Part of the face of a cliff is visible at extreme left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4905
title: Framed drawing by A.F. Harmer of a portrait of Doña Mariana Coronel as "La Perfiladora" and wearing the "China Poblana" dress, ca.1890-1903

description: Photograph of a framed drawing by A.F. Harmer of a portrait of Doña Mariana Coronel as "La Perfiladora" and wearing the "China Poblana" dress, ca.1890-1903. She is sitting in a doorway embroidering cloth. A bird cage hangs above her at left. She is facing to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4901
title: Drawing "Teaching the Senorita to Dance"

description: Photograph of a drawing by A.F. Harmer of 4 people at the home of Don Antonio Coronel, Seventh Street and Alameda Street, Los Angeles, entitled "Teaching the Señorita to Dance". One woman dances with another woman. Another woman is seated with embroidery on her lap looking on. A man sits playing the guitar for the dancers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4902
title: Drawing of Doña Mariana Coronel as "La Tortillera", ca.1890-1902

description: Photograph of a painting by A.F. Harmer of a woman, Doña Mariana Coronel, rolling out tortillas, as "La Tortillera", ca.1890-1902. She is inside a house on the floor near two jars and two baskets. There is food on a sidetable with a drawer behind her.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4900
title: Drawing of Don Antonio and Doña Mariana Coronel at their home in Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a framed drawing by Alex F. Harmer of an older couple in Spanish costume -- Don Antonio and Doña Mariana Coronel. The bearded man who is wearing a hat is playing a guitar, serenading the standing woman who holds a piece of embroidery. They are sitting on a bench behind and over which is a vine-covered trellis (the arbor). At the Coronel home at Seventh Street and Central Street, Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4660
title: Exterior view of the Polytechnic High School on Washington Street, Los Angeles, ca.1898-1905

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Polytechnic High School on Washington Street, Los Angeles, ca.1898-1905. The building is between Hope Street and Flower Street. The principally three-story stone Greek-revival building has a grand portico entrance at the head of a broad set of stairs at right. The words, "Polytechnic High School" are etched into the building above the pillars at the front entrance. The street in front is wet and muddy. Utility poles and lines are visible overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2444
title: Ocean Park Bath House, Moorish-style, Santa Monica, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the Moorish-style Ocean Park Bath House, Santa Monica, ca.1905. A few sunbathers are on the beach in front of the three-story building with five domes. A three-story commercial building at left houses the First National Bank and Smith Realty Co. A couple of wagons and several people are visible in front of this building. The beach is in the foreground. View is from the water.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4974
title: Venice Lagoon with beach front businesses, ca.1910

description: Photograph of the Venice Lagoon with side-show booths in the midway around the boardwalk, ca.1910. A group of people are sitting at tables on a floating platform beside a grandstand at right. Other people stroll along the shore. A tent with an American flag flying from its topmost point is visible across the lagoon. Several small boats are in the water. Legible signs include: "Streets of Cairo", "Oriental"..., "The Chicken Farm", "Temple of Mirth, 10¢", "Darkness & Dawn".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4962
title: Saint Mark's Hotel on Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, ca.1906

description: Photograph of the Saint Mark's Hotel on Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, ca.1906. An outdoor corridor houses a street arcade. A man with a beard stands in the foreground near one of the many pillars and arches forming the corridor. Strung across the street are penants and light bulbs. Other people are visible behind the man.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4952
title: Venice Wharf and Pavilion, ca.1913

description: Photograph of the Wharf and Pavilion at Venice Beach, with Ship Cafe in background, ca.1913. Only one person is visible on the wharf. He stands beneath the lamp posts at left while the large Pavilion building stands behind him. Two small structures sit along the front edge of the wharf while the Ship Cafe, a restaurant which resembles a ship, sits on supports in the water at right. The rest of the dock area can be seen in front of the hills in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10311
title: Chinese dragon feeding ceremony, ca.1902-1904

description: Photograph of the Chinese dragon feeding ceremony, ca.1902-1904. A group of about eight men are gathered at the head of a parade dragon with food on a small round table in front of the head. Two men (at left and right) each hold a long decorated staff with a lantern[?] on top. More people are visible on the street in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6422
title: Ten individuals standing in front of Lucky Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage at Rancho Santa Anita, ca.1902

description: Photograph of ten individuals standing in front of Lucky Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage at Rancho Santa Anita, ca.1902. A circular pond or fountain dominates the middle left of the image. Tall trees obscure most of the cottage, visible in the right background behind the group of men and women.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9442
title: Close-up of an olive branch, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a close-up of an olive branch specimen, ca.1900. The branch has many olives on it. (From one of the Missions?) On a neutral background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m685
title: Close-up of an unidentified flower, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of a flower or blossoms on a bush, [s.d.]. Long sprigs of white blossoms have been bunched into what appears to be an art-deco vase, although it has been faded out of the image towards the bottom.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9431
title: Close-up of two jars full of wild olives in oil, ca.1900

description: Photograph of close-up of two jars full of wild olives in oil, ca.1900. The taller jar on left has a pedestal foot and a cut glass lid. It too is made of cut glass, tall and cylindrical. The shorter jar on the right is the type used for canning with a glass lid sealable with a wire. On a neutral background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2546
title: Two men picking almonds, Little Rock, California, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of two men picking almonds, Little Rock, California, [s.d.]. One man stands to the left of the tree with a stick shaking the branches causing almonds to fall to the cloth spread below the tree. The other man to the right loads sacks with almonds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2547
title: Two men operating an almond shucking machine

description: Photograph of two men operating an almond shucking machine. One man standing at left turns a crank connected to a chain which powers the machine. The other man standing at right behind the machine manually controls the flow of almonds through it. They are in a wooden building. At their feet are bags and a box of almonds. The box reads "Rex Brand, The Cudahy Packing Co.". Part of a buggy is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11811
title: Stage coach going to the mines in South Dakota, ca.1880-1904

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of a mountainous area (probably the Black Hills) in South Dakota, with a stage coach (the Deadwood Stage) drawn by a team of 6 horses on a dirt road in the foreground on their way to the mines. Seven men are sitting on top of the coach. Other people are visible inside. Heavily forested mountain slopes are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2548
title: The bones of cliff dwellers, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a grouping of bones of cliff dwellers from the George Coles Collection, ca.1900. Pictured are 5 skulls, 2 coccyx (tail bone), 5 femurs (upper leg bone), 3 tibias (lower leg bone), 1 fibula (lower leg bone), 1 humerus (upper arm bone), 2 ulnas (lower arm bone). All the bones are sitting on a white (or light) sheet arranged on 4 tiers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13533
title: Indian pottery collection, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a collection of Indian pottery from the collection of Reverend George Cole, [s.d.]. The four jars and one bowl on the upper two tiers are from Pueblo Indians. The twelve pieces (jars, bottles, bowls, ladle, cups) on the lower two tiers are from Cliff Dwellers. Arranged on a lightly-colored) sheet.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15305
title: Photograph of a painting of Don Vincente Lugo hunting while mounted on a horse, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a painting of a portrait of Don Vincente Lugo hunting while mounted on a horse, [s.d.]. They are facing left. The horse is reared back on its hind legs. Lugo is wearing a decorative costume. The saddle is also quite ornate. Painting ca.1810-1850.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10095
title: Fruit cutters at work, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of seven women (perhaps one is a child) sitting at a table preparing fruit to be dried, [s.d.]. Seven other people are standing behind the work table. The rafters of the roof under which they are working is visible. There are boxes of fruit adjacent to the table. There are piles of drying pallets in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15306
title: Bullfight in Mexico City, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a bullfight in Mexico City, ca.1905. Two mounted picadors approach the bull whose head is down. Three matadors stand nearby. A throng of onlookers can be seen in the granstand at left. A band sits in the grandstand at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15307
title: A citrus fair at Hazards Pavillion, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a citrus fair at Hazards Pavillion, northeast corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles. Small versions of large buildings made from citrus fruits form the exhibits at the "State Citrus Fair" for 1891. In the foreground is a replica of a domed Turkish building. Legible signs include: "Duarte", "Hands off", "Sonny"..., "Los Angeles County", ..."County welcomes you", ..."Valley Dam", "Ice cream".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8052
title: Panoramic view of Beaumont, ca.1890

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Beaumont, ca.1890. No buildings are visible. Small stands of dark trees dot the mostly flat landscape which is covered with scrub grass and scrub brush. A slope rises at left. Mountains are in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1981
title: A rowboat on Johnston Lake, Pasadena, 1888

description: Photograph of three people (one holding an open parasol) in a rowboat on Johnston Lake, also known as Campbell-Johnston Lake or Wilson Lake near the Church of the Angels in Garvanza (later Highland Park), Pasadena, 1888. Trees, bullrushes and mountains in the background. Johnston Lake was later privately owned and surrounded by houses.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7221
title: Santa Marguerita Ranch - Vineyard and Winery, 1886

description: Photograph of an off-season vineyard in the foreground and a winery -- the Santa Marguerita Ranch -- in the background, 1886. The scraggly vines have been pruned back and the ground around them is covered with straw. Hills rise in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2538
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminster Hotel, ca.1885-1890

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminister Hotel showing mostly residences, ca.1885-1890. Residential buildings can be seen in this view looking west on Fourth Street on Main Street. At least three pine trees can be seen in the foreground, obscuring some of the two- to three-story residential buildings that are visible throughout. A road can be seen at left that runs to the center background up a small incline. The Herman Hellman residence can be seen on the corner. Legible signs include:"[...] lay grain and feed".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15309
title: Group of people at Potter's Camp, San Gabriel Canyon, California

description: Photograph of a group of people at Potter's Camp, San Gabriel Canyon, California. Two men are on burros. Two women with 4 children stand near another burro. Two other men and several other burros are behind. An arbor is visible behind a tall wooden fence adjacent to a 2-story wooden building partially hidden by a tree. The mountain slope rises in the background.