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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14702
title: A.E. McConnell and daughter sitting on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1901

description: Photograph of A.E. McConnell and daughter sitting on the precarious Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1901. They can be seen seated on the edge of a boulder hanging off the side of a cliff at right. Below them is a vertical 3,257 foot drop. Mountain peaks and ranges are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18869
title: View of A.G. Strain's camp at Mount Wilson, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of A.G. Strain's camp at Mount Wilson, ca.1898. The camp consists of several log cabins (at left) and a little tent community (at right). Tall trees surround the area. Nearby, a man and a woman sit mounted on their horses. Another woman nearer to the cabins stands next to several wooden chairs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18868
title: View of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, as seen from the ruins of the first church, Monterey, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, as seen from the ruins of the first church, Monterey, ca.1898. The dome-capped bell tower of the church and other buildings can be seen in the background. A cross sits on top of the dome and on each ends of the church.; "San Carlos Borromeo is believed by many to be the most beautiful of all California missions. It is here that Fr. Serra made his headquarters for his California missionary work, and where he was buried upon his death in 1784. A year after its founding, the mission was moved from Monterey to a beautiful site in Carmel Valley. The Monterey site was not only inadequate for growing crops, it was a long way from where the Native Americans resided. Fr. Serra was buried in the sanctuary beside the alter in the adobe church next to his longtime friend Fr. Crespi. A few years later the current large stone church was built around the small adobe church. In 1803, upon the death of Fr. Lasuen, Fr. Serra's successor, he too was buried in the stone church. When secularization occurred in 1834 all of the mission lands, except the church site, were sold to private parties. The great stone mission church was abandoned and for 30 years stood roofless after its collapse in 1851. Enough money was eventually raised in 1884 to build a new roof, but the steep pitch was out of place with the original design. The latest restoration, begun in the 1930's, has restored a more suitable roof, and is believed to be the most authentic restoration in the entire mission chain." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m30525
title: View of a lake with snow-covered mountains in the background, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of a lake with snow-covered mountains in the background, [s.d.]. Limbs of evergreen trees hang over the foreground where dirt dusts the bank of the river at center. The rippling river reflects the jagged, snow-covered mountains that stand across the far bank in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4626
title: View of the front of Mission San Juan Capistrano showing the church and bellfry, as viewed from the southeast, ca.1886

description: Photograph of a view of the front of Mission San Juan Capistrano showing the church and bellfry, as viewed from the southeast, ca.1886. At right are the ruins of the church. The alter is mainly all that is left. The belfry is to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10777
title: View of the front corridor at San Juan Capistrano Mission looking north, ca.1886

description: Photograph of a view of the front corridor at San Juan Capistrano Mission looking north, ca.1886. A man sits on a bench underneath the protection of the corridor. Shade is provided for him by the posts that forms the arches of the corridor. Some of the posts are partially covered with vines. The sun beams its rays down on the courtyard (at right).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10778
title: View of the arches of the inner court at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1886

description: Photograph of a view of the arches of the inner court at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1886. Some of the stucco has deteriorated away from the bricks that form the arches and the walls of the building at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14074
title: View of a dirt road flanked by umbrella trees, Visalia, California, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of a dirt road flanked by umbrella trees, Visalia, California, ca.1900-1930. The dirt road cuts through the center of the image, moving into the distance. To the right is a house. A carpenter horse (or a bench?) sits behind the tree in the foreground (at right).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14021
title: Distant view of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, seen from the south, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a distant view of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, seen from the south, ca.1885. The mission sits at the base of a hill. A wide tree partially blocks view of the long arcade. Grass coveres the landscape. Some trees and bushes dot the hill and the area in the foreground. Photoprint reads: "Very early".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10779
title: View of the ruins of the first La Purisima Concepcion Mission, showing a large earthquake crack on the hill in the background, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a view of the ruins of the first La Purisima Concepcion Mission, showing a large earthquake crack on the hill in the background, Lompoc, ca.1898. Several animals appear to be grazing on the hill in the background. In the foreground are remnants of the first mission. A line of sticks (possibly for fences?) section off certain areas.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10161
title: Four men among the ruins of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1886

description: Photograph of four men among the ruins of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1886. At center a man wearing a long poncho, who the picture file card identifies as "El Chaps", stands with his hat in his left hand, pointing off to the left with his right. To the right of him, Senor Lopez can be seen kneeling in what looks like a work suit of some kind. In the background, two more figures can be seen at the right and left, wearing hats as well as ponchos. One of these men is identified as Manuel Yorba, although which one is uncertain. In the background, the ruins of the mission features bells to the left, and crumbling adobe walls all around.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14703
title: Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1930

description: Photograph of Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park. Water crashes through the rocks of the riverbed below (foreground).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18870
title: Four men standing in front of the ruins of Mission San Miguel, ca.1876

description: Photograph of four men standing in front of the ruins of Mission San Miguel, ca.1876. Four men in what appear to be work clothes are pictured in the distance, standing in a row in front of the long, two-story building of the mission. Several of the terracotta tiles have slipped from the roof, while much of the spackle has chipped or eroded off the walls, showing the bare adobe bricks. A small connecting bridge to the right, also made of adobe, spans the gap between the main building and a smaller, secondary adobe building, to which a third, wooden building is adjacent. Hills can be made out indistinctly in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18871
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Miguel in disrepair, ca.1876

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Miguel in disrepair, ca.1876. The two-story main building of the mission can be seen to the far right, its narrow side facing the camera. Much of its spackle has begun to chip, showing the adobe bricks beneath, especially on its left corner. Extending from the left of the building a long one-story structure with an overhanging roof supported by colonnade can be seen, in which five doors are spaced at even intervals. Farther left, a similar one-story adobe structure extends, although unspackled, unlike the first structure, which appears to be new.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18872
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Miguel showing railroad tracks in front, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Miguel showing railroad tracks in front, ca.1900. The long, two-story adobe building of the mission stands at center, some of its spackle chipping away to reveal the brick. To the left, scaffolding can be seen leaning against the building behind the one-story colonnade that extends from its side whose roof structure is partiall wood planking and part terracotta tile. In the foreground, railroad tracks run the width of the image. In the right background, smaller adobes can be seen. A horse is also visible in the extreme left of the image, behind the railroad tracks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18873
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Miguel shown from the rear, with pigs, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Mission San Miguel shown from the rear, with pigs, ca.1900. In the left foreground, a large pile of dry branches appears to be the beginnings or remnants of a campfire, behind which a man in a vest and hat can be seen with his hands on his hips standing in front of the one-story section of the adobe mission. The leftmost portion of the building seems to have collapsed or is under construction, lacking the back wall and roof, while the other portions appear to be in disrepair, their roofs sagging inward. Farther right, two pigs can be seen grazing in the dusty ground. Farther back, two horses can be seen hitched to a post.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18874
title: Friar standing in the ruins of the hall of Mission San Miguel's older church, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a friar standing in the ruins of the hall of Mission San Miguel's older church, ca.1900. The friar is pictured to the right of center, wearing his habit with his right leg raised on a the step next to him. In the background, the crumbling walls of a roofless adobe church can be seen, along with its wooden gates to the left. What appears to be a utility pole can be seen in the background. Bricks can be seen embedded in the dusty ground, making a walkway.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18875
title: Old cemetary in Yuma, Arizona, before 1873

description: Photograph of an old cemetary in Yuma, Arizona, before 1873. Wooden crosses and grave-markers are shown interspersed with the fewer stone headstones planted in the desert ground. In the distance, mountains can be seen behind what appears to be a line of utility poles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13848
title: Globe and Miami, Arizona cemetery, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Globe and Miami Arizona Cemetery, [s.d.]. An assortment of crosses and different tombstones sit in the foreground, with more set closely together in the distance. Several small plots of land are sealed off by fences, and the entire area is strewn with long blades of overgrown grass. The hillside appears to the right, in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14704
title: Yosemite Falls from the south side, Yosemite National Park, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of Yosemite Falls from the south side, Yosemite National Park. There are several people and horses on Glacier Point Trail in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13353
title: View of cliffs showing a parked automobile or wagon at their base, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of cliffs showing a parked automobile or wagon at their base, ca.1900. The cliffs are tall and shear, huddled closely together, jutting out past each other with deep striations marbelling their surface and creating a riven appearance. Almost imperceptible, an automobile stands in the gorge created by opposing cliff walls, dwarfed by the rocks around it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14169
title: Scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940

description: Photograph of a view of scaffolding attached to Jefferson and Washington at unfinished Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940. A carving of a large nose and eye sockets can be seen at right behind scaffolding. At least three men can be seen on the side of the carving attached to ropes, while two wooden structures can be seen at right on top of the mountain. The profile of a carving of a second face is visible at left. Mountains are visible in the left background, while railing can be seen on top of a stone outcropping in the right foreground. Photoprint reads: "Gutzon Borglum's Jefferson monument".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20820
title: View of an unfinished Mount Rushmore, showing only George Washington, in Black Hills, South Dakota, 1940-1950

description: Photograph of a view of an unfinished Mount Rushmore, showing only George Washington, in Black Hills, South Dakota, 1940-1950. The face of George Washington can be seen carved into the side of a rock mountain at center. The carving is visible on the left portion of the mountain, while rocks and dirt can be seen on the slope below. Rocks appear to be falling down the mountain at center. A structure can be seen on top of the mountain, while the tops of trees are visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4342
title: San Fernando Mission building ruins, north of Andres Pico's house, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of San Fernando Mission building ruins, north of Andres Pico's house, [s.d.]. The remains of four adobe walls recede into the left background, the frontmost two still retaining the slant for their roofs. Dusty ground and bits of rubble are visible below them, while trees can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14086
title: View of the Pacific Ocean and sky in Astoria, Oregon, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Pacific Ocean and sky in Astoria, Oregon, ca.1900. Light shines through the clouds above which block the sun. Below, the light refracts over gentle surf.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8944
title: McKellas Stage Station outside of Del Mar, San Diego, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the McKellas Stage Station outside of Del Mar, San Diego, ca.1920. Two one-story adobe shacks are visible at center, behind the frame of a wooden gazebo or lean-to. The grass is overground aroudn the area, and much of the spackle has worn off the adobes, showing their brick. Trees can be seen hanging in from the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1773
title: Exterior view of  the Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda in disrepair, taken from the rear, ca.1933

description: Photograph of an exterior view of  the Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda in disrepair, ca.1933. The two-story barn-style adobe of the house is pictured from the rear, in front of which a large stack of bundled wood planks is visible. The house's roof and loft are made of wood, and covered in wood shingles. Near one of the two doors on the narrow side of the building, a metal wash basin can be seen. Much of the spackle has worn away from the adobe walls, revealing the brick. In the right distance, utility poles appear to have been edited out, and are faintly visible.; Picture file card reads "Delores was one of th esons of Francisco Sepulveda, grantee of the rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica". The building no longer exists.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1774
title: Exterior view of the Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda in disrepair, taken from the front, ca.1933

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda in disrepair, taken from the front, ca.1933. The front wall of the building is in evident ruin; large portion of spackle have worn away exposing the brick, portions of which are worn themselves and seem to be collapsing. To the far left, the wall ends in an empty garage-like space which the wooden-shingled roof overhangs. To the far right, two wooden doorways are visible in the side of the home, a metal wash basin near the farthest one. A palm tree and utility pole show evidence of having been edited out in the transparency and are faintly visible. Stray bricks litter the ground around the house.; Dolores  was one of the sons of Francisco Sepulveda, grantee of the rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. The building no longer exists.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8626
title: Exterior view of Matthews' Mill at San Bernardino, 1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Matthews' Mill at San Bernardino, 1935. The mill, built by E.F. Matthews in 1872 and later known as Fredericks Mill, is pictured at center behind a portion of picket fence. A large, split-level wooden building with wooden siding, its water wheel is nearly equal to the height of the two-story smaller portion of the structure. Taller sections are visible back and to the left, and reach heights of what seems to be four stories. Trampled foliage can be seen along the dirt road in the foreground, where other plants hang in from outside the frame. The building was located east of what would later become the courhouse.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18877
title: Drawing by G.M. Waseurtz depicting the Mission Santa Clara, 1842-1843

description: Photograph of a drawing by G.M. Waseurtz depicting the Mission Santa Clara, 1842-1843. The chapel of the mission is shown near the hills in the distance close to center, to the left of which extends the one-story monks' quarters. Closer to the foreground, a tall cross and well can be seen, around which what appear to be riders in carriages and on horseback can be seen. The chapel itself is two stories tall and features a tall tower-like spire to its left. Other buildings on the mission are visible separate of the chapel to the right and left, where they are separated from it by a picket fence. One-story adobes are also visible in the foreground, surrounding a mound of earth. Cursive writing can be seen above the mountains in the background, but is relatively illegible.; Waseurtz came from Sandels, and was known as one of the "King's Orphans". The drawing was made during the artist's trip from Acapulco to Monterey in 1842-1843.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14705
title: Balanced Rock on trail to Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, 1850-1930

description: Photograph of Balanced Rock on trail to Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Falls in distance. A trail and cabin are visible in the distance looking down.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20819
title: Gutzon Borglum's "Head of Thomas Jefferson" being carved on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills South Dakota, 1935

description: Photograph of Gutzon Borglum's "Head of Thomas Jefferson" being carved on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, South Dakota, 1935. At center a large stone carving of a visible nose and left eye can be seen. A wooden walkway with a railing can be seen underneath the stone nose from left to right, while a man can be seen standing at right next to the eye on top of an outcropping of stone. The man can be seen wearing a cowboy hat, pants, and jacket, while what appear to be vertical lines are visible on the side of a mountain in the left background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20823
title: Gutzon Borglum's "Head of Washington" under construction at Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940

description: Photograph of Gutzon Borglum's "Head of Washington" under construction at Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1930-1940. Tall, thin trees can be seen in the foreground and throughout center. A carving of George Washington's head can be seen on top of a mountain in the center background as viewed between the treetops.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11284
title: Portrait of Shriners at the Jonathan Club, 1924

description: Photographic portrait of the Shriners' Banquet at the Jonathan Club, 1924. Forty-six men in tuxedos, whose ages appear to be from their late twenties to early forties, pose on stage in four ascending rows. The front row is seated in chairs, while the back three rows appear to be standing on risers or blocks of some sort. A large arch is visible in the wall behind them, from which a stage curtain hangs shut. The surrounding wall is decorated with fresco cherubs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11824
title: Racing horse attched to a one-man carriage, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a racing horse attched to a one-man carriage, ca.1900. At right, a man in a tophat and coat is seated in the sulky, holding the reigns to the horse at left. A second carriage is pictured in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9028
title: Painting of the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1878

description: Photograph of a painting of the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1878. Multiple carriages, riders, and people are visible on the beach. A building reading, "Cliff House" is depicted in the right background on the edge of a cliff. A few ships are visible on the ocean in the background, while rocks can be seen jutting out of the ocean. Mountains are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18879
title: Exterior view of the Mission Santa Margarita through a field of tall grass, ca.1882

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission Santa Margarita through a field of tall grass, ca.1882. The one-story stone building of the mission is pictured along the skyline at center, its left roof appearing as though it were collapsed in some places, while the roof to the right is not apparent at all and appears to be mainly of stones. Doorways are placed at regular intervals along the front in this portion. A field of tall grass fills the foreground.; Picture file card credits Elizabeth Murphy as saying in 1894, "The exact date of the building of the mission is unknown, but it was built before the one in San Miguel which was built in 1797; being smaller and less convenient, it was used as a resting place for travelers en route for San Luis Obispo".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18880
title: Hall and altar of the Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the hall and altar of the Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1900. The interior of a long adobe chapel is shown; spackle is crumbling from the walls in some spots, exposing brick. Archways are intented into the walls at regular intervals, with what appear to be paintings hanging from both the arches and their pillars. A small cross has been affixed to the wall at the top of each pillar. At the end of the hall, two rows of pews and the altar are shown, six life-size statues of religious figures carved into the end wall. Candles decorate the pulpit. Text in the bottom right of the image identifies the mission as "Founded June 24, 1797".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18881
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Juan Bautista's monks' quarters, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Juan Bautista's monks' quarters, ca.1900. The long, one-story adobe hall that houses the monks is shown moving into the left foreground from the right where the chapel spire is just visible behind a tree which stands at center. A colonnade of archways holds the terracotta roof above the walkway to the doors which are spaced at even intervals along the building. Foliage in the foreground appears to have grown wild for some time.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18882
title: Exterior view of the Mission Santa Cruz, New Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission Santa Cruz, New Mexico, ca.1900. The non-spackled adobe chapel is visible at center, with two bell towers extending from either side of its two-story main section. A second, one-story section extends from the back of the chapel to the left and to the right, while a brick wall and white gate are visible delineating the perimeter in front of the mission where seveal small trees can be seen. The earth in the foreground appears dusty and fallow. Mountains can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14706
title: Group of people at base of Los Angeles Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California

description: Photograph of a group of 11 people at the base of Los Angeles Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California. Amongst them is a pitched tent upon the side of which is emblazoned "100300, Los Angeles, you bet". The tree has a sign on it "Los Angeles".