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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8987
title: Exterior view of the Hotel at Ocean Beach in San Diego, ca.1890

description: Photograph of the exterior of the Hotel at Ocean Beach in San Diego, ca.1890. The large Victorian hotel building has two prominent towers; the one on the left of the building is somewhat conical in shape and the one in the middle is cylindrical. Both have large covered observation decks near the top. There is a covered porch that wraps around the left side of the building and across to the middle. There are several people standing in the shade of the porch, looking out. The land around the hotel is devoid of other structures and has sand and scrubby brush on the ground. The hotel was torn down in the late 1890s.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8716
title: View of two old Mission bells in Old Town San Diego, ca.1880

description: Photograph of two old Mission bells in Old Town San Diego, ca.1880. The two bells are suspended by chains from a wooden frame, and the hammers of the bells are tied with rope to the frame posts. There is an adobe building behind the frame, and its spackle has deteriorated considerably, revealing the bare wall beneath. The bells hung in the rear of the church where Father Ubach conducted services for many years.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12338
title: Standard Oil Company Well  Number 8-1-P in Kettleman Hills, 1931

description: Photograph of Standard Oil Company Well  Number 8-1-P in Kettleman Hills, March 31, 1931. There are lead lines, gas traps and gathering tanks visible. Two large cylindrical tanks are at the center of the image. On the right are several pipes and valves, and on the left are upright cylinders connected to pipes that lead into the ground. All of the tanks and pipes reflect the sunlight. There are utility wires across the top of the image. In the background there are hills.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12444
title: Shell Oil Company Dixon #1 Well, March 9,1931

description: Photograph of Shell Oil Company Dixon #1 Well, March 9,1931. The well is in the center of the image and is composed of a very tall frame with two platforms, one in the middle and one on the top. Its base is surrounded by wooden buildings and there is a man walking underneath it. In the background there are four similar structures visible. In the lower right corner is a free standing building and a two-wheeled trailer.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12326
title: Valve on a C.C.M Oil Company photo electric "bleeder" for separating the water on sixty wells, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the valve on a C.C.M Oil Company photo electric "bleeder" for separating the water on sixty wells, ca.1920. The valve is pictured at center, housed in a shallow cabinet of wood, with wires leading off its right side to what appears to be a fuse-box. A hole has been cut in the bottom of the cabinet to allow the piping that leads to the valve to fit through and connect to the large tank, which is paritally visible in the background. This photo is a detail study of CHS-10136.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12321
title: "Electric bleeder", used to reheat the water in sixty oil wells belonging to C. C. M. Oil Company in Fellows, California,1932

description: Photograph of an "electric bleeder", used to reheat the water in sixty oil wells belonging to C. C. M. Oil Company in Fellows, California, May 28, 1932. There is a large cylindrical structure with metal scaffolding around it. There are two ladders, a long one going up the back side and a shorter one that ends about half way up the left side. There is a door under the second ladder that is open to reveal a large valve. There is another smaller cylinder on the left that has a pipe leading out to the ground. There is a long pipeline leading from the large tank to the right edge of the image and being held up by thin metal poles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12328
title: Slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931. A vertical metal coil can be seen at center in front of a small metal barrel-shaped object above it. A chain is visible to the right, while, "842806-1. Ideal. Automatic. Cut-Out. Switch. NSCO" can be seen written on a small placard at the bottom left portion of the machine. Tubes and wooden planks are visible at right, while what appears to be a barrel and walls can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12337
title: Standard Oil Company #8-1-P gas traps in Kettleman Hills, California, 1931

description: Photograph of Standard Oil Company #8-1-P gas traps in Kettleman Hills, California, March 7, 1931. There are several tall, thin, metal cylinders in the foreground with a network of pipes connecting them to themselves and the ground. Behind them on the right is an arrangement of pipes and valves laid out orderly and near to the ground. There are two very large cylindrical tanks in the middle of the image. In the background are grassy hills.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12334
title: Standard Oil cellar hook-up in Kettleman Hills, 1931

description: Photograph of the Standard Oil cellar hook-up in Kettleman Hills, March 7, 1931. The image shows a system of metal pipes and valves held together with heavy nuts and bolts. The system is inside of a concrete enclosure, and there are wooden beams behind it. The word "Hughes" is written on two of the large valves. The words "Cellar Hook-up Kettleman North Dome Association Well No 81-34-Q Section 34-T.22.S.R.18.E Kettleman Hills" are written at the center of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14785
title: Eight hikers sitting on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

description: Photograph of eight hikers sitting (4 men, 4 women -- 1 standing) on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon near two scraggly trees and a couple of small bushes, 1900-1940. The ground is rocky. The Canyon is visible in the distance. Most of the men have removed their jackets and are wearing suspenders. Everyone has a hat on his/her head.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12281
title: Workers standing near the Shell Oil Company Williams #1 Well, at the time the deepest in the world, March 6, 1931

description: Photograph of workers standing near the Shell Oil Company Williams #1 Well, at the time the deepest in the world, March 6, 1931. There are four men posed in the foreground, looking at the camera. All are wearing long pants and boots, and all but the man on the left are wearing hats. The pump's machinery is behind them, composed of a complex array of valves, pipes and bolts. It is housed in a large metal room with corrugated metal walls.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12327
title: Pacific Western boilers on March 8, 1931

description: Photograph of Pacific Western boilers on March 8, 1931. What appear to be seven elongated barrels on their sides can be seen next to one another across center. Long pipes emerge from the top of the barrels and continue upwards, while valves and valve wheels are visible on top of the barrels towards the back behind the tall pipes. Metal lines can be seen running from a short post at left towards the top of the pipes, while a few thin metal pipes can be seen laying in the dirt at right. Dirt is visible on the flat land into the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12343
title: View of Kettleman Hills Oil field, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a view of Kettleman Hills Oil field, ca.1931. A drilling derrick stands tall over an oil well right of center in the foreground. To its left sits a mound of pipes, while a smoke stack of five sits directly behind it. Four other oilrigs can be seen in the left background behind the first derrick, each with a variety of construction equipment at its base, and two other five-fold stacks can be seen in the distance. The second derrick in the row has what appears to be a small shelter built into its base, beside which lie several house-like structures to the right. In the left foreground, a stair built into a soil mound leads down toward several pump-like structures. The distance is lined with dune-like mounds of land.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12335
title: Continental Oil Company Elliot #8 oil well and gas trap in Kettleman Hills, 1931

description: Photograph of the Continental Oil Company Elliot #8 oil well and gas trap in Kettleman Hills, March 8, 1931. The metal scaffolding of the oil well is visible on the left side of the image in the background. In front of it is a series of closely spaced cylindrical tanks connected by a network of pipes. On the right side of the image is a large shiny cylindrical tank with a stairway on the left side. Around the tanks, there are utility and light poles.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12336
title: Foundation of a Pacific Western Oil Company oil well, 1931

description: Photograph of the foundation of a Pacific Western Oil Company oil well, March 8, 1931. The foundation is a "U"-shaped concrete structure with walls enclosing three sides. There are two square holes cut into the base. In the bottom left corner is a pile of lumber, and on the top of the wall on the right side of the image is a man. Two other men are doing work in the center of the image. There is a ridge in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8707
title: View of a palm tree at the San Diego Mission, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a palm tree at the San Diego Mission, ca.1895. The tall palm tree stretches from the bottom of the image to the top on the left side. There is a single-story house with wooden siding and a covered porch in the bottom right corner of the image. It has three windows and a door visible on its front side. Behind the palm tree is a row of much smaller trees, and behind this, the corner of another building is visible. There is a ridge in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8977
title: Spanish lighthouse on Point Loma in San Diego, ca.1898

description: Photograph of a Spanish lighthouse on Point Loma in San Diego, ca.1898. The adobe structure consists of an ordinary looking two-story building with a large lighthouse tower and two chimneys protruding from the peak of its roof. The cylindrical tower has a balcony around it and is topped by a spire. There are three people on the right side of the building near a doorway; one is actually standing in the doorway. There is a wooden picket fence surrounding the building, and on the ground around it is scrub brush. The lighthouse has been restored as part of the Cabrillo National Monument.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8769
title: San Diego's first streetcar, 1886

description: Photograph of San Diego's first streetcar, 1886. The car is facing to the left of the image and is being pulled by two matching gray horses. Controlling the horses is a man in a dark suit walking in front of the car itself. In the boxy rectangular car are two people, one in the front and one in the back. The number 13 is painted in the middle of the side of the streetcar.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8696
title: View of San Diego showing E Street in the foreground, ca.1876

description: Photograph of a view of San Diego showing E Street in the foreground, ca.1876. From right to left, 7th Street, 8th Street and 9th Street are visible. All of the streets are dirt, and most of the buildings in the town seem to be made of wood. Most are houses, although there is a church on the right edge of the image in the background. E Street is bordered on both sides by a picket fence, and in the foreground is a rocky hill with scattered brush. The bay is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5653
title: Casino Point in Avalon Bay at sunset, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Casino Point in Avalon Bay at sunset, ca.1900. The large rock formation is at left, near the steep slope of the island. A small row boat is moored in the calm water at right. The sun is breaking through wispy clouds in the sky at right and is reflecting off of the smooth surface of the water. Another boat full of people is visible in the distance at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8694
title: View of Old Town San Diego taken from the hill where the U.S. Grant house stood, 1876

description: Photograph of a view of Old Town San Diego taken from the hill where the U.S. Grant house stood, 1876. A Street is in the foreground, bordered by a white picket fence. In the distance on the left edge of the image is the Horton House Hotel, while opposite it on the right side is the courthouse. Between the two is the U.S. Barracks. The land from A Street to the rest of the city is empty except for a small rectangular building on the left edge and a fenced in area on the right. A brewery is visible on B Street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8690
title: View of San Diego looking southwest from the Florence Hotel, ca.1888

description: Photograph of a view of San Diego looking southwest from the Florence Hotel, ca.1888. The bay is visible in the distance, along with a long pier that juts out in to the water from the left side of the image. There is a large Victorian building on the right edge of the image, and there are many houses between the hotel and the bay. There is a hedge in the foreground running from the right edge to the middle of the image; at the end, it intersects a two rail wooden fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8105
title: View of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing a barrel cactus and mountains, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing a barrel cactus and mountains, ca.1900. The large, cylindrical cactus is pictured in the extreme right foreground, while other cacti and desert vegetation can be seen in the background. In the distance, mountains can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20255
title: View of a Joshua tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) with its branches leaning down and forward, [s.d]

description: Photograph of a view of a Joshua tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) with its branches leaning down and forward, [s.d]. The thick branches of a tree fall to the ground in the center while more branches raise to the sky on the left. The bark of the tree is a thick covering of grooved material while the leaves on the branches are spiky bundles. The ground beneath the tree is a desert-like material with low bushes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14787
title: Women circling on a hill during the Hopi Indian flute ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1901

description: Photograph of women circling on a hill during the Hopi Indian flute ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1901. At left, a group of approximately 25 women are walking in a semi-circle to the right, dressed in draping clothing. Farther up the hill, a group of approximately 13 other Hopi stand on the ridge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18940
title: View of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing multiple cacti, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing multiple cacti, ca.1900. Barrel cacti and other types are pictured on a wide, rubble-filled expanse. Along the horizon, mountains can be seen through haze.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m30397
title: Barrel cacti in the Colorado desert of California, ca.1920

description: Photograph of barrel cacti in the Colorado desert of California, ca.1920. The cacti range in size from very small to several feet high, and all have very rounded tops. There are other desert plants mixed in with the cactus, and the ground that is not covered with foliage is covered by shale. There are thin wispy clouds in the sky.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8107
title: View of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing low-growing brush and mountains, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, showing low-growing brush and mountains, ca.1900. The foreground is littered with scrub vegetation, which appears to be arid. In the near background, mountains dominate the rest of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8081
title: Oasis in Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901

description: Photograph of an oasis in Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901. Jutting rock and tall palm trees are visible on the peripheries of a small pool of water pictured at center. The slimmest palms are situated to the right, while shorter, squat palms are in a copse at left. Mountains are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20886
title: Ruins from an abandoned house on the road into Death Valley from Baker, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of ruins from an abandoned house on the road into Death Valley from Baker, ca.1900-1950. At center, portions of stone walls can be seen on desert terrain. A tire leans against the front of the building, while rubble can be seen inside the walls. Open land is visible behind the building up to a mountain range with snow-covered peaks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20897
title: Ruins of an abandoned house on the road into Death Valley from Baker, ca.1900-1950

description: Photograph of ruins of an abandoned house on the road into Death Valley from Baker, ca.1900-1950. A small adobe structure with no roof can be seen to the left of center. A man wearing pants and a button-up shirt is visible leaning against a doorway. Dirt covers the foreground while bare mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3642
title: Palm tree-lined walkway in Los Angeles' Lafayette Park, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a palm tree-lined walkway in Los Angeles' Lafayette Park, [s.d.]. The row of trees on the right side of the pathway are much larger that their counterparts on the left. There is a street on the right side of the image, and several cars can be seen parked on the far side of it. There are more palm trees on the outside of both rows. The walkway is not paved, but it is very smooth. The park was previously known as Sunset Park.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14788
title: Wilshire District (Wilshire Boulevard), Los Angeles, ca.1890

description: Photograph of the Wilshire District (Wilshire Boulevard), Los Angeles, ca.1890. Many small houses are in the image, but the area looks basically rural in character with lots of undeveloped land and some trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4820
title: Ku Klux Klan meeting in Bear Valley, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in Bear Valley, ca.1920. It is nighttime, and light is being broadcast from past the left side of the image, creating long shadows. At the center of the image, a group of white-robed men is gathered around a cross, apparently initiating a nearby group of darkly clad men. Still more men in white robes form a perimeter around the ceremony, keeping observers at a healthy distance. The cross is in a clearing in a lightly forested area.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6487
title: Beach goers on a Sunday afternoon at Redondo Beach, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a Sunday afternoon on Redondo Beach, ca.1924. The beach is crowded with people, many in bathing suits and still others in fancy suits. Scattered across the sand are several umbrellas and a striped tent. There are people playing in the gently breaking surf, and in the distance, several boats are anchored. There is a tall wooden structure in the upper left corner and another triangular wooden structure with a pulley in the lower left corner.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20258
title: Spanish bayonet blossoms (yucca whipple blossoms), [s.d]

description: Photograph of Spanish bayonet blossoms (yucca whipple blossoms), [s.d]. Two long flowering plants can be seen from an up-close view. The plants have long, thin stems with tiny branches of blossoms leading up to the top. The plant on the right is almost in full bloom while the one on the left is only bloomed on the bottom portion. The background is out of focus while a spiky bush can be seen in the left foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19169
title: Intersection of 9th Street and Broadway decorated with flags and banners for a parade, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the intersection of 9th Street and Broadway decorated with flags and banners for a parade, [s.d.]. The sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with people. The street itself is full of automobiles and a streetcar. The flags are suspended from wires hung across the street from the tall buildings that line it.; Legible signs include, from left, "Pedestrian Safety Zone Auto Club of So. Cal.", "Stop", "Left Turn Prohibited", "Resources 300 Million Dollars", "Boos Bros", "Low Price Easy Pay", "Sun Drug Co.", "Barrie's Diamonds", "Comets", "Gem Co.", "Dentists Entrance Open Evenings", and "City Ordinance No Parking 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 Sundays Exce[pted] Parking 45... 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8496
title: Elephant float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on Colorado Avenue, 1926

description: Photograph of an elephant float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on Colorado Avenue, 1926. The float is in the center of the image and is being followed by a band and more floats. Both sides of the street are crowed with observers who seem to be distracted by something on the south side of the street. There is an assortment of flags suspended by wires over the street. Laid into the street are streetcar tracks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12157
title: Fallen redwood with twelve new trees growing from its trunk, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a fallen redwood with twelve new trees growing from its trunk, ca.1925. A long, slender trunk is pictured cutting across the image from left to right, a bevy of smaller trunks springing upward from it. To the left, a man can be seen standing next to an automobile, while at right, several cabin-style buildings can be seen, suggesting a lumber camp.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14789
title: Group throwing the sacred meal during the Hopi Indian flute dance at Oraibi, ca.1901

description: Photograph of about 30 women standing in a line on the side of a hill throwing the sacred meal during the Hopi Indian flute dance at Oraibi, ca.1901. About 13 Hopi further up the hill look on.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14137
title: Stand of Redwood Trees in Del Monte, showing a hollow tree at left, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a stand of Redwood Trees in Del Monte, showing a hollow tree at left, ca.1920. The trees are dispersed with ample space between them, the surrounding ground apparently cleared, as if frequently walked. To the left, a hollow trunk has a tunnel-like hole through its base.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14112
title: View of Radio Park Auto Camp, located on Highway 99 north of San Francisco, ca.1923

description: Photograph of a view of Radio Park Auto Camp, located on Highway 99 north of San Francisco, ca.1923. The highway emerges from the foreground on the left, curves at center and extends out of view on the left. The highway is lined with a guarder rail on the right and contains a small yard of various trees and bushes on the left. Tall, thin spruce trees stand in the small plot of land which separates the highway from the Radio Park Auto Camp in the background at center. Several automobiles are parked outside the wooden structure and another road curves around it and extends to the left. Several more structures can be seen on the opposite side of a field behind and a covered bridge stands among dark trees in the distance. Photoprint reads "Privately owned. Note covered bridge".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3524
title: Ancient sycamore tree in Highland Park's Sycamore Grove, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an ancient sycamore tree in Highland Park's Sycamore Grove, ca.1920. There are actually three tree trunks growing from a single spot in the foreground on the right side of the image; they reach up past the top edge. There is a sign that says "No Ball Playing" posted on the trunk furthest to the left. In the grass on the left side of the image two people are lying on their stomachs in the shade, reading. There are several more trees behind a low wall of plants in the background.