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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13722
title: Portrait of landowner Issac Lankershim, California, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of landowner Issac Lankershim, California, [s.d.]. Mr. Lankershim is pictured here in bust, looking slightly to the right. He wears a dark suit and ribbon-style tie, as well as a dark vest. His face is stout and a well-trimmed beard has gone white beneath his nose and on his chin. His hair is short-cropped and combed harshly back, but is otherwise full. His eyes seem gentle and earnest.; Picture file card reads: "Born in Bavaria in 1820. Came to U.S. in 1837 and located in Missouri. He came to California about 1850 and was a rancher in Solano Co., sowing a large acreage to wheat and extending his operations to other districts, finally coming to L.A. County, where he purchased a large tract o land in the San Fernando Valley. In 1869 he became president of L.A. Farming and Milling Co. In 1875, he and J.B. Lankershim loaded three ships with wheat for Liverpool from the San Fernando Ranch. Mr. Lankershim died in 1882, leaving two children--Mrs. L.N. Van Nuys and J.B. Lankershim."; Photoprint reads: "Came down from San Francisco in 1869 and through the San Fernando Farm Homestead Association acquired title to the southernly half of the San Fernando Valley. He was later [...] by his friend Isaac Newton Van Nuys. Through their activities their land became one vast wheat ranch, with Liverpool, England, one of their markets.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5939
title: The street in Monrovia's Sixth Anniversary celebration, Los Angeles, ca.1892

description: Photograph of the street in Monrovia's Sixth Anniversary celebration, Los Angeles, ca.1892. A large American Flag sporting as of yet only 31 stars hangs down from a wire stretched across the street. Horse-drawn carriages walk to either side of the unpaved road, away from the camera to the right, and towards it to the left. A second row of carriages can be seen further back along the left side of the road, coming toward the camera along with a streetcar, which rides the tracks visible down the center of the road. Two-story victorian-style shopfronts are visible to the left and the right. Legible signs include: "Watches and Clocks", and "Real Estate / Insurance". Mountains are visible in detail in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5940
title: John H. Bartle family on the steps of their home, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1890

description: Photograph of the John H. Bartle family on the steps of their home, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1890. John H. Bartle, who started Monrovia's first bank with Furtory, is pictured here with his twelve other family members on the steps of their home in Monrovia. An elderly gentleman in a suit and bowler hat stands to the left at the bottom of the steps; he rests one hand on the banister and supports himself with a cane held in the other. Next, a woman and two young girls are seated on the bottom steps, the two girls sitting with a toy baby carriage filled with two dolls between them. A standing man with a long face, dressed in a dark suit and hat, and a seated woman in a dark dress with a floral brooch, are situated at the bottom of the steps at right. Further up, on the next tier of steps, an adolescent boy and a young woman holding a young girl at her side stand to the left and the right, respectively. Still further up, an older man apparently in his forties and a young woman seemingly in her thirties sit to the right and the left, respectively. An old woman, possibly in her seventies, sits on the porch at the top of the steps, in front of the doors. A man stands to the left of her, his hand on the column supporting the porch's overhang, and the other tucked in his pocket. Finally, a seated woman in a light dress and a dark hat sits to the left of the porch near him, finishing out the family portrait. Vines grow in the overhang of the Victorian house's porch.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17814
title: Horses and their owners outside of the Cornes and Slosson Stable in Monrovia, Los Angeles, 1892

description: Photograph of horses and their owners outside of the Cornes and Slosson Stable in Monrovia, Los Angeles, 1892. Saddled horses and horses hitched to carriages stand interspersed with men in front of the gaping entrance to the two-story stables, which boast their name, as well as the moniker "Monrovia" across their front wall. What appear to be two plaques are situated on either side of the entrance. A large tree obscures much of the left side of the building, and mountains are visible in the distance to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5951
title: The corner of Main Street and Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1886

description: Photograph of the corner of Main Street and Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1886. The unpaved road is dusty and uneven, dropping deftly to the left away from the tracks embedded in its center. Horses pull a streetcar along the tracks toward the camera. Several horse-drawn carriages make their way up the road along side it. Yet another carriage is parked in the left foreground, behind some tree foliage. Two-story shopfronts line either side of the street, but are not yet packed closely together. Mountains are visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Real Estate / Morris & Ll[oyd]", and "Central Land O[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13456
title: Portrait of John D. Brickwell, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of John D. Brickwell, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1900. Mr. Brickwell is pictured in bust looking straight ahead. He is dressed in a dark suit, with his jacket unbuttoned. He wears a bowtie. His graying beard is separated into both a goatee and overhanging moustache. His straight hair is thin and graying, but shows no sign of a receding hairline. The wrinkles circling his eyes can be seen behind his glasses. His name is written in cursive below the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17815
title: W.N. Monroe, one of the original founders of Monrovia, and his wife in Monrovia, Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of W.N. Monroe, one of the original founders of Monrovia, and his wife in Monrovia, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. An elderly man with a plump face in a pinstripe suit waves his hat in the air. His similarly elderly wife, dressed in what appears to be satin and fur, smiles gently out towards the camera. The carriage both are riding in is lined with the American flag. Palm fronds are visible in the background.; W.N. Monroe, Founder of Monrovia, Dies. William Newton Monroe, founder of the city of Monrovia and a pioneer railroad builder, died today at the age of 94 years. Mr. Monroe was one of the early southwest pioneers whose lives were entwined in the fabric of the western expansion of the United States. In 1886 he laid the background for the founding of Monrovia when he purchased 240 acres from the huge ranch of "Lucky" Baldwin, picturesque California turfman. Mr. Monroe's ranch lay along Foothill boulevard. When strangers asked for directions in travel, the answer of the local resident invariably contained: "You go via the Monroe ranch." And so when Mr. Monroe and others laid out the town they affixed the word "via" and called it Monrovia. Born in Lexington, Ind., Mr. Monroe served in the cavalry in the Civil war and then turned westward to find his career. First a contractor for Union Pacific lines west of Omaha, he came to California in 1884 and for 12 years was superintendent of construction of the Southern Pacific. At the turn of the century he spent four years in Mexico building railroads. In 1907 he went to the Klondike gold fields. He built the first Alaskan railroad, a line from Nome to Anvil Creek. Then he retired and returned here to live with his family. Death came to him at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ann Myrtle Dailey in Monrovia. He leaves another daughter, Mrs. Bruce Dyer of Inglewood. Mrs. Dyer is the mother of "Hec" Dyer, former Stanford sprinter. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. next Saturday in the Baptist church in Monrovia.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5956
title: Teachers and students of Monrovia City's first High School Class gathered outside the school, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the teachers and students of Monrovia City's first High School Class gathered outside the school, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The class, which is sitting on the outside steps, has been separated by sex, with the girls frontmost in the first three rows on the steps, and the boys behind and above them on the taller steps. Five teachers, two men and three women, stand at the far left. A young girl has turned to talk with one of the seated teachers, further to the right. At the extreme right, a girl holds a plaque which reads "Monrovia High School" in cursive. All the girls wear dresses. Most of the boys wear a suit of some kind. Trees and a picket fence can be seen just barely past the building to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5954
title: A streetcar trailing a horse, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1890

description: Photograph of a streetcar trailing a horse, Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1890. A group of men sit along the benches in a streetcar, while two stand on the running boards at the back, one of whom appears to be African-American. A horse has been loaded into a cart and hitched to the front of the car. A man stands next to it and props his arm along the rail, posing. Shopfronts can be seen in the background on which the legible signs include: "Real Estate and Insurance", "[...]A Meat Market", "Property Bought and Sold" and "Paints Oils [...]". The sign on the side of the horse's cart reads "A.E. Crone[...]tt. Leading [...]ler. Monrovia, [...]SA."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14564
title: Tomb of Zaragoza, San Fernando Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of the tomb of Zaragoza, Mexico City, Mexico. The outdoor gravemarker adjacent to several smaller stones. It is roughly of obelisk shape with a bust on top. A chain and posts ring the perimeter of the gravesite. Trees and other foliage grow about the cemetery. Part of a mausoleum is visible at rear. Legible signs include: "5 de Mayo de 1862, Ignacio Zaragoza", "+ Familia Fisher restos".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5958
title: Portrait of J.W. Harvey, owner and editor of The Planet, the first paper in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of J.W. Harvey, owner and editor of The Planet, the first paper in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1900. Mr. Harvey, who, according to John L. Wiley (History of Monrovia 1927) came to Monrovia in the 1886 from Duarte before the city had been laid out, looks very young here, standing by a scrivener's desk, dressed in a suit with a cane in his hand. He is clean-shaven and baby-faced with his hair combed lightly to the side. A photograph sits in a frame on the desk. A foldable chair stands behind him. Molding and decorative framework are peppered around the room.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5957
title: Grammar school children posing with their teachers on the steps of their school in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1889-1890

description: Photograph of grammar school children posing with their teachers on the steps of their school in Monrovia, Los Angeles, ca.1889-1890. The students are seated in five rows up and down the steps of the schoolhouse, whose door in the background appears to be open. A teacher stands to the left at the top step and nonchalantly puts his hands into the pockets of his vest. Further down, near the third row of students, a female teacher stands with her hands folded across her waist. The top row of students seems to be older than the preceding four rows; all of the boys are wearing a suit of some kind, and all the girls are wearing dresses.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17816
title: Portrait of Edward F. Spence, former mayor of Los Angeles, Monrovia, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Edward F. Spence, former mayor of Los Angeles, Monrovia, [s.d.]. Mr. Spence is pictured here in bust, looking to the left with his shoulders facing forward. He wears a dark suit with a vest and bowtie and an unbuttoned jacket. His salt-and-pepper beard is only covers his chin and is ill-trimmed and grisly, although his face appears to be no older than a man's in his mid-forties. His hair is parted to the side. The inscription below the photograph reads "Yours Fraternally, E.F. Spence".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17817
title: Panoramic view of Monrovia from the hills, looking south, ca.1892

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Monrovia from the hills, looking south, ca.1892. The large, two-story houses are separated by wide tracts of land, most of which are growing orchards. Three large, victorian-style houses are visible at the very front at center, with a smaller, one-story home to their right. No mountains are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17818
title: An illustrated map of the town of Monrovia, Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an illustrated map of the town of Monrovia, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. An aerial view of the town is pictured in the large frame at center with mountains visible in the background and the names of streets written in across the roads themselves. This frame is surrounded by thirteen smaller frames, each picturing a different important building in the town, such as the church or the Pioneer Stable. A train passes by in the frontmost road of the center frame. The caption beneath the map reads "MONROVIA. The Most Flourishing Town and Colony in Southern California. Founded by W.N. Monroe, E.F. Spence, J.D. Bicknell and J.F. Crank, May 17th, 1886. Situated in the ORANGE BELT along the foothills of the Sierra Madres, sixteen miles from Los Angeles, at an elevation of 1,000 feet: immediately at the bast of the mountains and overlooking the SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. No Frosts. Abundance of pure water, and the best climatic conditions in the State."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3015
title: Eagle Rock pioneers on the Shumacher Ranch, Los Angeles, ca.1905

description: Photograph of Eagle Rock pioneers on the Shumacher Ranch, Los Angeles, ca.1905. A young man in short pants stands next to a bicycle in front of a woman who is situated in a horse-drawn carriage just behind him to the right. Further left, a man stands at center in a vest and hat, watching three dogs eat from pans that have been placed on the ground in front of him. Four more men stand in front of a second horse-drawn carriage in the background, while a third stands facing forward to their right. A two-story stable can be seen in the background, partially obscured by the foliage of a large tree that stands at right. Hills are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1965
title: Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad bridge under construction over the Arroyo Seco from Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885

description: Photograph of a Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad bridge under construction over the Arroyo Seco from Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885. A hill is visible in the foreground, sloping down towards the narrow, unpaved road below. Past some low-growing vegetation, a train is visible moving across a bridge over the Arroyo in the distance. More hills are visible still farther back, along with a house to the left. See also CHS-7073.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2040
title: Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885. The trestle, which was replaced later by the Santa Fe trestle, extends out from the forest, supporting a steam engine trailing two passenger cars behind it. Two men stand on the tracks at back, one with his hand on the last passenger car. Two more men stand to the side of the tracks in front of the engine. Mountains and trees are visible in the background behind the bridge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3089
title: The Garvanza Hotel in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1887

description: Photograph of the Garvanza Hotel in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1887. A huge, three-story Victorian manor with a multi-leveled roof, spires, shaded porch and third-level balcony is pictured at center, dominating most of the frame. Most of the upper windows feature slatted shutters, which lift out, rather than opening to the sides. Vegetation around the hotel is sparse, although it seems that some attempt has been made to landscape. A tree is visible in the background to the right, while the beginning of a hill is visible at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1960
title: Portrait of Charles F. Lummis and President Theodore Roosevelt in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1912

description: Photographic portrait of Charles F. Lummis and President Theodore Roosevelt in Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1912. Lummis can be seen standing left, while former President Roosevelt can be seen at right. They are visible on the steps of the Hall of Letters Building at Occidental College's Highland Park Campus during Roosevelt's visit to the campus. Both men carry their hats in their hands, although Lummis has folded his flat, while Roosevelt is holding his only by the brim. The former President wears a suit with a dark, long-tailed coat. Lumis is pictured in profile looking directly at him. Lumis is also dressed in a dark suit, although he is sporting a jacket without tails. The walls of the brick Hall of Letters Building are visible behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13738
title: Portrait of celebrated literary and cultural figure of Los Angeles, Charles F. Lummis, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of celebrated literary and cultural figure of Los Angeles, Charles F. Lummis, [s.d.]. Mr. Lummis is pictured seated here, dressed in a corduroy jacket and pants, possibly the green corduroy suit that became his trademark. His legs are crossed and rested to the right, while Lummis rests his left hand on his thigh. In the other hand he holds what appears to be the butt of a cigar up at chest level. His face is weathered and wizened, showing signs of both toughening and age. His white hair is thinning and wild, pulled far back off his forehead by his receding hairling. He looks to the far corner of his eyes off towards something outside of the right of the frame, knowingly. A handkerchief is wadded and stuffed into his jacket pocket at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14565
title: Tomb of General Miramon, Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of the tomb of General Miramon, Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. A stone cross sits atop the sarcophagus which rests on a raised stone platform surrounded by a decorative iron fence. It is in a crypt in which others are interred in the brick wall. The entry behind the tomb is barred by an iron gate. A balustrade runs the perimeter of the column supported ceiling around the edge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12092
title: Workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885

description: Photograph of workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885. Five men shoulder a heavy I-beam of track while an adolescent boy stands in the background to the right. Finished tracks stretch out beneath their feet. To the extreme right, a line of hitched horses face away from the camera, behind which a man further back stands shirtless with his hands on his hips. Carts are visible in the background, and power lines can be seen overhead. Tree foliage frames the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3088
title: Portrait of Temple Sarah Ann Rogers, the "Pioneer Mother of Highland Park", Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photographic portrait of Temple Sarah Ann Rogers, the "Pioneer Mother of Highland Park", Los Angeles, [s.d.]. Ms. Rogers can be seen sitting in a chair looking off to the left. She is wearing a dark, button-down dress, the cuffs and collar of which are lace, and has put her hair up into a bun. She wears glasses and is not smiling. Her face is smooth, but seems old. The decorative molding of hallway walls behind her are visible. The caption underneath the photo reads "Elite" in cursive script and then, "T.E. Stanton, Temple Block, 119 and 129 North Main-st., Los Angeles, Cal".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3086
title: Passengers on the Sierra Madre Stage Coach, Highland Park, Los Angeles, ca.1895

description: Photograph of passengers on the Sierra Madre Stage Coach, Highland Park, Los Angeles, ca.1895. A group of at least a dozen passengers sit in a large carriage pulled by two horses, one white, one black. Rail tracks are visible embedded alongside them in the foreground, possibly from the San Gabriel Rail Road that the Stage's route was connected with for Los Angeles at Highland Park. Trees in the background overhand the travelers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3014
title: Portrait of Dr. Bird, former president of Occidental College, Los Angeles, ca.1921-1946

description: Photographic portrait of Dr. Remson DuBoise Bird (not Ramsen or Rawson), former president (1921-1946) of Occidental College, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The Doctor is pictured here in bust. He wears a light-colored suit and a dark tie. His hair is meticulously combed and parted to the left. He wears round, wire-frame spectacles over a face that is round itself, almost childlike. Words appear to be embroidered on the breast pocket of his suit's jacket and appear to read "Hartsook".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m852
title: Grazing sheep in front of the Church of Angels in Garvanza, Los Angeles, ca.1888

description: Photograph of grazing sheep in front of the Church of Angels in Garvanza, Los Angeles, ca.1888. Two sheep stand side by side at the bottom right of the photo, while numerous others flock across the grazing land, a large group of which is pictured farther back, at right. The Church of the Angels can be seen just behind them, beyond treecover in the distance. Hills and mountains are visible in the background. Avenue 64, then known as Mountain Avenue, can be as a dirt road between sheep and church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3087
title: Portrait of "Pioneer Mother" Sarah Ann Rogers and her seven (eight?) children, Highland Park, Los Angeles, January 30, 1916

description: Photographic portrait of "Pioneer Mother" Sarah Ann Rogers and her seven (eight?) children, Highland Park, Los Angeles, January 30, 1916. Mrs. Rogers is pictured seated at right in a button-down dress, on which a flower corsage is pinned. She wears her hair back and wears glasses. A full-grown man with a mustache rests his hand on the back of her chair, while four others stand to the left of him: a young woman, a man with a mustache connected to his muttonchops, and two more young women. In the first row, to the left of Mrs. Rogers, three children are pictured: two adolescent girls and a young boy, who appears to have a tin of something tucked-away on the inside of his jacket. Picture file card reads "Ralph, Center, Edward, Right."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2061
title: The Mission Oak on Padre's Trail in Highland Park, Los Angeles, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the Mission Oak on Padre's Trail in Highland Park, Los Angeles, ca.1920. The street is paved and lined to either side by sidewalk, yet the thick, gnarled tree in the middle of the street has been allowed to stay, surrounded by a short concrete enclosure at its base. An automobile is parked facing the camera to the left, while the trees along the sidewalk obscure the houses in the background. The tree, also called "Padre's Tree" was a place of rest and refreshment for travelers between the San Gabriel and San Fernando Missions. It was located in the center of Avenue 63 between York Boulevard and Garvanza Avenue. The tree died and was removed sometime prior to World War II.