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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18054
title: Mexican architecture, a series of 4 views showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a series of four views of Mexican architecture showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]. The first view (upper left) shows the design above an arched double doorway, while the second shot (upper right) illustrates the entrance of a church? from across the street, with a statue above the arched entrance between two pointed designs. At the bottom left, the picture is of an extremely ornate area above a doorway, while the bottom right shot is of a man and woman outside the gate of a building with a heavily designed arched entrance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18055
title: Mexican architecture, a series of 4 views showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four scenes of Mexican architecture, showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]. In the first picture (upper left), a man on horseback faces a house-front at left, while a horse-driven cart stands on the dusty street behind him. The second scene (upper right) shows several men working with a long ladder, which is propped against the lines of a utility pole outside a structure with a dome-like roof. The third image (lower right) shows a view of a church tower from the street, with a small cross atop the latter, which stands left of other parts of the building. And the last image shows a small garden before a church building with a tall cross-topped tower. Part of a street lamp(?) can be seen in the foreground at right, while the tower stands right of center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18056
title: Mexican architecture, a series of 4 views showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a series of four views showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]. In the first scene, three stories of a structure are visible, with a large double door on the first, and railed balconies on the remaining two floors. The second picture (upper right) shows another structure's entrance, bearing a heavily decorated area surrounding a statue, at center, and several store fronts beneath it. The third image (lower left) has a design above a door bearing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. And the last image has what appears to be the statue of a saint set in a high outdoor casing, above two balconies.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14660
title: Mission La Parissima Concepcion de Acuna from a distance, San Antonio, Texas, 1898

description: Photograph of Mission La Parissima Concepcion de Acuna from a distance, San Antonio, Texas, 1898. Two bell towers flank the main entrance. Part of the large central dome is visible behind them. A wooden rail fence surrounds the mission. A low wooden building is visible behind a large trees devoid of foliage at left. To the right, a series of small brick arches can be seen. This was the first mission in San Antonio.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18057
title: Mexican architecture, a series of 4 views showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a series of 4 views of Mexican architecture, showing various street scenes in Mexico, [s.d.]. The first scene (upper left) shows an ornate exterior of a building behind a pointed metal fence. The statue of a saint sits in an arched hole in the wall between intricate patterns, all of which stand between two extended brick panels. The second scene (upper right) shows another ornate wall by a sign that reads "H.Santin Pintor Rotulos". What appears to be the statue of a pope/cardinal(?) sits inside an ornate casing with swirled embellishments on its base. The third image (lower left) shows a two-story structure with a small balcony, while the last image (lower right) has a tall cross-topped tower in focus, beside the wall of a large building, at right. Below, a trolley passes beneath a suspended lamp, while part of a utility pole appears at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13962
title: Four street scenes of Mexican architecture, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four architectural views and details of buildings in Mexico, some ca.1900, others [s.d.].  The first view (upper left) shows a shadowed arched walkway, lined with columns and the light coming from the left-hand side. The second (upper right) shows the side of a building at left, and a foliage-lined arched outdoor walkway at right. In the third image (lower left), a man stands outside the arched walkway on the first floor of a two-story structure. The last picture (lower right) shows a different view of the third shit, with a pointed monument in the foreground at right, and part of a tower behind the two-story structure which has an arched first-story and second floor with railing-lined windows.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18058
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four views of interior architecture in Mexico, [s.d.]. The first image (upper left) features a framed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe inside a heavily embellished structure, beside a carving-laden cabinet /wall. The second image (upper right) is of a close-up of an angel's face set against a wooden? carving, with several other cherubs atop it. The third image (lower left) is of another angel face carved into what appears to be a shell-like design set against a wall. Another angel can be seen above a curve in the architecture at left. The last image (lower right) is of several saintly statues beneath a mural that spans the ceiling.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18059
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four different views featuring the architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]. The first image (upper left) shows a row of benches with a grilled gating set in the wall behind them, beneath an area lined with two-dimensional statues of saints/Catholic figures. The second image (upper right) is of a large structure with thin columns heavily decorated with wood carvings. The third image (lower left) is of a wide view of what appears to be the wall piece found behind a church altar. A long rectangular base which is heavily carved into stands beneath an area decorated with the faces of men and angels, as well as other lines and swirls. The last image (lower right) is of a slightly arched opening set in the heavily embellished wall of a church, perhaps used as a tabernacle where the chalice and other vessels are kept.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18060
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four images of close-ups of architecture in Mexico, [s.d.]. In the first image, (upper left), what appears to be a monstrance sits between two carved angels in a heavily decorated carving set in the arched opening of a wall. In the second image, (upper right), a two-dimensional sculpture is set against a rectangular plane on the side of a squared column, while similar objects can be seen around it. The third image (lower left) is of a set of initials in the middle of an intricate sculpted piece set against a wall, while the fourth image (lower right) is another view of the same.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18061
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a set of four images featuring close-ups of church architecture in Mexico, [s.d.]. The first image (upper left) is of a wall featuring an elaborate series of statues, set apart by a heavily embellished column. The second image (upper right) is of a view of another area of the same wall, showing the area beneath the engraved base of a saint statue, while circular disks with angel faces are visible at the bottom. The third image (lower left) is of the sculpted column between statue-filled areas, while the fourth (lower right) is of a design bearing the face of an angel between two curved sides.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18062
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of four different views of interior church architecture in Mexico, [s.d.]. The first scene (upper left) has an arch-like mirror set in the middle of a heavily ornate structure that spans upward into the ceiling. The second image (upper right) has the statue of a saint? set in an arched case between two ornate columns, set into an embellished wall with a mural set against the slope of the ceiling. The third image (lower left) has two picture frames set in a carved wall, with designs of human figures set into the columns. The fourth image (lower right) is of a statue set in an arched casing against a similar wall as seen in the other three pictures.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18063
title: Architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the four images featuring different aspects of the architecture of Mexico, [s.d.]. The first image (upper left) is of an unknown piece of architecture, perhaps a beam or part of a doorframe, bearing a small carved portion at its center. The second image (upper right) is of what appears to be the corner of a window/mirror bearing a carved design. The third image (lower left) is of a statue set in a carved opening in a wall? panel, while the last image (lower right) is of a row of carved images set against another wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14661
title: Mission La Parissima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio, Texas, 1898

description: Photograph of Mission La Parissima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio, Texas, 1898. Two bell towers flank the main entrance. A triangular etching can be seen above the main entrance near several small windows. Part of the large central dome is visible behind them. A wooden rail fence surrounds the mission. The ruin of a dilapidated adobe or stone structure attached to the church at right dominates the image. This was the first mission in San Antonio.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5710
title: Exterior view of the adobe home of Sheriff Don Thomas Sanchez, Glendale, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the adobe home of Sheriff Don Thomas Sanchez, Glendale, ca.1920. The one-story rancher-style home is pictured beyond its lawn at center, obscured by several trees. A line of four adjacent windows are visible in the front to the left, while the porch, which is adorned by a trellis, can be seen to the right. A large portion of the roof shingles to the right have been stripped and lie on the ground in front of the porch. A chain link fence can be seen to the extreme left along the edge of the property, beyond which mountain ridges can be seen.  A water tower is partially visible behind a tree in the background to the far right. The adobe home, built from 1872-1875, features wood paneling and was located in San Rafael Park on the back of the Verdugo Ranch one-half mile west of Brand Boulevard on Dorothy Drive. Sanchez was the first sheriff in Los Angeles County. His wife was Dona Rafaela, a granddaughter of grantee to the Rancho San Rafael.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5960
title: Exterior view of the adobe home of Don Leonard Cota on Rancho Rincon near Ontario, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the adobe home of Don Leonard Cota on Rancho Rincon near Ontario, ca.1900. The two-story adobe appears to be in disrepair, much of its spackle gone, showing the brick and graffiti scrawled on the back entrance. Barbed-wire fence demarcates the perimeter of the property. A piece of the adobe's roof peeks out to the left from over the building, showing its lack of shingles. Tall, dry grass stands to either side of the dirt path out the outside of the fence. A chair and a milk jug are pictured on the porch to the right. The graffiti reads "B.J. Cota", "Rancho", and "Keep Out". At center, one of the fence posts has been replaced by a cut branch driven into the ground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18064
title: Portrait of Miss Ellen Browning Scripps, before 1933

description: Photographic portrait of Miss Ellen Browning Scripps, before 1933. Miss Scripps, an elderly woman, is pictured seated at left, a book in her lap. Sunlight coming in from the right illuminates her face to the point where her features are partially obscured. She wears a white ruffled blouse and a long skirt. She wears her hair up in a bun. Fern fronds are visible in the background behind her. Miss Scripps was a philanthropist who lived from 1836 to 1932. She had acquired a small fortune from her own investments before she received a large legacy from her brother's will in ca.1900.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m692
title: View of Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) looking north from the beginning of Sycamore Grove in Highland Park, ca.1888-1890

description: Photograph of a view of Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) looking north from the beginning of Sycamore Grove, Highland Park, ca.1888-1890. A horse-drawn carriage in the distance makes its way down the wide dirt road at center. A few two-story houses are visible behind a cluster of trees to the right. They are surrounded by short picket fences. Rubble is also visible along the foreground right side of the road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m691
title: Panoramic view of Highland Park looking northeast from Pasadena Avenue between Avenue 40 and Avenue 41, ca.1880-1888

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Highland Park looking northeast from Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street) between Avenue 40 and Avenue 41, ca.1880-1888. Train tracks from the Santa Fe railroad are visible past the brush in the foreground at Pasadena Avenue and Dayton Avenue, beyond which a field with trees evenly spaced is Highland Park. Behind this to the extreme left, the residence of Judge D.P. Hatch is partially visible, a white spot of exterior wall. More, larger houses are visible to the right behind the park, standing in front of a ridge of hills. One of these houses is the old Potts home. The home pictured in the center distance is 4012 Pasadena Avenue.  Mountains and more hills are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12423
title: Portrait of two streetcar conductors with their streetcar on Ninth and Grand View Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of two streetcar conductors with their streetcar on Ninth and Grand View Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1900. Two men in conductors' uniforms are pictured at center to the right of their streetcar, which is presumable of the Pacific Electric system. The elder of the two men, identified as Gansett, wears a handlebar moustache. He stands on the running board of the streetcar with his hands in his pockets. The younger man, identified as P.C. Peterson, stands next to him on the unpaved road, his jacket buttoned at its top button only. A two-story craftsman-style house is visible in the background. There is a blur in the lower right hand corner that appears to be the head of a pedestrian going by. Foliage hangs in from above.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12446
title: Streetcar with conductors at the Agricultural Park and Main Street terminal of the street railway system, 1897

description: Photograph of a streetcar with conductors at the Agricultural Park and Main Street terminal of the street railway system, Los Angeles, 1897. Three men stand and sit to the left of the streetcar, which is pictured at center. Two stand on the ground and are dressed in conductors' uniforms. The third sits just inside the streetcar's entrance and is dressed in civilian clothing. The man at the far left is identified as P.C. Peterson, the man in the car as E.R. Dye and the second conductor as L.C. Clurland(?). A sign is visible on a fence in the background, which reads "[...] McKerron's Horse [...]". Trees are also visible.; Picture file card reads: "The Main Street and Agricultural Park railway was originally the second horse car line in the city and opened a line down Main Street from Temple Street to Washington Street on July 1, 1875. Within the next year the line was extended to Jefferson, west to Wesley Avenue and then to the park. In 1897 it changed to electricity, being the last horse line to do so. Next year, in 1898, Huntington purchased it for his Los Angeles Railway Co. The Main Street and Agricultural Park line was an independent line that did not belong to the LA Consolidated Railway, which was buying up all the horse and cable lines at the time.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14662
title: Mission San Juan de Agueyo from the left rear, San Antonio, Texas, 1898

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan de Agueyo from the left rear, San Antonio, Texas, 1898. In the extreme background, a bell tower is visible toward the front of the mission church. To the right of the bell tower, a large domed opening can be seen. In the foreground at left, a series of stone walls can be seen. There is no stucco on the adobe or stone walls. Along the side of the wall, a series of arched windows are visible. Along the frontal wall, a stone buttress is visible. This was the second mission in San Antonio.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18065
title: View of the Wilmington Railroad wharf, 1870

description: Photograph of a view of the Wilmington Railroad wharf, 1870. A muddy shoreline is pictured in the foreground, the shipyard houses of the wharf visible in the background. A Locomotive engine can be seen trailing its cars away from the wharf at center, while a tugboat can be seen sitting low in the water to the left. In the bottom left corner "Godfrey Photo. 1870" is pictured in handwriting.; Photoprint reads: "L.A. and San Pedro Railroad built 1870. L.A. County issed $200,000 in bonds to back it. Phineas Barnum, leader in managing RR. Photo taken at Wilmington of the first train of lumber for Los Angeles. In the photo is the first only paddle-wheel towboat used in LA Harbor".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2712
title: Aerial view of Los Angeles' southwest industrial district, showing the site of the Goodyear Rubber Plant, ca.1916

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles' southwest industrial district, showing the site of the Goodyear Rubber Plant, ca.1916. Wide blocks of cleared lots are visible at center with a large factory building standing in the middle of them. What appear to be parking lots full of cars and residential blocks surround the area as it fades of towards the horizon. Writing across the bottom of the image reads "W.H. Daum's 'Southwest Industrial Gateway Terminal'".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3135
title: Birdseye view of the Hollywood Hills and Cahuenga Pass, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the Hollywood Hills and Cahuenga Pass, ca.1926. The spire of an elaborate church is visible over the tree tops in the foreground left of center, along with the roofs of other houses. In the distance, more two- to three-story mansion-style houses can be seen along the hills that line the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18066
title: Surveyor's map drawn in September 1860, depicting a plat of three tracts of land at the Ex-Mission San Diego Alcala, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a surveyor's map drawn by Henry Hancock in September 1860, depicting a plat of three tracts of land at the Ex-Mission San Diego Alcala, [s.d.]. Three polygons are drawn to the left depicting the olive orchard, garden and buildings of the ex-mission. To the right, the title of the map is pictured above a chart of survey distances. An area has be drawn for the seal, which has not been attached in the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18067
title: Surveyor's map of the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, 1904

description: Photograph of a surveyor's map of the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, 1904. The document, drawn at the U.S. Land Office of San Francisco in 1904 from an 1851 survey, shows a square and other aerial polygons to the right, labeled with numbers. To the left, the numbers are identified by the following names: "1. Olive Orchard", "2. Cemetary", "3. Church", "4. Patio", "5. Storerooms, shops, etc.", "6. Yard", "7. Fattiero House", " 8. Water Conductor", "9. Soap factory", "10. Graineries, etc.", "11. Vineyard", "12. Fountains". Number thirteen is left blank, although it has a corresponding number on the map. A compass rose which includes true north is also shown.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18068
title: Drawing of cattle brands from Mission San Gabriel, Mission San Fernando and Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a drawing of cattle brands from Mission San Gabriel, Mission San Fernando and Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1900. Each mission's individual mark is shown: San Gabriel's brand is an "S" cutting through the vertical line of an upper case "T". San Fernando appears to have a number 4 as their insignia, while San Juan has both an ear mark, which appears as a fleur-de-lis, and a brand, which looks like an upturned scythe. San Gabriel also has a second brand, which appears to be a line-drawing of a spur.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18069
title: View of the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, ca.1865(?)

description: Photograph of a view of the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, ca.1865(?). Two bell towers flank either side of the Romanesque entrance to the mission's main building. A bell is visible only in the left tower. Two auxiliary doors stand beneath the towers to either side of the arched central door. Wrought-iron fence extends from either side of the building, enclosing the property, in front of which a horse-drawn carriage is parked to the left. A large wooden cross stands in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18070
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission Santa Ynez, ca.1863

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission Santa Ynez, photographed by Tunrell (Terrel?) and Millice(?), ca.1863. The large, two-story adobe of the mission is shown in the center distance, at the foot of a collection of hills. Cowboys can be seen in the field out front herding either horses or cattle while three more vaqueros rope a bull at center. A few more civilians stand by a tree in the right foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18071
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Fernando cloister, showing the fountain, ca.1880

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Fernando cloister, showing the fountain, ca.1880. The cloister is shown in disrepair, a number of holes in its terracotta-tiled roof and spackle chipping off its wall beyond the archways of the portico. The fountain is pictured in the center foreground, its center overgrown by weeds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5953
title: Class of schoolchildren in front of the schoolhouse in Monrovia, ca. late 1880-early 1890's

description: Photograph of a class of schoolchildren in front of the schoolhouse in Monrovia, ca. late 1880-early 1890's. Forty children and their schoolmistress are arranged in four rows on the steps in front of their clapboard-sided schoolhouse. Six boys are seated in the first row, the leftmost of which is barefoot. The rest of the rows are standing, two of which stand along the front steps. The school teacher is pictured in the top row to the far right. The class is divided evenly between boys and girls. The ground in front of the school is unpaved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14663
title: Mission San Juan de Agueyo from the right front, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1898

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan de Agueyo from the right front, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1898. At center, a bell tower stands at the right corner of the mission church. Atop the bell tower, a simple cross can be seen. A wooden post and wire fence surround the front entrance of the church. Additional fencing can be seen toward the back of the church at right. Two rectangular windows flank the central entryway. Above the arched doorway, a decorative carving can be seen along the frontal facade. Crumbling walls can be seen along the right side of the church. This was the second mission in San Antonio.