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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m769
title: Spring Street, looking south from 3rd Street, Los Angeles, November 1917

description: Photograph of a view of Spring Street, looking south from Third Street, November 1917. Many of the buildings along this street are four-stories or taller. The rooftops of a few two-story buildings are visible (center). The street has light pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Streetcar rails line the street.; Legible signs include: "Citizens National Bank building", "357, Mason Clo[...]", "Wood Bros., good clothes, 343", "A.K. Brauer & Co., tailors to hem who know, this building 345-347 So. Spring St.", "Hotel [Centro]", "the Hub, 337-339", "the Hatter, 337 So. Spring St., [Capheon] building", "Harry Hill billiards", "[Wrig]gley's", "Broadway Central building, fire proof, [...] offices for rent, the Trustee Company office of building", "shoes", "signs", "grocery, bakery, meat market", "Ralph's, grocery", "J. Lippman, diamonds, watches", "$2.00 hat", "Harlows café", "Chas Wennis", "Robb T. Linne[...], lawyer", "Prudential". Additional information: The photograph appears to be taken from the Stimson Building (1893-1963), north-east corner of Spring Street and 3rd Street. It features the following buildings (left to right): Lankershim Building (1896-1959; immediate left, across from the Stimson on the south-east corner); Hibernian Building (built in 1902; also known as the Braly Building and the Continental Building; visible above the Lankershim, and located on the south-east corner of Spring Street and 4th Street); Citizens National Bank Building (north-west corner of Spring Street and 5th Street); Angelus Hotel (1901-1956; south-west corner of Spring Street and 4th Street); Hogan Building (the one with the "Wood Bros" sign); Broadway Central Building (east side of Broadway between 4th Street and 5th Street); Washington Building (large structure at right, on the south-west corner, Spring Street and 3rd Street).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m649
title: Junction at Main Street, Spring Street, and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917

description: Photograph of the junction at Main Street, Spring Street, and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Main Street and Spring Street begin to span outward creating a triangular shaped block (center). A majority of the building along these streets is approximately three-stories or taller. There is a fountain in the island situated in the middle of the large multi-directional intersection. The streets are crowded with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.; Legible signs include: "101, Record Exchange, electric wiring, mazda lamps", "laundry office, shirts, collars, free [...]", "Preferencia cigar", "Y-B Havana cigars", "Los Angeles, 1920; 1,000,000; W.M. Garland & Co., 224 Van Nuy bldg.", "Anheuser Busch on draught", "R.A. Rowan & Co., agents for this property", "Gans Bros. building, electrical stores, 812, 815", "'make Miller's a weekly habit', there's miller over there, read our ad here tonight, we show 'Wm' fox photoplays", "corporation office building", "State Mutual Association", "Hotel Iovita (or Jovita?), new [...], private [...]", "Los Angeles Title Insurance Company", "Mortgage Guarantee Co., capital $1,500,000", "American Express Co., 625 So. Spring St", "Security Trust and Savings Bank", "Eastern Outfitting Company", "Hotel Huntington", "816 Boston Bedding Co.", "Miller Theatre, 300 (or 800?) seats", "M. Kan furnit[ure]", "Hotel Rockford", "Fox Kiddies".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3638
title: View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913

description: Photograph of a view of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913. Windy paths navigate through the park at center. Benches are placed along the paths, and the grass is well maintained. A variety of trees are planted throughout the park, while residential blocks and mountains are visible in the distance. Wilshire Boulevard, Commonwealth Avenue and Hoover Street are in view.; "Bryson Apartments: 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. This ten-story Beaux Arts/Classical Revival/Mediterranean style building designed by Architects Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor was erected in 1912." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2604
title: Father Superior Peter Wallischeck (Wallacecheck?) standing at outdoor fountain at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898

description: Photograph of Father Superior Peter Wallischeck (Wallacecheck?) standing at outdoor fountain at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898.  At center, Father Superior can be seen wearing a Franciscan habit. He stands beside a rotund, stone fountain and holds a watering can in his right hand. Along the rim of the fountain, four potted plants can be seen. Behind the fountain, several large trees are visible beside a large structure. Further in the background, the bell tower of the church can be seen at right, while the tip of the frontal facade topped with a cross can be seen at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13165
title: Christening of a baby, outside, under old mission bells, ca.1910

description: Photograph of christening of a baby, outside, under old mission bells, ca.1910. The baptism took place in either Arizona or at Mission Assistencia Santa Ysabel in San Diego. The priest, the parents with infant, and a woman are standing near old mission bells hanging from a wooden frame. A horse is tethered to one of the posts of the frame.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m581
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles looking east on Sixth from the Pacific Electric Building, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles looking east on Sixth from the Pacific Electric Building, ca.1905. A majority of the buildings are residential buildings. Two large exhaust pipes of factories(?) are visible in the distance (at left). Utility poles line the street (Sixth Street? at left). Legible signs include: "New Method Laundry Co.", "meat market", "The L.W. [B]linn Lumber Co.", "Weaver's market", "James Ho[bers?], west[...]", "Owl cigar, now 5¢", "reversible windows, screen doors, window screens, Hipolito Screen & Sash Co.", "Cal. Showcase Co., bank, store and office fixtures", "smoke Secretary Gage, 5¢ cigar, it's quality", "the Cloud, first class furnished rooms", "drugs", "Coca-cola, delicious, refreshing", "Angelus Laundry Co.", "J.L. Pike & Co., window works".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2528
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles looking east from the Court House, showing the orphanage building in the distance, ca.1890

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles looking east from the Court House, showing the orphanage building in the distance, ca.1890. The area in the foreground is densely packed with commercial buildings and many of which boasts Greek or Italian-style architecture. A street can be seen at left running into the left background. Trees are sparsely scattered throughout the city, and what appears to be a river can be seen across the background. A tall building can be seen beyond the river at right on top of a hill.; Legible signs include: "St. Charles Hotel", "[Califo]rnia [...]lance Co.", "wholesale grocers", "books & stationery", "London Clothing Co.", "the Queer shoe store", "[carriage?] manufactory", "agg[ric]ultural implements", "studeba[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m830
title: Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct head gate, November 5, 1913

description: Photograph of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct head gate, November 5, 1913. Approximately five men are turning the large valves situated on a ledge above the aqueduct. Spectators on nearby hills and near the canals watch as the water flows from the man-made aqueduct. Among the spectators are two police officers (lower right). A set of stairs leads to the ledge where the men are operating the valves. Bushes cover the top of the hills above the aqueduct. Picture file card reads: "Construction of the aqueduct began in 1908. Nov. 5, 1913, William Mullholland, the project engineer, opened the valves that led the waters of the mountains 250 miles away flow into the Los Angeles district."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4888
title: Drawing of Don Juan Ramirez's two-story adobe house, Los Angeles, 1870

description: Photograph of a lithograph drawing of Don Juan Ramirez's two-story adobe house, Macy Street and Lyons Street, Los Angeles, 1870. A tall palm dominates the center of the image. A horse and three people are also in the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4491
title: Ship about to dock at the pier at the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1913

description: Photograph of a ship about to dock at the pier at the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1913. The ship has about four surface level decks, two large exhaust pipes flanked by two tall masts, and a flag standing at the bow and aft of the ship. Rock formations form a line or boundary in the water. "Harrison Direct Line" is painted on the roof of a building situated along the harbor (at right).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14486
title: Rojerio, the San Fernando Mission chorister, gathering the fruit of the cactus for food, July, 1898

description: Photograph of Rojerio, the San Fernando Mission chorister, gathering the fruit of the cactus for food, July, 1898. The 119-year-old man stands very short at center with patched pants and dingy jacket. He holds a large stick in his right hand and wears a hat which shades his bearded face. He stands in a patch of tall, spiny plants while what appear to be prickly pear cacti stand over him. Flat, spiny discs form these large plants.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14230
title: Sierra Madre trail on Mount Wilson, 1886

description: Photograph of Sierra Madre trail on Mount Wilson, California. The slope (about 45 degrees) is covered with fir trees and snow. The trail is cut into the side of the slope. A man is standing below the trail.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3639
title: View of Grand Avenue looking northeast from 4th street, Los Angeles, ca.1913

description: Photograph of a view of Grand Avenue looking northeast from 4th street, Los Angeles, ca.1913. A majority of the buildings are homes, hotels or apartment buildings. Utility poles like the streets. Mountains are visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "the Minnewaska", "Hotel Fleur-de-lis", "tailoring", "millinery".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2662
title: View of 4th Street looking southeast from Grand Avenue, showing the intersection of 4th Street and Olive Street (center), Los Angeles, ca.1913

description: Photograph of a view of 4th Street looking southeast from Grand Avenue, showing the intersection of 4th Street and Olive Street (center), Los Angeles, ca.1913. Residential houses and apartments populate the area in the foreground and on the block to the left. Commercial buildings cover the remaining areas. 4th Street slopes downward and levels off in the distance. Legible signs include: "the Wales apartments", "Hales good goods", "Grant building", "Montgomery Bros Jewelers", "Wetherby-Kayser Shoe Company, agents Johnston & Murphy for men, Liard Schober & Co. for women", "Crane Co.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2685
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the corner of 4th Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill, ca.1913

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the corner of 4th Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill, ca.1913. Notable buildings include two under construction buildings (center and left), the Los Angeles Examiner building (center), the Hazards Pavilion (right) and the Philharmonic Auditorium (right).; Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co.", "cold storage warehouse", "Hotel Crescent", "Earl V. Lewis Co., Kodaks, Eastman Agency, two st[...], exclusively [...]", "Broadway Drapery and Furniture [...], 447 So. Broadway", "Myer Siegel & Co.", "Broxburn Hotel", "Hotel Trenton", "L.A. Brg. Co's, beer, E[...], leads them all", "for space, R.A. Rowan & Co.", "Los Angeles Examiner", "[P]ettebone Co., gas and electric fixtures", "Dromgold Schroeder Co.", "Severance building, R.A. Rowan & Co., agents, 200 Title Insurance bldg", "Mammoth", "brothers", "Union Oil building", "Hotel Hayward", "Los Angeles Trust and Savings building", "Central building", "Pantages Theatre, American & European artists of repute, matinee [...]", "Wrigley's Spearmint pepsin gum, buy it by the box, the flavor lasts".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17490
title: View of Olive Street looking north from 6th Street with Pershing Square and 5th Street in view, Los Angeles, ca.1913

description: Photograph of a view of Olive Street looking north from 6th Street with Pershing Square and 5th Street in view, Los Angeles, ca.1913. Two paths form a crisscross through Pershing Square where benches provide a place for visitors to sit and relax. Trees cover a majority of the grounds in the park. On the corner of the street on the other side of the park is the Philharmonic Auditorium. Other notable buildings are the Hotel Trenton (center) and Hotel Fleur-de-lis (at left). Mountains are visible in the distance.; Legible signs include: "Pacific [...]", "Hampden Arms", "Hotel Trenton", "Hotel Fleur-de-lis", "Palace Hotel apartments", "[...]erland", "Hotel Trenton", "the Wales apartment", "Los Angeles Col[...]", "sanitarium treatment rooms", "Wright-Callender-Andrews Co., fortunes in Los Angeles realty", "Alhambra Hotel", "first floor".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2619
title: Interior of the shoe shop at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898-1900

description: Photograph of the interior of the shoe shop at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898-1900. Franciscan priest sitting on low stool is making a shoe. He is wearing the Franciscan habit. A mechanical tool for assisting in the shoe-making process is in the right foreground. A desk stocked with thread and other shoe-making supplies is adjacent to a window. A rack holds many pairs of shoes behind the monk. The floor is bare wood. The ceiling is bare rafters.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2652
title: View of Main Street looking north from the Pacific Electric building, with snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in view, Los Angeles, ca. January 1, 1907

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from the Pacific Electric building, with snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in view, Los Angeles, ca. January 1, 1907. The cityscape is thriving with mostly commercial buildings. Notable buildings include Hotel Rosslyn (center) and the Union Lithograph Co. (foreground at right). Hotel Rosslyn stands on the corner of the 5th Street and Main Street intersection. The streets are filled with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.; Legible signs include: "[Silver]wood's $3.00 hats", "Merchants Trust Company building", "[...] Hanslor Co. Inc. grocers", "Hotel Rosslyn", "H. Raphael Co.", "Owl cigar, now 5¢, [...]nst Cigar Co., Pac-Coast distr's", "Ed Herwick", "G.A. Thiele, wallpaper, mound city paints and oils", "Varney & Green", "'thank you', Lily Cream, California sterilized, manufactured by Pacific Creamery Co., Los Angeles, California", "store your furniture & household goods, [...]olyear Warehouse Co., absolutely fireproof, 415-17-19 San Pedro St, trunks stored 25¢ a month", "Ed Herwick", "cutlers and grinders", "[W]ilson, [...]all", "suits pressed 50¢", "Gus T. Thomas, agent for real estate business opportunities, rentals, etc., 451 1/2, room 2", "New York tailor suits to order, alterations, cleaning, pressing, etc., for ladies and gents", "the [...] Allen Co.", "[...] 418 S. Broadway, [...]", "Wells Fargo & Co. Express", "Barker Bros. furniture, [...]ts, [drape]ries", "Western Wholesale [...] Co.", "M[c]Clellas Ranst Co., pictures, frames, art novelties, 111, 113", "Hotel Butler", "[...] Electric Co.", "The Union Lithograph Co., B.S. Hubbard, pres. And manager, successors to Los Angeles Lithograph Co., lithographers, printers, binders, steel die and copper plate engraving and printing, agents Schmidt Litho. Co., labels and cartons", "[...] Reynolds Co., hardware, oil well supplies", "Blake[...] Pape[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2608
title: Franciscan Brother Peter playing the organ at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898-1899

description: Photograph of Franciscan Brother Peter playing the organ at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898-1899. The monk can be seen at center sitting on a small stool while playing a wooden organ. He is wearing the Franciscan habit, and a long rope falls from his waist down to the floor. An open window can be seen to his left, showing a large column outside. The visible part of the room is bare of furnishings or decoration except for a picture on the wall in front of the monk, a low bench behind the organ, and some unidentified poles leaning in the corner. Paint has chipped and peeled off of portions of the wall. A wooden floor covers the entire room.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14491
title: Father Victor and a Franciscan at St. Josephs Church, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Father Victor and a Franciscan at St. Josephs Church, 12th Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles. They are standing, in their habits, near the foot of some wooden stairs leading up to a porch of a wood-siding building is behind them. The brick foundation is visible beneath the porch. One of the men is holding a book. There is a boardwalk at the foot of the stairs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m48
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles looking west from the Courthouse, showing Bradbury mansion at right, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles looking west from the Courthouse, showing Bradbury mansion at right, ca.1900. A majority of the buildings that make up the landscape consists of residential houses and buildings. At center, a large dirt slope is visible. Part of a three-level structure appears to be built into the slope with small doorways visible on each level. To the far left, a large paved road is visible. In the background at right, the Bradbury mansion is visible at the intersection of Hill Street and Court Street. Trees are sparsely scatted across the landscape. Legible signs include: "the Clemenceau case", "80¢ per mo., [...]erald is the best paper".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2567
title: View of residential buildings in Los Angeles, from Spring Street near 3rd Street, 1898

description: Photograph of a view of residential buildings in Los Angeles, from Spring Street near 3rd Street, 1898. Residential houses and buildings cover the inclined landscape. Notable buildings include a church (center) and a small bakery shop (at right). Legible signs include: "Meek's domestic bakery".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2429
title: View of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, December 1, 1869

description: Photograph of a view of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, December 1, 1869. In the foreground is a community of small houses. Just beyond the community is the Pico House, which faces Main Street. The Plaza is to the left of the Pico House. The Masonic Temple (or Hall?) stands several buildings to the right of the Pico House. A majority of the buildings in view are residential houses.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3875
title: Two priests and a monk (or a nun?) chatting in the courtyard of the Plaza Church (near the chapel?), Los Angeles, 1885

description: Photograph of two priests and a monk (or a nun?) chatting in the courtyard of the Plaza Church (near the chapel?), Los Angeles, 1885. The two priests, dressed in priest robes, stand under the shade provided by the arcade. Beyond the balustrade arcade is a courtyard decorated with a garden of small bushes and flower plants. A large cross stands at the center of the courtyard. In the background is the church(?). The back of the photoprint lists "Father McCarthy, Father Murphy and Mrs. Guerrero".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14492
title: Father Victor and a Franciscan in the garden at St. Josephs Church, Los Angeles, 1899

description: Photograph of Father Victor and a Franciscan at St. Josephs Church, 12th Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, 1899. They are standing, in their habits, on a boardwalk in a garden at the church. One of them is holding an open book. Citrus trees are around them. They are adjacent to a small wooden building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8926
title: Estudillo Hacienda adobe and Ramona's wedding place, San Diego, ca.1890

description: Photograph of "Estudillo Hacienda adobe and Ramona's wedding place, San Diego, ca.1890. The single story adobe is in dilapidated condition. The Spanish tiled roof appears to be warping and much of the stucco on the adobe walls has deteriorated. Four trees are lined up a near the side of the wall. Tracks are visible on the muddy lawn. The adobe was built in 1820 and was the residence of Jose Guadalupe Estudillo.; "Casa de Estudillo: Construction of the most famous Old Town adobe began in 1827 and was completed in 1829 by Captain Jose Maria de Estudillo, commander of the San Diego presidio. When he died in 1830, the house passed to his son, Jose Antonio Estudillo, who served as revenue collector, treasurer, alcalde, and judge of San Diego under Mexican rule and later treasurer and assessor of San Diego County under American rule. He married Maria Victoria Dominguez and their family lived there until 1887. The original adobe home was restored in 1910 with funds provided by the Spreckels family, under the direction of Architect Hazel Waterman; it was donated to the State by Mr. Legler Benbough; furnishings were provided with the assistance of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. For many years, the building was mistakenly known as 'Ramona's Marriage Place' from Helen Hunt Jackson's novel." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10525
title: Large crowd at the La Fiesta de Los Angeles home celebration of Mexican Americans (at Estudillo House?), Los Angeles, ca.1890

description: Photograph of a large crowd at the La Fiesta de Los Angeles home celebration of Mexican Americans (at Estudillo House?), Los Angeles, ca.1890. The crowd consists of men, women and children gathered under the arcade in front of the adobe house. Several moms are nursing their newborns while several children run around playing. Lines of people are making their way into the house. Wooden posts support the roof of the arcade (or porch). Extending beyond the arcade is a pergola-like structure constructed of tree branches. Vines cover the pergola-like structure providing shade for the people standing below it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8713
title: The "Old Town" Mission Bells, San Diego, ca.1890-1930

description: Photograph of the "Old Town" Mission Bells, San Diego, ca.1890-1930. Two bells are hanging on a wooden post and lintel frame. The bells, the left one being smaller, are attached to the lintel by chains, respective for their size needs. Ropes attached to the clappers are tied (or held) to the side of the posts. The larger bell has a fancy cross where below it is the engraving of the phrase "[...]sima 1[8?]02". The shadows of the bells and supporting structure are cast on the wooden wall behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2650
title: The end of the patio of the adobe Hacienda Aguilar, at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1885

description: Photograph of the end of the patio of the adobe Hacienda Aguilar, at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1885. "Old Indian Rosario Cervantes, drawing water from aged masonry well of mission construction." -- unknown author. The well is constructed of wood with stones that form a brick-like support for the base. The water bucket is attached to the well by a rope using a pulley for leverage. An unidentified wooden apparatus (about the size of a dresser) with a large wheel mounted on the front, stands next to the building. The roof of the building has both shingle-style and Spanish-style tiles and exposed rafter tails. A stout man, wearing a vest and hat, stands next to the door of the adobe.; Picture file card reads: "Patio in village of San Juan Capistrano 'Hacienda Aguilar', north wing. Indian servant Rosario Cervantes drawing water from well. Stout man is Max 'Don Marcos' Mendelson whose 'Mission Inn' Hotel stood just south of the Aguilar Hacienda."