cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7877
title: People playing in the water at Sunset Beach near the pier, ca.1905

description: Photograph of people playing in the water at Sunset Beach near the pier, ca.1905. A group of bathers is playing in the shallow surf at right. There are men and women, as well as boys and girls. Another group of people is watching the scene from the shore at left. The pier stretches across the image and terminates at a small wooden structure at left from which an American flag is flying. Behind the pier, a two-story grocery store is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7878
title: People playing in the sand on Sunset Beach near the pier, ca.1905

description: Photograph of people playing in the sand on Sunset Beach near the pier, ca.1905. Several people are standing on the shore at center. The women and girls are wearing long dresses, while the men and boys are wearing full-body bathing suits. Small waves are crashing onto the beach just beyond where the people are. The pier stretches across the image in the background, and several more people are standing on the wooden structure.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m291
title: Exterior view of an osteopathy infirmary on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an osteopathy infirmary on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The infirmary is in a two-story clapboard house at center. There is a covered porch at left with a small stairway leading up from a fenced-in yard. A large wagon is parked in the street at left, and a man is leaning against it. A utility pole rises from the sidewalk at center, and streetcar tracks are visible in the street in the foreground. A large Victorian house is visible in the background at right.; The house in which the infirmary is located was built by Mary E. Taft for rental purposes and occupied the site of her house, which had been moved to face Fifth Street. The house was demolished to make way for the California Club in 1900.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Osteopathy Infirmary Free Treatments on Tuesdays Thursdays" and "For information Rentals W. M. Garland & Co.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m289
title: Exterior view of the first building erected on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street in Los Angeles, ca.1890

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the first building erected on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street in Los Angeles, ca.1890. The small, two-story clapboard house is at center. It has a small balcony with an open doorway at center, as well as a covered porch on the first floor. Large vines have grown up the side of the porch, hiding much of the front of the house from view. Four people are on the sidewalk in the foreground, including two young children at left and a girl and a woman walking at center. The building, the home of Mary E. Taft, was moved to face Fifth Street, as shown in CHS-14125. Later this block would become part of the center of Los Angeles' financial district.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m294
title: Birdseye view of Hill Street, looking south from Seventh Street in Los Angeles, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Hill Street, looking south from Seventh Street in Los Angeles, ca.1931. Hill Street is at left and is crowded with an assortment of automobiles, buses, and streetcars. Many pedestrians are visible on the sidewalks that line the road. At center and right are several large buildings, including the Garfield Building and the RKO Theatre, which was formerly the Hill Street Theatre and part of the Orpheum Circuit. A very tall skyscraper is in the foreground at right.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Professional Courses in [...] Secretarial Training", "Belasco Theatre", "Hotel", "RKO Theatre", "Herbists Café", "Garfield Building", "Birch Smith Furniture Co.", "Alhambra Bill Haines Marie Dressler", "Hardman Piano", "Coffee Dan's", "Scott Bros", "Furs", "Foreman & Clark", "Upstairs from coast to coast", "Cost to coast Foreman & Clark World's Largest Makers and Retailers of Men's Clothes", "Gifts for Mother", "Mothers Day May 11th".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19761
title: Portrait of Gaylord Wilshire, 1924

description: Photographic portrait of Gaylord Wilshire, 1924. He can be seen from his upper torso to his head and is looking to the left while his shoulders are slightly turned to the right. He is wearing a light-colored jacket, a light shirt, and a dark bow tie. A graying beard frames his thin face, and his light-colored thinning hair is parted at right. He has thick dark eyebrows and large ears. The picture is signed "Gaylord Wilshire 1924" at the bottom.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7076
title: View of the main street and cabins at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles, 1932

description: Photograph of a view of the main street and cabins at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles, 1932. The small, light-colored cabins are arranged in four parallel lines at center. Several people are visible on a dirt street that runs away from the viewer at center. There is a large, light-colored building in the distance at center with an American flag flying overhead. The area around the small cabins is decorated with high hedges, and many utility poles are visible as well.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20149
title: Southeast corner of Broadway and Fourth Street in Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of the southeast corner of Broadway and Fourth Street in Los Angeles, ca.1910. At center is a large, five-story office building with a flat roof and many shops on the first floor. More office buildings are visible in the background at left and right. The intersection of Broadway and Fourth is in the foreground at center, and the streets are marked my streetcar tracks. A horse-drawn wagon is parked on the side of the road at left, while an early-model automobile occupies a similar location at right. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Cigars", "Brock & Feagans Gold and Silversmith", "Precious Stones", "H. C. Buell Dentists", "Watch & Jewelry Repairers", "Shrader's Shoe Store", "Homeopathic Pharmacy", "Soda", "Bonbons and Chocolates Sold Here", "Drugs", "Fred E. Munsey & Co.", "H. A. Getz Fine Tailoring", "Sam'l E. Farot", "Cass Damerel Hardware", and "California".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1576
title: Exterior view of the I. N. Van Nuys house on the corner of Seventh Street and Spring Street, 1904

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the I. N. Van Nuys house on the corner of Seventh Street and Spring Street, 1904. The house is at left and is a large, two-story Victorian building with a covered porch on the left side. It has a fence around a flat section of the roof and a manicured lawn in front. A driveway leads to a carriage house at right, and a horse-drawn carriage is in front of the outbuilding. The yard is fenced in by a low iron fence. Picutre file card mentions Downtown Businessmen's Association.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1744
title: External view of the Shatto mansion on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an external view of the Shatto mansion on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1900. The massive Victorian house is on a hill at center. It has three stories, a wrap-around porch, and a cylindrical tower, as well as several brick chimneys. The hill in front of the home is covered with a closely trimmed lawn and is held in place with two stone retaining walls. Four members of the Shatto family are posing for the picture on a stone stairway that leads up to the house at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1743
title: Members of the Shatto family standing in front of their house on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1900

description: Photograph of members of the Shatto family standing in front of their house on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1900. The massive Victorian house is at center and has three stories, a wrap-around porch, and a tall cylindrical tower at right. The house is ornately garnished with decorative scroll. Two women, and old man, and a horse-drawn buggy are in front of the mansion. The ground in front of the house is covered by grass, and several small trees and bushes are visible as well.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1716
title: Homes along the sidewalk of Chester Place, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1905

description: Photograph of the homes along the sidewalk of Chester Place, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1905. The homes are pictured extending along the left side of the image. At center, a narrow sidewalk extends into the distance, walkways cutting left to the stoops of the houses. At right, a line of palm trees can be seen just in from the curb.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10498
title: Northward view of Spring Street during a Memorial Day Parade, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a northward view of Spring Street during a Memorial Day Parade, ca.1915. A colorguard composed of six women in light dresses and four men is in the foreground at center. They are holding two American flags and an unidentified banner. A large marching band is behind them at right. The sides of the street are lined with dense crowds of onlookers. There is a large building with Romanesque columns at left, and a row of small shops adjoins it. In the background, three tall skyscrapers loom over the scene below.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Co-operative Land & Trust Co.", "Proven farming lands", "5th", and "Restaurant".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10495
title: Civil War Musicians in a Memorial Day parade, Los Angeles Street, between 5th & 6th Streets, looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1915

description: Photograph of Civil War Musicians in a Memorial Day parade, Los Angeles Street, between 5th & 6th Streets, looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1915. The veterans are lined up in a block formation at center, facing the viewer. They are wearing dark uniforms and broad-brimmed hats. In front of them, a group of young women in long, light-colored dresses is holding two American flags and another veteran is holding a banner that bears the words "Civil War Musicians". There are throngs of onlookers on the sidewalks that line the street. There are several tall buildings along the street as well.
Additional information: The large white multi-story building to the left is the Baltimore Hotel -- incorporated in 1910 as the "New Hotel Baltimore", and still standing as the Baltimore Hotel (as of November 2016). The small building to the left, with the "Plumbing & Heating" sign is also still standing, as Anna's Beauty Supply (as of November 2016). Just visible under the banner is the Kind Edward Hotel. 
Trivia: "Baseball Hall of Fame (elected 1949) pitcher Mordecai ("Three-fingered") Brown stayed at the Baltimore during his 1911 stay in Los Angeles (see: Los Angeles Herald, 1-30-1911, page 3).  Other notable guests in 1910-11: Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor (see: Los Angeles Herald, 9-11-1911, page 2). Mrs. S. Jones ("Mother Jones"), another well-known labor activist (see: Los Angeles Herald, 10-16-1911, page 12). It was also where James B. McNamara was registered for one night, September 30, 1910, under an assumed name (see: Los Angeles Herald, 6-30-1912, page 2). McNamara was arrested in April 1911 with his brother John (and convicted in December, 1911) for setting the bomb that killed 21 workers in the Los Angeles Times building, October 1, 1910" -- Richard Davis, 2016-10-31.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2595
title: Wreckage of Union High School in Compton after an earthquake, March 10, 1933

description: Photograph of the wreckage of Union High School in Compton after an earthquake, March 10, 1933. In the foreground at left are the remains of a single-story building. Its walls are crumbling and its roof is badly damaged. There are large cinder blocks and other debris on the ground around the structure. In the background at center, a covered walkway has suffered the same fate as the building. The arches that line the walkway are still standing, but the roof has caved in. There is an unscathed, two-story building at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2579
title: Wreckage of the Young Hotel in Compton after an earthquake, March 10, 1933

description: Photograph of the wreckage of the Young Hotel in Compton after an earthquake, March 10, 1933. The two-story brick hotel is in the background at center. The front of the building has collapsed, revealing the inner walls and rooms and creating a massive pile of rubble. The back of the hotel appears to be intact. There are several people gathered around the building, including two men digging through the debris and two men conversing in the foreground. There is a large crane at left, and railroad tracks in the foreground at left. Legible signs include, from left to right, "[Mar]shall Service Shell", and "Gas Co. [?] Service".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2614
title: Earthquake damage at the Dominguez Seminary in Compton, March 10, 1933

description: Photograph of earthquake damage at the Dominguez Seminary in Compton, March 10, 1933. A large concrete fountain is at center and three priests are gathered around it. The seminary is behind them and a large section of the adobe archways that line the covered walkways has fallen down. The terracotta tile roof has been damaged by a large semi-circular piece of adobe, and many adobe bricks are on the ground around the clergymen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2590
title: View of the earthquake damage at the Compton City Hall, March 10, 1933

description: Photograph of a view of the earthquake damage at the Compton City Hall, March 10, 1933. The light-colored, two-story, Romanesque building is badly damaged. Large sections of the second story wall are missing, and a portion of the façade has collapsed at right, bringing the roof down with it. A large pile of rubble and debris surrounds the large building. A young man in a sailor's uniform is standing on the lawn in front of the building at left. There are several small pine trees and bushes scattered around the City Hall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5535
title: Exterior view of the Aquarium on the edge of Avalon Bay on Catalina Island, ca.1905

description: Photograph of an aquarium on the edge of Avalon Bay on Catalina Island, ca.1905. The aquarium is at center and is a low, single-story building with a flat roof. There are many people seated on long benches at left, and two large ships are visible beyond these people in the harbor. A wide dirt street runs away from the viewer at right, and a row of tall houses lines the road at right. A tall hill is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5525
title: Staging and hunting parties leaving from the Metropole Hotel on Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of staging and hunting parties leaving from the Metropole Hotel on Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]. The large, three-story clapboard hotel is in the background. There is a covered porch on the front of the building at right, and a large group of people is gathered near the stairs that lead up from the front lawn. There are three horse-drawn carriages in the foreground, as well as four mounted and armed men at right. There is a two-story building in the background at left and a wide dirt street in the foreground. .
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5541
title: Crowded beach in front of the Metropole Hotel on Santa Catalina Island, ca.1904

description: Photograph of a crowded beach in front of the Metropole Hotel on Santa Catalina Island, ca.1904. The beach is at center and is bustling with people of all ages dressed in dark bathing suits. Many are seated on the rocky shore at center, while a few are wading out into the shallow, calm water. More people, mostly in suits and hats, watch the scene from the street above at right. The large, three-story clapboard hotel is in the background at right, across a wide dirt road. There are several other large buildings visible, including a building at the end of a pier at left. There are tall mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8142
title: Hundreds of Mexican cavalrymen muster on horseback in front of a large adobe building, City of Durango, Mexico, ca.1910

description: Photograph of hundreds of Mexican cavalrymen mustering on horseback in front of a large adobe building, city of Durango, Mexico, ca.1910. The place is across the site of Parque Guadiana, City of Durango, capital of the State of Durango, México. Several men on top of the building as well as several pedestrians look on. Many white cloths cover something (equipment?) adjacent to the adobe. There is a thick stand of trees behind the adobe. Part of a town is barely visible through the trees beyond a low wall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20178
title: Street lined with automobiles in Montrose, 1924

description: Photograph of a street lined with automobiles in Montrose, 1924. The wide dirt street is at center and disappears into the distance at center. It is lined with low shops and concrete sidewalks, and rows of early-model automobiles are parked on both sides. There are utility poles running parallel to the street at left, and a range of tall mountains is visible in the far distance.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Bank", "Hotel Montrose", "Stephen [?] Meyers Real Estate Loans Insurance Room 1", "Montrose Hardware", "Store For Men Cleaning Pressing", "Soda Drugs Cigars", "Magazines Candy", "Prescriptions", and "Films 10 hr.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2780
title: Angeles Crest Highway and the La Cañada School House, ca.1892

description: Photograph of the Angeles Crest Highway and the La Cañada School House, ca.1892. The narrow road cuts across the image from the foreground at right before disappearing into the distance at center. The land through which it runs is divided into agricultural fields of varying size. The La Cañada school house is in the distance at extreme right, and the San Gabriel Mountains run across the image in the background.; The road leading across the Crescenta-Cañada Valley into the San Gabriel Mountains was named Haskell Street in 1892. Forty years later it was rebuilt as the Angeles Crest Highway.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2774
title: Birdseye view of the La Cañada Township near Verdugo Road, ca.1888

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the La Cañada Township near Verdugo Road, ca.1888. Ten small wooden buildings are scattered around large agricultural fields in the foreground. Verdugo Road crosses through the field and intersects another road in the foreground at right. There are rows of small trees planted in the fields, which are bordered in the distance by a row of tall trees. Strawberry Park is a large open area in the distance at center. The tall San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20184
title: Aerial view looking south down Verdugo Canyon at Montrose, including Ritter's house, ca.1914

description: Photograph of an aerial view looking south down Verdugo Canyon at Montrose, including Ritter's house, ca.1914. The canyon runs from the foreground at left to the background at right. It is bordered by tall, rolling hills and is wide and flat in the middle. Ritter's house is in the foreground at left near a road that winds its way through the canyon. Several more buildings are visible, including what appears to be a barn.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2746
title: Exterior view of Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs' House on Crescenta Terrace, ca.1885

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the home of Dr. Benjamin Bennet Briggs on Crescenta Terrace, ca.1885. The house is at center and is a long, single-story building with a wrap-around porch. There are two chimneys protruding from the dark roof and several doorways are visible around the perimeter of the house. Six people are standing in front of the house and all appear to be looking to the left. There are several large bushes in the foreground, and a tall mountain is visible in the background at right.; Dr. Benjamin Briggs built a long, low, one-story residence about 1882 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains overlooking the La Crescenta valley.  On a clear day one could see Catalina Island. For building material he used cement that was shipped around the Horn from Germany. Several members of the Briggs family are taking their ease on the porch supported by ten slender columns that stretches along the length of the house. The people, from left to right, are Carolyn C. Briggs, S. Paul Ward, Benjamin Briggs Ward, Irene Briggs Ward, Asel Briggs, and Dr. Benjamin Bennet Briggs. A garden of pampas grass and flowering shrubs borders the porch. Grape vines on the patio were brought from Persia by Dr. S. Lawrence Ward, Dr. Briggs' son-in-law, in 1885. At the time Mrs. Dirks donated this photograph the house was still standing, at the top of Briggs Avenue, which leads from Foothill Boulevard up hill to the area known first as Crescenta Terrace, later as Briggs Terrace.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5689
title: Drawing of the Tower of Legends at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a drawing of the Tower of Legends at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, ca.1925. The massive tower is at center. It is a tall, hexagonal structure with a small wooden door at its base and carvings of people near the top. Two large globes flank the door, and a wide staircase leads to the entrance from the base of a hill in the foreground. The stairs are bordered by several large bushes.; The Tower of Legends in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, was built in 1924 and torn down April 20, 1948.  It was 87 feet high.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5180
title: Passengers exiting a railway car at the newly-opened Echo Mountain House on Mount Lowe, 1894

description: Photograph of passengers exiting an Echo Mountain Railway car at the newly-opened Echo Mountain House on Mount Lowe, 1894. Many people, all of whom are dressed in dark clothing, are standing in or near an open incline railway car at right. The tracks continue across the image to the foreground at left, and the porch of the Echo Mountain House is visible above them at left. A line of utility poles runs parallel to the tracks down the mountin at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15030
title: Mission San Juan Capistrano from the Hotel Mendelson, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano from the Hotel Mendelson, California, ca.1900. A long row of arches are at left, while the ruin of the church is at the right. A dirt road runs diagonally across the foreground to the right. A wooden picket fence demarkates the mission property along the road. The picture is in a plain wooden frame (the top of which is not visible).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5726
title: Students of the Florence School, 1884

description: Photograph of a portrait of the class of 1884-1885, young students, and their teacher, Mary L. Gower, at the Florence School in Florence, 1884. The side of the wooden school house is visible behind them.; Back row, left to right: Lolita Walker, Jessie Clark, Eva Haines, Etta Mace, Josephine Crum, Laura Nadeau, Kattie Thaxter, Lizzie [unidentified], Earnest Clark. -- 3rd row, left to right: Simeon Starr, Edna Haines, unidentified girl, Alvina East, Emma Starr, Mary Gower (teacher), Mary Juden, Clara Serrott, Zeppy A. Starr, Robert Thaxter. -- 2nd row, left to right: Verner Waite, Frankie Starr, Lena Clark, Jennie Hawkins, Ida Blaklee, Maud Blaklee, Margaret Waite (a teacher in Los Angeles County schools), Mamie Sutton, Jennie Thaxter, Della Bisbee, Blanch Waite, Charles Thaxter (kneeling), unidentified Durrell. -- Front row, left to right: unidentified boy, Amos Nadeau, John Crum, Bert Clark, 2 unidentified boys, unidentified Durrell, unidentified Durrell, unidentified boy, Albert Alsalda. Identifications by Josephine Crum (Mrs. T.J. Morris), Santa Monica, California, 15 August 1936.