cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17777
title: Indian painting at Mission San Gabriel brought in from Mission San Fernando depicting the "Steps of the Cross," ca.1900

description: Photograph of Indian painting at Mission San Gabriel brought in from Mission San Fernando depicting the "Steps of the Cross," ca.1900. Eleven men are pictured, some with spears, four of which are attending to a large cross. Jesus, capped with a crown of thorns, carries the cross at its top and is lead by a man in embroidered clothing who is holding a rope which is tied around Jesus' neck. Above and to the left of this, partially obscured by the crowd, a man stands next to a horse playing a bugle. To the extreme right some tower-like architecture is pictured.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2003
title: San Pedro Harbor from Terminal Island, ca.1896

description: Photograph of San Pedro Harbor from Terminal Island, ca.1896. The Knopf Hill Hospital is visible on the hill to the extreme left beyond which the copula of the Clarence Hotel can be seen in the background. Several tall-masted sh"ips are docked and a man in a hat and coat, pictured in the extreme right, is standing on the second-story porch of a partially visible building. Picture file card reads: "on hill left is Knob Hill hospital. Ground in front of Front Street to north end of P.E.S.S. Co. property was removed and P.E.R.R. laid their tracks in 1904".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1012
title: The first Custom House in San Pedro, ca. June 1883

description: Photograph of the first Custom House in San Pedro, ca. June 1883. A tall flagpole bearing the American flag stands in front. The two-story Custom House, constructed with a colonnade to either side stands to the left of a formidable amount of stacked lumber behind which what appear to be the masts of ships can be seen. A horse with harness is visible between the two.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1117
title: Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro Harbor) from Terminal Island, ca.1884

description: Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro Harbor) from Terminal Island, ca.1884. Two ships, each with three masts, are pictured at dock unloading lumber of which there are already ample stacks. In the background, what appears to be a one-story house is visible.  A small rowboat can be seen in the extreme foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2405
title: Plaza and the entrance to Wine Street looking north from the Pico House, ca.1869

description: Photograph of Plaza and the entrance to Wine Street looking north from the Pico House, ca.1869. The Avila Adobe is visible on Wine Street (renamed Olvera Street in 1877). In the foreground running horizontally two fences, a wrought-iron fence and a post-and-rail fence, can be seen on either side of the street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12633
title: Powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897

description: Photograph of the powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897. A group of thirty men in uniforms of what appear to be peacoats and kepi hats can be seen standing in front of the arched windows of the Traction Company building. Identifiable men include: Al Clifford, Captain of the Police Department, and Y.C. Knapp, the moustached man pictured in the back row. The brick building has tall, thin arched windows. A sign reading, "Los Angeles [...]ction Company" is visible above the entrance. Beyond the building, telephone poles recede into the background at the extreme left along a picket fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14528
title: Pillar ruins of the city of Metla, Mexico, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the pillar ruins of the city of Metla, Mexico, ca.1900. The interior of a stone building whose roof is completely absent can be seen. The walls can be seen at left, right, and across the background. A row of five thick pillars can be seen down the center of the ruins from left to the back wall at the center background. The pillars are the same height as the surrounding walls.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17778
title: Exterior view of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California [s.d.]. The great dome of the 36" refractor telescope is pictured in front, with the rest of the observatory trailing left into the background and terminating in a second telescopic dome. Further left, an unpaved, single-lane road lined by a post-and-wire fence curves up the mountain in front of the observatory. A man in dark clothing is pictured approximately three-quarters of the way up it, facing left. A few large crates can be seen to the extreme right, next to the first dome.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17779
title: Thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the thirty-six foot refractor telescope inside the Lick Observatory dome on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara, California, [s.d.]. The cylinder of the massive telescope extends in 21 visible sections of buff metal, terminating at right with the eyepiece obscured by an array of adjustment cranks. More cranks can be seen on the mounting up to which a spiral staircase leads, and from which a secondary arm extends to the main cylinder. The interior of the dome is visible overhead, and just past the mounting, a strip of wood-paneled wall and a closed door are visible. A few large boxes are on the ground at right, below the telescope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17780
title: Giant cactus (Cereus giagantia), in Arizona, standing roughly six times taller than the woman standing to its right, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a giant cactus (Cereus giagantia), in Arizona, standing roughly six times taller than the woman standing to its right, ca.1920. Both the woman and the cactus are on the left decline of a gentle slope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5122
title: Pasadena and the Los Angeles Basin in a birdseye view from Echo Mountain, ca.1920

description: Photograph of Pasadena and the Los Angeles Basin in a birdseye view from Echo Mountain, ca.1920 after Echo Mountain House burned. In the foreground, the dome of the Echo Mountain Observatory can be seen, as well as some other, craftsman-style structures along the rim of the basin. Pyramid Point, on the south end of San Clemente Island 100 miles away, is also visible, to the left of Catalina Island.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5123
title: Birdseye view Pasadena and the Los Angeles Basin from Echo Mountain, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a birdseye view Pasadena and the Los Angeles Basin from Echo Mountain, ca.1920. In the foreground, the dome of the Echo Mountain Observatory can be seen as well as some other, craftsman-style buildings, before the city fades towards the horizon. Cumulus clouds hang in the sky above basin.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5136
title: Panoramic view of Pasadena, Altadena and Echo Mountain in Altadena, California, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Pasadena, Altadena and Echo Mountain in Altadena, California, [s.d.]. The mountains are visible in three sections crossing the photo: the first, starting at center and extending until just before the extreme left of the photograph, contains two visible peaks. The second, is only marginally visible and occurs between the first and the last, extending in from the right. The last also extends from the right, but surpasses the second section. The tiny outlines of the trees, streets, and homes of Los Angeles County, with their gridded block design, are visible in front of the mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17781
title: Three Spanish Bayonet trees (Yucca Whipple) known as The Three Graces, with small hills apparent in the background behind them, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of three Spanish Bayonet trees (Yucca Whipple) known as The Three Graces, with small hills apparent in the background behind them, [s.d.]. The three shafts and blooms of the trees are pictured at center. Desert terrain can be seen in the background, littered with scrub brush.; "The genus Yucca is one of the most remarkable groups of flowering plants native to the New World. It includes about 40 species, most of which occur in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Although they are often associated with arid desert regions, some species are native to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean islands. What truly sets this genus apart from other flowering plants is their unique method of pollination: A specific moth that is genetically programmed for stuffing a little ball of pollen into the cup-shaped stigma of each flower. Like fig wasps and acacia ants, the relationship is mutually beneficial to both partners, and is vital for the survival of both plant and insect. In fact, yuccas cultivated in the Old World, where yucca moths are absent, will not produce seeds unless they are hand pollinated." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15439
title: Mission La Purisma Concepcion main front in disrepair with a fountain, ca.1885

description: Photograph of Mission La Purisma Concepcion main front in disrepair with a fountain, ca.1885. In the background at center, the roof of the mission is showing signs of slight collapse. Several small columns border the side of the mission and support the crumbling roof. The small, shrub-peppered hill behind it recedes into a sky almost completely free of clouds. In the foreground, what appears to be a round fountain also shows signs of disrepair.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17769
title: The painting "The First Wagon Tracks" by C.M. Russell, depicting six Indians, ca.1908

description: Photograph of the painting "The First Wagon Tracks" by C.M. Russell, depicting six Indians, ca.1908. Two of the Indians squat beside an Appaloosa horse, examining the ground. A third stands behind them holding one leg up while leaning on his spear, with his horse visible behind him, facing front. A fourth man is mounted on his own horse, looking to the left. The silhouettes of two more mounted Indians can be seen on the hill in the right background. Short, desert grasses are interspersed among them at their feet.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16280
title: The painting "A Bronc to Breakfast" by C.M. Russell depicting a bucking horse and several cowboys, 1908

description: Photograph of the painting "A Bronc to Breakfast" by Charles M. Russell depicting a bucking horse and several cowboys, 1908. At center, the thrashing horse attempts to throw its rider, destroying the camp's breakfast-site and fire in the process. Nine cowboys look on, some attempting to help, some unarrested, continuing to eat their breakfast. Other horses, both manned and unmanned, seemed unalarmed by the activity. A cowboy at front left shies away below the rampaging bronco.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10253
title: Water wheel of Zanja Madre on the Vejar Ranch, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of the old water wheel of Zanja Madre on Washington Street near Hooper Avenue, Los Angeles, on the Vejan Ranch, the Charles Victor Hall subdivision of the George Dalton, Jr. trac. It is surrounded by trees and other foliage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16359
title: The painting, "Smoke of a 45" by C.M. Russell depicting a street shootout, 1908

description: Photograph of the painting, "Smoke of a 45" by C.M. Russell depicting a street shootout, 1908. The cowboy at center is mounted on his horse, holding his revolver at shoulder level. He holds the reigns of a white horse he appears to be trying to steal, as well as his own. To the left of him, another mounted cowboy fires a rifle across the frame at the cowboy doubling-over on the porch of the Palace Saloon. Playing cards spill from the porch and into the ruckus in the street, and a sign on the Saloon reads "Licensed Gambling". In the background, mountains and the "Hotel Store" are depicted.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16198
title: The painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911

description: Photograph of the painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911. A man on a white horse clutches his chest as though shot, while several black horses run past him. Another man, on a black horse and holding a rifle, calms his horse behind in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17441
title: The painting "Round Up" by C.M. Russell, 1906

description: Photograph of the painting "Round Up" by Charles M. Russell, 1906. Two cowboys rope a steer in a mountain pass. While the cowboy to the left prepares his rope, the other has already roped the horns of the steer and is now rearing back on his horse to take up the slack. The valley can be seen below.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17447
title: The painting "Bucking Horse" by C.M. Russell, 1904

description: Photograph of the painting "Bucking Horse" by Charles M. Russell, 1904. A cowboy with gunbelt, chaps, and coiled lasso tries to conquer a branded bronco in mid-buck while on the prairie.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15617
title: Officers quarters of Colonel E.S. Beale at Fort Tejon, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Officers quarters of Colonel E.S. Beale at Fort Tejon, [s.d.]. The premises, which were destroyed by an earthquake on Friday June 9th, 1857 at 6:30 A.M., show at center a long cabin marginally obscured by small trees in front of the backdrop of a shrub-covered hill. In the foreground several post-and-wire fences are pictured, as well as a chickenwire fence, in front of all of which a small child in short pants, knee socks, a jacket and cap is standing. A moderately-sized tree stands partially visible to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15881
title: Main barracks at Fort Tejon, California, 1914

description: Photograph of the main barracks at Fort Tejon, California, 1914. A chickenwire fence in front with its gate open shows minor signs of disrepair, as does the longhouse of the barracks themselves, although to a lesser degree; only the windows and the brick exterior are evidently unkempt. A smaller, craftsman-style structure is visible in the far background at right, also unkempt. A large tree obscures some of the barracks at the center of the frame, while still more branches dangle in from the left across the trunk of a second tree. A heavily-shrubbed hill covers most of the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11775
title: Barracks and store house of Fort Tejon, ca.1914

description: Photograph of the barracks and store house of Fort Tejon, ca.1914. The two brick buildings (the farther away of which is showing signs of collapse) are framed by a canopy of tree foliage, through which a view of the hills is also visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15444
title: Collapsed warehouse at Fort Tejon, California, 1914

description: Photograph of the collapsed warehouse at Fort Tejon, California, 1914. The entire roof of the brick longhouse has fallen, taking part of each of the walls with it. The warehouse is flanked to either side by other buildings: to the right, a craftsman-style structure is visible behind the warehouse walls. To the left in the extreme foreground, the roof and a wall edge of another, similar structure can be seen. Behind the warehouse, a large tree stands. A shrubbed hill covers much of the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15442
title: Tejon Ranch house, five or six miles from Fort Tejon, New Mexico, 1933

description: Photograph of the Tejon Ranch house, five or six miles from Fort Tejon, New Mexico, 1933. The one-story building sits at the top of a small hill, and sports a porch with an overhang supported by a colonnade, as well as a plank roof and two chimneys. There is a puddle of water or the beginnings of a small pond in the extreme foreground, after which on the beginning of the hill are what appear to be posts for a fence. Lining the top of the hill and the path leading to the house is a second fence, this one in the style of a hitching-post, approximately four feet high. Trees are visible in the right foreground and left background. A small, shrubbed hill is also visible, approximately twice the house's height, in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16740
title: Eroded mud hills in the Petrified Forest of Arizona, 1935

description: Photograph of eroded mud hills in the Petrified Forest of Arizona, 1935. These mud hills covered the land and buried the trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14067
title: Petrified Forest of Arizona, 1935

description: Photograph of the Petrified Forest of Arizona, 1935. Millions of fragments from petrified trees are pictured littering the ground, interspersed with sparse vegetation. To the left, a person in either a dress or a longcoat can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13860
title: Painted Desert in Arizona, from hills, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Painted Desert in Arizona, from hills, [s.d.]. Mounds in the foreground area are of reddish color. In the distance white, green, brown and yellow can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17300
title: Painted Desert in Arizona from the south, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Painted Desert in Arizona from the south, [s.d.]. Weeds spot the course ground in the foreground while discolorations characterize the sand at center. The dunes appear to be smoothed. They continue into the background where an incline leads to a level field. Picture file card reads: "The coloring changes after the rains, which wash out new strata of soil".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12817
title: Redrawn map (from about the 1840's or early 1850's) of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a redrawn map (from about the 1840's or early 1850's) of altar stations from Mission San Gabriel, California, [s.d.]. Bounded by the following regions: Colina de Montañas del Norte (top), Poyarena (bottom), Los Angeles (left), San Joaquin de Jose Sepulveda[?] (right). Lengthy inscription in Spanish at the bottom of the map.; Inscription on the bottom of the map reads in Spanish, "Para entendes clara y distintamente lo que y sená Sn. Gabriel saque [...] pabra y ponga un plan de pura [...] distica / P[...] te la Rosa castilla se [...]erlama para Los Angeles. Mission vieja  [...] da nada Los Nietos no mas [...] tinas Colima / y aun dice que el ultimo año que paga por que vende a los Americanos. Coyotes ni Don Pio no produco ni un altilar se puede [...] de S. Gabriel y este no lo digo para mi sino pa otros come Dios lo sabe y [...] el guiere y / lo concede hasta inclusos Don Picardo Bora y los Ybaxxos(?) Agazzando tambien San Juan los Yerbas y pasedes / cuente lo que [...] a qualquier B. de Sn. Gabriel Pusos Americanos de la Puenta y bueblito."; "By means of a reading glass I was able to decipher the Spanish inscription at the bottom of the print. The original map seems to have been drawn by a priest at San Gabriel in connection with an arrangement under consideration for sharing the territory east of San Gabriel with another priest named Padre Amable. This arrangement must belong to a period much later than mission days -- probably late in the 40's or early in the 50's. Some of the settlers whose names appear on the map did not receive their grants from the Mexican Government until later than 1842. All I know about Padre Amable is that he was in charge of the parish at the old Mexican settlement at Agua Mansa between 1852 and 1855. It was under him that the Agua Mansa church was built. This was the church, the ruins of which were sketched by Henry Chapman Ford." -- G.W. Beattie
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17445
title: The restored entrance of Franciscan Mission at Carmel, ca.1934

description: Photograph of the restored entrance of Franciscan Mission at Carmel, Monterey, California, ca.1934. Two halves of a post-and-rail gate point inward from the foreground of the photograph towards the wrought-iron door in the arched entranceway. Above the initial gate the top portion of a trellis is visible, from which a bell hangs. The mission itself has one visible, domed spire and terminates in a peaking, asymmetrical roof topped by an unadorned cross. A large rose window is situated just above the doorway. Sparse, low-growing vegetation and a single tree are pictured on the grounds, also.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3854
title: Painting by Will N. Drake of the old Plaza Church, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a painting by Will N. Drake of the old Plaza Church, ca.1905. The painting depicts a street scene in front of the Plaza Church: In the foreground a cart vendor in dark clothing is pictured. Closer to the church itself are several horse-drawn carriages, drawn both by dark and light horses. Between both the vendor and the carriages, towards the center of the image, a woman with a basket holds the hand of a child to her left. They are followed by what appears to be a dog. Short palms line the side of the church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14071
title: Drawing by Ferdinand Perret depicting the Mission Santa Clara, 1935

description: Photograph of a drawing by Ferdinand Perret depicting the Mission Santa Clara, 1935. The painting pictures an oxen fixed to a cart and a man on a horse seen from the rear in the foreground, as well as another horseman and several pedestrians in the street in front of the mission in the centerground. The mission itself is fronted by a short picket fence with an arched trellis as its entranceway leading to the arched doorway of the main building, above which what appears to be a rose window is depicted. Just above the eave of the symmetric roof is a faux arch which frames what appears to be the statue of a woman, her hands clasped in prayer. Both the mission's main building and the short tower to its right are topped by crosses. Further in the background and to the extreme right of the painting, another fence with a cross-topped arch entranceway is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3811
title: Southern Pacific Hotel at the Southern Pacific Railroad Station in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935

description: Photograph of the Southern Pacific Hotel at the Southern Pacific Railroad Station in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935. In the foreground, beneath the title sign for the hotel, the proclamation reads, "Free Meals Every Day the Sun Doesn't Shine". The hotel itself is two-story, with a balcony from the second, most of which is obscured by three moderately tall trees. Picture file card reads: "The free meals of this offer have been advertised for 51 years, this being the third station in that time(?)".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7060
title: Colorado River Bridge in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935

description: Photograph of the Colorado River Bridge in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935. A car can be seen at the far end of the bridge driving towards the foreground of the photograph. The pavement of the bridge itself is covered in fine gravel and powder and is flanked on either side by what appear to be sidewalks made of wooden planks. The silhouette of what appears to be a house can be seen on the hill above and behind the bridge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3817
title: Southern Pacific railroad station in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935

description: Photograph of the Southern Pacific railroad station in Yuma, Arizona, ca.1935. At center there is a train is making its way across the Colorado River via the railway bridge. Four cars are visible and a man leans off the last car, holding on with one arm. To his right, another man is at the station on foot, walking towards the train, and away from a number of wheeled palates. The Southern Pacific Hotel sign is partially visible here, in the extreme right. Fort Yuma on the California side of the river can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1997
title: A new road west of Yuma, Arizona, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a new road west of Yuma, Arizona, [s.d.]. The road is paved and runs through the center of the frame, sporting a no-passing line down its center. To the left, on part of the desert that flanks it to either side, a mile-marker is visible.