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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6280
title: General view of Mission Santa Barbara and surrounding land from hill, ca.1901-1904

description: Photograph of a general view of the front of Mission Santa Barbara and surrounding land viewed from a hill, ca.1901-1904. The distant mission church has a symetric front with square bell towers flanking the main entry. A lower building is attached at left. Other non-Mission buildings are visible behind. A large oak tree is in the left foreground growing amid the scrub grass and rocks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6320
title: View of Mission Santa Barbara from the southwest, showing a fountain and large tree nearby, ca.1904

description: Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara from the southwest, showing a fountain and large tree nearby, ca.1904. The exterior corridor fronted with arches proceeds to the left from the church with two bell towers. Wheel tracks are visible in the dirt road around the fountain running toward the front of the church at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15380
title: General view from the southwest of Mission San Buenaventura, ca.1903

description: Photograph of a general view from the southwest of Mission San Buenaventura, ca.1903. General view from the west showing the main entry and bell tower of church. Crosses are atop the bell tower and the peak of the church roof. The cemetery is to the left. The sidewalk, curb, and street run in front of the mission. A rounded hill is visible behind.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15381
title: Front of Mission San Buenaventura, California, with bell tower, ca.1903

description: Photograph of the front of Mission San Buenaventura, California, with bell tower at right of main entry. General view from the west showing the main entry and bell tower of church. A large buttress is on the left side of the main entry. Crosses are atop the bell tower and the peak of the church roof. The sidewalk, curb, and street run in front of the mission.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15382
title: Water settling basin about two blocks west of Mission San Buenaventura, 1903

description: Photograph of the settling basin of Mission San Buenaventura, California, about two blocks west of the mission. Sometimes called the Bath House and Jail. Water was received in this large stone tank from an open ditch and was settled here for drinking and cooking. Part of a wooden structure is visible adjacent to the basin at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10132
title: Two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920

description: Photograph of two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920. At center, two large palm trees can be seen with a small adobe structure between them. The two trees and the building are situated behind a low stone or adobe wall encircling them in a rectangle. The sidewalk, curb and street are adjacent to the front of the wall in the foreground. A few other buildings are visible in the background. Tall trees are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15383
title: General view from the southeast of Mission San Fernando, ca.1904

description: Photograph of a general view from the southeast of Mission San Fernando, California. A long row of arches supports the roof over the exterior corridor on the left side of the building. Another building in a dilapidated state sits to the right of the main building. A pile of stones or part of a low stone wall is partially visible at right. The primary vegetation is scrub grass and scrub brush. Low mountains are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15385
title: The cloister of Mission San Fernando, California, from the southeast, 1904

description: Photograph of the cloister of Mission San Fernando, California, from the southeast. A long row of arches supports the roof over the exterior corridor on the left side of the building. Part of the tile roof has fallen in on the building at the end (right) of the main building. A dirt road or path runs across the foreground. The primary vegetation is scrub grass and scrub brush.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15386
title: The cloister of Mission San Fernando, California, from the southwest, 1904

description: Photograph of the cloister of Mission San Fernando, California, from the southwest. A long row of arches supports the roof over the exterior corridor on the right side of the building. Part of another building is visible to the north (left) behind the cloister. A small slanted wooden structure (scaffold?) is visible at the end of the cloister. Wagon tracks are visible in the dirt in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m634
title: New Post Office on Main Street, looking north from Fifth Street, ca.1898

description: Photograph of new Post Office on Main Street, looking north from Fifth Street, ca.1898. Looking down Main Street, residences can be seen on the left and commercial buildings are visible on the right. A row of trees lines the left side of the street along the sidewalk. In the background, horses and buggies can be seen in the street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9497
title: Bean threshing on the Centinela Ranch (later Inglewood)

description: Photograph of a man standing next to Dan Freeman sitting in a horse-drawn wagon. Behind them is a bean threshing operation on the Centinela Ranch (later Inglewood), California. Freeman is the ranch owner. Several other horse-drawn vehicles and men are near piles of beans and a steam engine powering the thresher via a long wide belt.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15388
title: Bean threshing operation on the Centinela Ranch, 1903

description: Photograph of a bean threshing operation on the Centinela Ranch, 1903. The steam thresher stands on the right with gears exposed from under a protruding sheet on the left side of the machine. A thick pipe extends over a large pile of beans in the foreground on the right with a tall, skeletal tower just next to it. Men stand over piles of bags filled with beans on the left and horses remain harnessed to wooden carts just next to them. Another appendage of the thresher stands in the background in front of a small, wooden structure while still attached to the main body by means of a thick ribbon. A grassy field stands behind them with rows of crops in the distance on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15387
title: Bean threshing operation on the Centinela Ranch (later Inglewood), 1903

description: Photograph of a bean threshing operation on the Centinela Ranch (later Inglewood), 1903. Men can be seen on the left driving several pairs of horses as they pull wooden carts full of beans to the thresher on the right. A thin tower stands at center with several men at its base who appear to be leading the beans to the thresher on the right. The thresher is connected by a thick ribbon to a smaller machine which stands next to piles of beans in the foreground. On the far left side of the thresher, men seem to be bagging beans and piling them on carts on the far right. Large stacks of beans can be seen behind the thresher through clouds of steam.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2083
title: Exterior view of the Friday Morning Club building on Figueroa and Ninth Streets, ca.1905-1910

description: Photograph of an exterior view from across the street of the Friday Morning Club (a women's club) building, Figueroa Street and Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905-1910. A wall of 8 tall arches front the property and bear the identification of "Woman's Club House". The building behind is 2 stories high and has a tile roof -- California mission style. A hose lays across the lawn in the foreground. Part of a palm tree is visible at left and above.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8079
title: Andreas Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1903

description: Photograph of a tall lone palm growing in Andreas Canyon near Palm Springs. Scrub brush grows at the foot of the tree at the base of the steep rocky slopes rising on each side. Copyright 1904.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8078
title: Approximately nine palm trees growing in Murray Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1903

description: Photograph of approximately nine palm trees growing in Murray Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1903. The tallest palm stands at center, just behind the fronds of a shorter tree in the foreground. In the background, two trees are distributed to the left, and five others to the right, just in front of rocky, mountainous terrain. Scrub vegetation covers the mountain face in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15389
title: Ancient cave dwelling of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Canyon, 1904

description: Photograph of a close-up an an ancient cave dwelling of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Canyon, California, 1904. Large boulders form the sides and roof. Several smaller stones lay on the ground underneath. Some sort of stone tool is below the large leaning boulder at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8083
title: View of Palm Canyon, site of Indian cave dwellings, near Palm Springs, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of a view of Palm Canyon, site of Indian cave dwellings, near Palm Springs, ca.1903-1904. A narrow valley is shown at center, full of lush vegetation between two mountain faces. Palm trees dot the length of the course, beginning at the left, while more fronds can be seen in the extereme right foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7911
title: Close-up of fruit on fan palms (Washingtonia Filifera) in Riverside, ca.1903-1920

description: Photograph of a close-up of fruit on fan palms (Washingtonia Filifera) in Riverside, ca.1903-1920. The long tassles of fruit can be seen hanging out from the slender palm fronds in the left foreground and background. Scrub grass and scrub brush cover the slope visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8118
title: Close-up of a specimen of a date cluster from a fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in Palm Springs, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of a date cluster from a fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in Palm Springs, ca.1903-1904. The hundreds of small, dark dates hang bunched on the thin, connected stems. The sample sits in a decorated, whicker basket.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14297
title: Central courtyard of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing crumbling arches, ca.1895

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California. Central courtyard. Arches mostly surrounding the courtyard dominate the image. Mountains in background.; "Plaza misional or central courtyard about 1890 showing the marked decadence of the ex-mission at that time including portions of tile roof mission from dispensa and zaguán and Fr. Serra's church -- the oldest in the state -- about to be abandoned as unsafe. From the ruined storehouse along north side." -- A. Yorba.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8139
title: Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903

description: Photograph of Carl Eytel (driving) and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the old Butterfield Stage Road -- the first line across the North American continent -- near Indian Wells in the Colorado Desert, during preparation for their book "Wonders of the Colorado Desert". Eytel illustrated the book by James. -- description from a letter from Horace Parker, 11 January 1957.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7894
title: Lone man in a hat walking in the Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, 1903-1904

description: Photograph of a solitary man in a hat walking in the wind-swept sand, Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, 1903-1904. He can be seen walking towards the background. His footprints start in the foreground and terminate at a ridge where he stands in the distance. Scrub brush grows on the ridge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m30008
title: Birdseye view of Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu and Santa Monica, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu and Santa Monica, [s.d.]. The road runs from the foreground at left to the background at right and is paralleled by a set of railroad tracks. Early-model automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road and in large lots at left. The beach can be seen in the background at left and is crowded with people and umbrellas. The ocean is visible further in the distance. In the foreground at right, several buildings and shops are visible.  Cf. CHS-49286 for similar image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7933
title: Group of people with a covered wagon and tent at Indian Wells on the Butterfield Stage Line east of Palm Springs and west of Indio, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of a group of people with a covered wagon and tent at Indian Wells on the Butterfield Stage Line east of Palm Springs and west of Indio, ca.1903-1904. One of the men standing at the well with two horses is Carl Eytel. The surrounding landscape is desolate. The Line was the first coast to coast overland route.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8136
title: Group of people making camp at Indian Wells on the Butterfield Stage Line, ca.1904

description: Photograph of a group of about seven people making camp at Indian Wells on the old Butterfield Stage Line, east of Palm Springs, west of Indio. Three men (including Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.) sit on two camp benches in the foreground. Also in the image is Carl Eytel, artist. A tent is erected near one a wagon and a grazing horse or mule in the background at left. Another wagon sits near a blanket, tent canvas, rug, or bedroll in the foreground at right. The well is visible in the background. Scrub brush is the primary vegetation in the background.
Note: originally, the photograph was captured as "Group of people making camp at Indian Wells on the Butterworth Stage Line, ca.1904".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11802
title: View of a hut made of thatched palm leaves, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a view of a hut made of thatched palm leaves, ca.1920. A small bungalow is pictured at center, its roof and walls thatched with palm fronds. To the right, an awning extends from the building and over what appear to be squat tree trunks. A smaller annex is visible to the left, not thatched with palm leaves. The ground in front appears dusty and arid and is populated by scrub vegetation. Short treetops and a faint mountain ridge can be seen in the distance to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7902
title: Group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904

description: Photograph of a group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904. The palms (Washingtonia Filifera) are visible along the horizon, spanning from left to right in front of a faintly visible mountain ridge. In the foreground, cracked, arid ground can be seen, speckled with scrub vegetation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7901
title: Palms in the Colorado Desert, ca.1904

description: Photograph of 9 palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) spread out on the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1904. Scrub brush is the predominant vegetation. The mountains rise in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7903
title: Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1904

description: Photograph of about 5 clusters of palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) in Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1904. A man is standing near one cluster in the foreground. Scrub brush is the predominant vegetation. The mountains rise in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7904
title: Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of a copse of more than 50 palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) in Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1903-1904. A rocky embankement is in the left foreground. Scrub brush is the predominant vegetation. The mountains rise in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7906
title: Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1902-1905

description: Photograph of a copse of more than 50 palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1902-1905. There is little other vegetation in the sand except for some scrub brush in the distance. Mountains range in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9741
title: Portrait of Chief Cabazon of the Coahuilla Indians, California

description: Photograph of Chief Cabazon of the Coahuilla Indians, taken at Plaza Gallery, Los Angeles(?), California. Sitting in wooden armchair with can in right hand on floor between legs. He has a white beard and mustache, is wearing a hat, a jacket, etc. He is sitting beside a decorative wooden sidetable on which is a vase bearing a bird design. Curtain in background left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7905
title: Palms in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of a several stands of palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1903-1904. There is little other vegetation in the sand except for some scrub brush in a wash at right. The rocky and sandy slopes show considerable erosion.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7907
title: Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of 11 palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs, near Indio, ca.1903-1904. There is little other vegetation in the sand except for some scrub brush in the right foreground. The ground beneath the palms are covered with fallen fronds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8138
title: Portrait of Mary Pickford, signed

description: Photograph of a studio portrait of Mary Pickford. From the chest up. She is looking over her left shoulder toward the camera. She is wearing a dark hat, a pearl necklace, and a striped dress with frilly sleeves. The photograph is signed: "To The Movie Magazine, Sincerely Mary Pickford
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3508
title: Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893

description: Photograph of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893. This perspective is from the shore looking toward the end. Several ships are docked at the end. Several other ships are in the ocean around the end. Two sets of railroad tracks run the length of the warf. A series of loaded railroad cars is visible on one of the tracks. Several pedestrians are visible on the wharf a short distance from the shore. In the foreground the railroad tracks running parallel to the coastline are visible as is a train on a parallel track. Construction on the wharf began in 1892 and was completed in 1894 and, at the time, it was the longest wharf in the world. The pier is 4700 feet long.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3765
title: Exterior view of the home of Howard E. Hensel on Laurel Terrace Drive, North Hollywood, ca.1935

description: Photograph of the home of Howard E. Hensel on Laurel Terrace Drive, North Hollywood, ca.1935. The small bungalow-style house is pictured at center, flanked to the left by a white picket fence and unattached garage. The mailbox can be seen in the right foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15390
title: Coahuilla Indian woman at Torres, east of Palm Springs

description: Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian woman at Torres, east of Palm Springs. She is sitting crosslegged on the ground with her wrists laying on her ankles. She is wearing a plaid button-down shirt, a scarf tied about her head, and a patterned skirt or apron over a dark skirt. Behind her a rough wooden ladder leans against a wooden dwelling(?).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15391
title: Coahuilla Indian woman at Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903

description: Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian woman basket maker at Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903. She is sitting on a blanket with her legs underneath her. She has a small unfinished basked grasped in her hands in her lap. She is wearing a patterned shirt, a scarf tied about her head, and a dark skirt . Basket making supplies and implements sit in front of her on the blanket. Behind her the thatched wall of the structure, a remada, in which she is sitting is visible. The sun shines in through small gaps in the wall and ceiling.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13824
title: Portrait of Juana Torres, wife of Luis Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903

description: Photograph of Juana Torres, wife of Captain Luis Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903. She can be seen from the thighs up sitting in a chair with a wooden back with her hands clasped in front of her abdomen. She is wearing a light long sleeve bouse and a polka dot dress. Her clothing is somewhat soiled, while her dark hair is worn long and falls behind her head. Her complexion is dark. Behind her is the mud or adobe wall of a building with a thatched roof.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15392
title: Portrait of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres

description: Photograph of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres, east of Palm Springs. From the thighs up. He is sitting in a chair with a wooden back with his hands on his lap. He is wearing a light long sleeved striped shirt and dark striped trousers. His clothing is somewhat soiled. He has short dark hair and a moustache. His complexion is dark. He is turned slightly to his left. Behind him is the mud or adobe wall of a building with a thatched roof.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15393
title: Coahuilla Indian Mesquite granary at Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903

description: Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian Mesquite granary at Torres, east of Palm Springs, ca.1903. Three large cylindrical reed baskets sit elevated on rough wooden platforms covered with thatched lids. The flat landscape is partially visible behind.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15394
title: Coahuilla Indians cultivating their land at Torres, east of Palm Springs (or Martenus, near Indio), ca.1903-1904

description: Photograph of Coahuilla Indians cultivating their land at Torres, east of Palm Springs (or Martenus, near Indio), ca.1903-1904. Two or three men drive horses pulling farming equipment through the fields. Two small structures, one of which is thatched, sits in the middle of the fields. A woman(?) is working in front of them. A wagon is visible at right. Mountains rise in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13652
title: Portrait of Don Francisco Garcia, the Mexican courier between the U.S. and the City of Mexico, at 115 years of age, ca.1890

description: Photograph of Don Francisco Garcia of Los Angeles, the Mexican courier between the U.S. and the City of Mexico, at 115 years of age, ca.1890. He can be seen from the waist up sitting facing to the left. He has a beard and mustache. He is wearing a hat with braiding around the crown and a pin(?) on the left side, and a three-piece suit with a cravat-type tie. A watch fob hangs from the third button down on his vest. He died at age 117.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14212
title: Lewis Rose Cottage on Adams Street, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Lewis rose cottage on Adams Street, Los Angeles. The prominent front porch has five wooden steps leading up to it and is surrounded by a low decorative wooden railing. Roses obscure the roof over the porch.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7892
title: Coahuilla Indian well at Martinez-Torres, 1903

description: Photograph of a well dug by the Coahuilla Indians at Martinez-Torres on the Colorado Desert, 1903. A man wearing a hat stands in the bottom of the well. Five wood fenceposts(?) stick up out of the ground near the opening of the well. Trees are visible in the background. Photoprint reads: "Dug probably about 1828".; "...Mr. Pierce writes: 'I ran across it at Torres, east of Palm Springs in 1903. The approach down the steps was 20 feet below the top and the water stood 50 feet below that. I was told by Captain Torres that it was dug by his people, the Coahuillas, about 75 years before (about 1828).'" -- The Masterkey, July 1939.