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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2520
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles on Spring Street looking south from Court House Hill, ca.1876

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles on Spring Street looking south from Court House Hill, ca.1876. A nearly empty lot is surrounded by a tall picket fence in the left foreground, with the houses in the residential area of Los Angeles visible along Spring street in the background, stretching off towards the horizon. The tops of several industrial buildings and a line of trees along an unpaved back alley are visible in the lower right hand foreground corner.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3720
title: View of West Lake (later MacArthur) Park looking south from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908

description: Photograph of a view of West Lake (later MacArthur) Park looking south from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908. Sixth street is partially visible and unpaved in the foreground, beyond which the lake of the park can be seen, obscured by its many trees. The large gazebo of the park is visible across the lake, along with what appear to be residential houses.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m434
title: View of east Wilshire Boulevard taken from the Tower Building between Cochran Street and Cloverdale Street, Los Angeles, February 25, 1930

description: Photograph of a view of east Wilshire Boulevard taken from the Tower Building between Cochran Street and Cloverdale Street, Los Angeles, February 25, 1930. Automobiles navigate the boulevard which is lined in the foreground by two nearly-empty lots to the left and commercial high rise buildings. Towards the left center of the frame, a skyscraper is under construction. The houses of residential Los Angeles are visible in the distance.; Legible signs include: "Harter Beauty Salon", "Harold H. Walsh & Co. Insurance Specialists", "Al F. Nugent", "MJB High-test Vacuum Coffee for Extra Coffee Richness", "Victor Radio / E.L. Bowen Music Co.", "Draperies Interior Decorating Slip Covers", "A.W. Ross", "Awning", "Richfield", "6% Mutual Pays 6% on Savings", and "Fox Ritz Theatre".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m453
title: View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930. Automobiles congest the center of the boulevard, near a cross-street on the corner of which the E. Clem Wilson building can be seen under construction. Commercial buildings line either side of the street, with the houses of the residential area of the city visible in the background. The tower of City Hall can be seen on the horizon to the right.; Legible signs include: "Harter Beauty Salon", "Drugs", "Western Union", "Drive-In Market", "Harold H. Walsh & Co. Insurance Specialists", "Al F. Nugent", "MJB High-test Vacuum Coffee for Extra Coffee Richness", "Victor Radio / E.L. Bowen Music Co.", "Draperies Interior Decorating Slip Covers", "A.W. Ross", "Awning", "Richfield", "6% Mutual Pays 6% on Savings", and "Fox Ritz Theatre".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3663
title: View of Pershing Square looking north on Olive Street, showing the Auditorium Building, Los Angeles, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a view of Pershing Square looking north on Olive Street, showing the Auditorium Building, Los Angeles, ca.1920. The sidewalks and central lawn of Pershing Square are visible in the foreground, with Olive Street on the left, obscured by a line of trees. The gothic architecture of the Auditorium Building can be seen in the background, also obscured by the square's trees. Several denizens sit on the park benches.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m452
title: View of Wilshire Boulevard looking north from the Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles, 1930

description: Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking north from the Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles, 1930. A streetcar can be seen over the top of a non-residential building, making its way down the boulevard with the houses of the city's residential area visible in the background, along with a stretch of mountains. The signs on the back of the foreground building read "Conservatory" and "Plumbing Service".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m432
title: View of Wilshire Boulevard looking northwest towards Hollywood from the Cathy Circle Theater, Los Angeles, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking northwest towards Hollywood from the Cathy Circle Theater, Los Angeles, ca.1930. A bicycle leans up against a triangular grass island in the middle of the two-lane boulevard, in which a statue has been erected. Train tracks run across the cracked street from left to right. Personal residences can be seen to the left, giving way to tenement buildings in the distance as the city approaches the mountains on the horizon. A small shack is visible on the open field to the left of the.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14613
title: The belfry at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the belfry at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900. Bell tower (campanario) with bell ringer (El Campanero), Don Ramon Arguello II. He is pulling on the ropes which are attached to three of the four bells. He is the grandson of Don Santiago Arguello after whom San Juan was named "San Juan de Arguello" when the ex-mission was formed into a pueblo in 1841 under Mexico.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9454
title: Irrigation of a walnut grove, Los Angeles

description: Water is seen in small shallow ditches in a walnut grove, Los Angeles. Trees lining the ditches have lost their leaves. Other trees, in the background, still have their leaves.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1210
title: Exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The two-story block building stands on the corner with arched upper windows and a number of displayed signs. A man stands on the sidewalk to the left near a horse-drawn carriage. Picture file card reads "The two cantons at curb captued from the Mexicans, now at County Courhouse.".; Legible signs include: "Capital Paid $500,000 Surplus & Profits $800,000", "Oldest and Largest Bank in Southern California", and "R.G. Dun and Co.". The script of the first to signs may have been added by hand to the negative afterwards, or traced over original text.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17931
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1865. The mission is a large adobe along the horizon, showing a patio extending to a thatch-roof barn to the left. Several horsemen are visible in the center foreground, with a horse-drawn wagon further back to the left. Text below the image reads "View of the Ruins of the Church and buildings of the ex-mission of San Juan Capistranto, the church destroyed by the earthquake of 1811."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17932
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Indian hovels at the Palm Group of Lower San Diego Valley, ca.1874

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Indian hovels at the Palm Group of Lower San Diego Valley, ca.1874. The drawing, which appears to be drawn in charcoal or  a soft pencil shows American Indians descending the hill to the right to meet their fellows in a canoe placed in the river that runs through the center of the image. Several other Native Americans situate themselves beneath a cluster of palm trees to the right on the hill. More hills are visible to the left, and the sun, or the moon, hangs veiled in the sky.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17934
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a farewell in front of the earthquake-ruined Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1842

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a farewell in front of the earthquake-ruined Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1842. A man in a poncho and hat tends three horses while two other men shake hands at center, the ruins of the mission in the right background. A shack with a thatched roof is visible to the left and a portion of the mission's aqueduct can be seen between them. A man drives horses in the background to the right, while three other people lounge near a cart to the left. Text underneath the image reads "In Memory of R. Fray Jose Maria de Zalvidea Our Leavetaking in Nov. 1842."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14614
title: Bell tower (center) and the first church building of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the bell tower (center) and the first church building of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900. A cross on the roof is visible. The ground is covered with scrub brush. The walls are in a state of ruin.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14615
title: Man ringing bells in the San Juan Capistrano mission bell tower, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California. Bell tower (campanario) with bell ringer (El Campanero), Don Ramon Arguello II. He is pulling on the ropes which are attached to three of the four bells. He is the grandson of Don Santiago Arguello after whom San Juan was named "San Juan de Arguello" when the ex-mission was formed into a pueblo in 1841 under Mexico.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17943
title: Exterior view of the church at Mission San Diego from across the court, taken by artist and photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the church at Mission San Diego from across the court, taken by artist and photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1875. The long barn-style adobe church is shown in disrepair at center, losing its spackle. It is distinguished by a number of doors on its first floor, followed by windows on its second. Most of the windows are boarded or have no glass. In the foreground, the remains of adobe walls can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17944
title: Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana photographed by Edward Vischer, before 1857

description: Photograph of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in disrepair, taken from(?) the bell tower in front of  the church by photographer Edward Vischer, Los Angeles, prior to 1857. Dry, overgrown grass fills the foreground, behind which a two-story adobe building is losing its spackle. The building features several glassless windows and terracotta roof tiles. To the left, an adobe wall obscures part of a smaller building annexed to the front of the former.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17945
title: Exterior view of theMission San Fernando Rey de España  ruins showing corridors, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of a front exterior view of theMission San Fernando Rey de España  ruins showing corridors, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. A two-story adobe building stands to the left, visible behind the remains of adobe walls. The building's walls are losing their spackle and a glassless window can be seen on the top floor. To the right, the columns that once belonged to the patio that extended from the main building are visible, partially unroofed. The tiles of both the patio and main-building roofs are terracotta and in disrepair themselves. Tall grass can be seen in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17946
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España  from the east end, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España from the east end, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. The archways of the portico are visible at center, maintaining much of the spackle over their adobe walls. A doorway can be seen in the shadows underneath the terracotta-tiled roof. To the right, a small passageway has been made out of unspackled adobe bricks, next to which a small bell hangs.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14616
title: Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing entrance to bull pens, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing entrance to bull pens, California, ca.1900. In the extreme foreground, large weeds can be seen. At center, a series of deteriorating, stone arches can be seen. In the background, a crumbling stone wall is visible with an additional archway at its center. Looking through the ruined archway, a gated entrance to the arena for the bulls can be seen.; "Entrance from the bull pens for the bull fights. M. Capistrano. Northern Zaguan formerly passage-way between northern and southern patios of this mission." -- A. Yorba
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17947
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España ruins showing the west court, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España ruins showing the west court, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. Only the first floor of the two-story adobe building remains intact, the structures of the upper level collapsing in various places along with the roof. To the left, a one-story annex to the main building sports several doorways and maintains its terracotta-tiled roof. Overgrown grass is visible in the foreground along with a barrel and various other debris.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6271
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting cattle-drivers traveling towards the Mission Santa Barbara, May 6, 1865

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting cattle-drivers traveling towards the Mission Santa Barbara, May 6, 1865. The mission is visible at the foot of the mountains in the distance, while several cowboys on horseback drive a herd of cattle towards it from the pueblo. Several unsaddled horses, one of which is a foal, graze by a cluster of short trees to the left. The text below the image reads: "View of the Convent Santa Barbara from the Town". Picture file card asserts: "Cattle drove (northward-bound for market) passing the Valley of Santa Barbara" and "In lower left hand Vischer, May 2, 1865.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2916
title: Exterior view of the front entrance to the Mission Santa Barbara, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the front entrance to the Mission Santa Barbara, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875. The entranceway is comprised of a single archway flanked to either side by columns which ascend to the peaked roof, under which a rose window is situated. Two bell towers flank either side of this main building, extending to a portico at the left. Crosses are attached to the top of the main building's roof as well as its left bell tower. A dirt path lined by stones is visible in the foreground, mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17948
title: Interior view of the Mission Santa Barbara taken by photographer Edward Vischer, showing the altar, before 1875

description: Photograph of an interior view of the Mission Santa Barbara taken by photographer Edward Vischer, showing the altar, before 1875. A decorated archway in the foreground at the end of the hallway frames the rest of the scene, an arched doorway visible just beyond it to the right, next to which a wooden chair is situated. A bench is also pictured in the vicinity, to the left, beyond which the hallway is visible, lined to either side by windows and religious items. A Christian statue, possibly Christ or one of the saints, stands to the right, holding a cross. Several chandeliers of differing design hang down from the ceiling. The altar and pews are visible in shadow at the end of the corridor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17949
title: Portrait of faculty friars of the Franciscan College on the steps of the (Ex-) Mission Santa Barbara, before 1875

description: Photographic portrait of faculty friars of the Franciscan College on the steps of the (Ex-) Mission Santa Barbara, before 1875. One of the friars, all of whom are dressed in their robes, is seated on the ledge to the left of the steps while two others sit on the second and fourth step up, respectively. The other friars stand. The following individuals names have been identified, although their order has not be established: Brother Anthony Gallager, Father Wade, Father J. Gonzalez, Father José Godyol, Father O'Keefe, Brother Patrick, Brother Domonic Reed, Brother Joseph O'Malley and Brother Peter (last name not established). In 1852, Rome granted M.S.B. permission to establish a Franciscan college.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2901
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the guard house of the Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1865-1873

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the guard house of the Mission Santa Barbara as seen looking towards the bay, ca.1865-1873. The guard house is pictured collapsing at center, its thatched roof in disrepair showing several of its support beams to the right where the silhouette of a man and two horses can be seen. A ship can be seen out on the bay in the distance to the left. Text below the image reads: "Supplementrary Drawings 4 1873", "Sketched April 1865", "Mission-Ruins" and "The dilapidated Gaurdhouse  at the Sta. Barbara Mission. View towards the Bay".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17950
title: Children standing outside of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1900

description: Photograph of children standing outside of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1900. The silhouettes of two children in hats stand to the left of center with the edge of the adobe mission in visible disrepair to the right. The spackle is chipping as well as the terracotta roof tiles, whose supports are caving-in. A secondary building is visible in the background behind a tree, surrounded by a picket fence. The leftmost child is short and appears to be a toddler.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3838
title: Exterior of the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Plaza Church ("Pueblo Church of Nuestra Senora de Reina de Los Angeles") in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875. The town is visible down the dirt road in the background, leading to the hills, while the church is visible to the left of the road. It is distinguished by a wrough-iron gateway which encloses its front courtyard, an arched doorway, filigree-decorated bell tower, and a number of rosetta windows. A cross extends from the top of its peaked roof. Trees are visible to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17973
title: Aerial view of the Plaza in Los Angeles looking from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1873 (no later than 1875)

description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Plaza in Los Angeles looking from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1873 (no later than 1875). The anterior side of the Plaza Church ("Pueblo Church of Nuestra Señora de Reina de Los Angeles") can be seen at the center of the frame, identifiable by its filigree-decorated bell tower, that stands at the right. Los Angeles' first water-works is visible in the square beyond it, housed in a brick building. Homesteads spaced more widely apart can be seen among the trees past the plaza in the distance. A picket fence cuts from left to right in the frontmost foreground of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3749
title: Aerial view of the Plaza in Los Angeles looking from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1873 (no later than 1875)

description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Plaza in Los Angeles looking from Fort Moore Hill, ca.1873 (no later than 1875). The anterior side of the Plaza Church ("Pueblo Church of Nuestra Señora de Reina de Los Angeles") can be seen at the left center of the frame, identifiable by its filigree-decorated bell tower, that stands at the right. A large well, approximately 20 feet in diameter and lipped by a guard rail, stands surrounded by a post-and-rail fence on the site of Los Angeles' first water-works in the square beyond the church. Homesteads spaced more widely apart can be seen among the trees past the plaza in the distance. The numbers 1 through 15 have been written as tags over specific sites in the photo.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14617
title: An olive mill at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an olive mill at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1900. The olive mill can be seen in the foreground at right, showing a grinding stone and central wooden post about which the stone rolled on a stone base. In the background are the ruined walls of the mission. A pepper tree can be seen in front of the mission at left.; "...Erected in 1880 by Don Ramon Yorba. Granite mill stone brought from old mission mill at La Mission Vieja. Basalt stone given to Padre Mut by Indians of Pala." -- A. Yorba
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7127
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the "El Aliso" Winery taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the "El Aliso" Winery (formerly the Vignes Winery in Los Angeles) taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. A load of wooden barrels are lined-up next to a cart, to the left of a large tree which stands at center. In the background, a complex of stables and tin-roofed shacks surrounds the courtyard in which the tree is planted. To the tree's right, a group of three people stand around a sequestered barrel. Text below the image identifies the area. This winery was first owned by Vischer prior to 1875, then owned by Sansarian and then Milo and Zobelein.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7983
title: Painting by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Gabriel as seen from a distance, ca.1842-1865

description: Photograph of a painting by Edward Vischer depicting the Mission San Gabriel as seen from a distance, ca.1842-1865. The large, column-supported church of the mission is visible in the distance at center, two smaller buildings to its left. Mountains are visible shrouded by mist along the horizon, and several men on horseback stand in the foreground among the scrub vegetation of the plain. The text below the image reads: "1771 Founded", "Reminiscenses of Our First Visit at San Gabriel 1842" and "West View of the old orchard and the Church of the Ex-mission of San Gabriel (no trace left of the Mission Buildings)".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17951
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Gabriel, taken by artist and photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Gabriel, taken by artist and photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. The building of the mission is constructed as a large wall supported by connected pillars, featuring an arched doorway. Stairs in the right distance lead up from the ground to the second story of the wall, and a bell hangs in one of the several portholes cut through the wall's left side. A cross is situated on the small roof above these. To the extreme left, a cart with spoked wheels and a gazebo are partially visible. Straw is strewn on the ground in the right bottom hand corner of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17952
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Diego looking from the south, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Diego looking from the south, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. The long, two-story, barn-style adobe building stands at center, in mild disrepair, its spackle chipping. Bars are visible in the second-floor windows and a stairway leads up to an elevated porch in front of the second-story door. An overhanging roof extends from between the two floors to the right, beyond which a further extension of the mission building can be seen down the hill on which it is located. Grass fills the lawn in the foreground.