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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6200
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Jose de Gaudalupe looking from the west, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1865-1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Jose de Gaudalupe looking from the west, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, ca.1865-1875. A hitching post for horses stands in the foreground in front of the picket fence that surrounds the mission's two-story main building, whose exterior whitewash is chipping. The building features a modest door, above which a narrow, barred window is situated, to the right of the building's internal bell tower, which is included under the building's roof. More doorways are visible on the left broad side of the building, the most central of which is arched. A regular wooden building is partially visible to the right behind the mission. Mountains can be seen in the distance. The road out front is unpaved.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6682
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Juan Bautista, taken before 1875

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Juan Bautista, taken by photographer Edward Vischer, before 1875. A man in a long, dark coat and brimmed hat stands with a walking stick in the foreground to the left of center. Behind him, the large, two-story adobe building of the mission stands,  the archway of its main entrance surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and topped by both a cross on its roof and a barred window. A portico with terracotta roof tiles extends to the left from the building. A hitching post for horses stands in front of it. Two bells hang outside from a wooden frame in the right background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6693
title: Two bells in front of the Mission San Juan Bautista, photographed by Edward Vischer, before 1875

description: Photograph of two bells in front of the Mission San Juan Bautista, photographed by Edward Vischer, before 1875. Two bells hang chained from a wooden frame, the larger hanging to the right. A picket fence cuts beneath them, behind which an individual in dark clothing can be seen standing inf ront of the adobe wall of the two-story mission. To the right, a wooden door in a brick adobe wall can be seen, overhung by terracotta tiles. Overgrown grass covers the patch of lawn in front.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7555
title: Drawing (painting?) by Edward Vischer depicting a front view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo's church in Monterey, October 1867

description: Photograph of a drawing (painting?) by Edward Vischer depicting a front view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo's church in Monterey, October 1867. The large, two-story adobe building seems to be constructed in an arabesque style, its main bell tower having a large, decorative spire on its top, peaked by a cross. A similarly-spired tower to the right is also built into the building. At center a curved rooftop is situated above the arched doorway and rosetta window of the entrance. What appears to be the silhouette of a donkey stands in the yard to the front. Text written-in beneath the image reads "Front-View of the Church".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8047
title: Interior ruins at the main altar entrance in the Mission San Carlos de Carmel, photographed by Edward Vischer, Monterey, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the interior ruins at the main altar entrance in the Mission San Carlos de Carmel, photographed by Edward Vischer, Monterey, ca.1900. Notched wooden roof beams have fallen down in front of a stone archway, beyond which more roof beams can be seen, some leaning down, still partially attached to the walls. A second archway is visible at the far end.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8542
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer showing the collapsed interior of the church at the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel), Monterey, October 1867

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer showing the collapsed interior of the church at the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel), Monterey, October 1867. The vaulted ceiling of the church has caved-in at the rear with roof beams dropping in front of the altar and leaving a pile of rubble. An arched doorway stands along the wall to the left. Icons are hung along the walls as decoration. Text written-in below the image reads "Interior of the Church".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14620
title: Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined altar of stone church, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined altar of stone church, California, ca.1900. In the foreground at center, weeds and various types of vegetation can be seen. At center, a small gap is seen between two low, stone walls near the front of the mission. In the large opening within the church at center, the bell tower fell upon the worshippers during an earthquake. At right, a crumbling wall with a rectangular window is visible. In the background at center, a large domed opening can be seen with a small set of stairs at its base. Around the opening, crumbling columns and deteriorating walls are visible.; "...built 1797-1806, 21 years after Fr. Serra's adobe church." -- A. Yorba
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9022
title: Drawing (painting?) by Edward Vischer depicting the renovated chapel and ruins of the ex Mission San Francisco Solano, June 1874

description: Photograph of a drawing (painting?) by Edward Vischer depicting the renovated chapel and ruins of the ex Mission San Francisco Solano, June 1874. A young girl leads an ox with a rope in the center foreground, while two men in hats stand on a dirt path at left that leads to the mission's stone main building, talking. Two more individuals are visible resting by the ruined portico portion of the mission in the center background, whose roof is partially deprived of its terracotta tiles. Text written-in below the image identifies the site and area.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17953
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a catholic chapel at the Mission San Rafael, May 3, 1868 (May 3, 1879?)

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a catholic chapel at the Mission San Rafael, May 3, 1868 (May 3 1879?). Horses graze and lay in a foreground pasture, surrounded by fence beyond which a road is visible where a carriage rides by. Beyond this, a second fence can be seen in front of the modest one-story catholic chapel, whose roof is topped by its bell tower and cross. Smaller buildings can be seen to either side of it and mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7506
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the El Jolon Stage Station in Monterey County, June 26, 1875

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the El Jolon Stage Station in Monterey County, June 26, 1875. Cattle and goats graze in a field in the foreground surrounded by a post-and-rail fence, behind which the Stage Station is visible. A modest one-story supply building with a thatch-roof portico can be seen to the right. Words on the building read: "Grocery", "Store", and "Post Office". Trees dapple the hill behind it. Text written-in below the image identifies the site and area and also reads: "Modernized Spanish Ranch House", as well as "Henry C. Dodge, Proprieter".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7427
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a view of the Tamalpais Range as seen from the San Rafael Valley looking north, ca.1860

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a view of the Tamalpais Range as seen from the San Rafael Valley looking north, ca.1860. Hills extend out to the mountains on the horizon, showing a "primitive" farming scene. In the foreground, two horses stand by a cluster of rocks and trees to the left of center, while a wagon loaded with hay stands to their right. Behind and above this, on a higher hill, a small craftsman-style house can be seen beneath yet another tree, with another hay cart and a pack of horses off to the left. More indeterminate livestock can be seen grazing a third hill farther back. Text written-in below the image identifies the area and also reads, "Primitive farming scene" as well as "Rancho de la Provida, Martin County.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10085
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the exterior of the Mission Santa Clara as it appeared in 1851

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the exterior of the Mission Santa Clara, as it appeared in 1851. An ox stands at center, in front of the long portico that extends from the left of the mission's barn-style main building. Also to the left, a wooden bell tower is attached to the mission. The roofs are covered by terracotta tiles. The silhouette of a man with a walking stick is visible to the front and left of the ox, just as the silhouette of a woman is visible to its back right. Shrubs line the bottom of the image. Text written-in below the image identifies the mission and the date.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7539
title: Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932

description: Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932. The wooden sheds and storehouses of the port are visible surrounding the harbor. The largest of the buildings is a two-story craftsman-style house with a balcony pictured at the left, the road in front of which contains a traveling horseman. At center, on the water, several masted ships and a few row boats navigate around the mountains visible on the horizon behind them. The scene commemorates the Squadron's arrival under the command of Commodore C. Jones, who took possession of California for the U.S. (by mistake). Text written-in below the image states this, as well as reading "From the Original by G.J. Denny". Vischer's signature, which usually appears in the lower right corner of his works, instead appears faintly in the lower left corner.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10345
title: Drawing by Major Charles C. Churchill depicting an exterior view of the mission San Diego Alcala, ca.1858

description: Photograph of a drawing by Major Charles C. Churchill depicting an exterior view of the mission San Diego Alcala, ca.1858. A man and a woman stand in what appears to be a courtyard, speaking to a seated man who sits in front of a tent. Behind them, a brick wall lined by bushes and a palm tree can be visible. An opening in the wall leads to the mission itself, which can be seen in the background, a large, two-story adobe building with its bell tower connected to the left side, the peak of its roof topped by a cross. Porticos extend from both its left and right sides. The roofs are covered by terracotta tiles.; Picture file card reads: "1904 Newport, RI. I certify that this photograph of my drawing of the old mission of San Diego, CA, made in 1858 is a correct copy.--Charles C. Churchill, Maj. U.S.A. Retired" as well as "Photo of which this is a copy is found in the San Diego Public Library. Photo here made by H.R. Fitch, 1243 Fifth St., San Diego.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11019
title: Exterior view of the rear of the Mission San Diego, ca.1880

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the rear of the Mission San Diego, ca.1880. Two large shacks stand to the right of the image, at a right angle to each other, their walls in disrepair. The smaller of the two shacks stands lengthwise, an adobe portico extending out from its left side. A short, dilapidated brick wall stands out a little in front of them. Large sand dunes are visible in the distance and dry, rocky ground is visible in the foreground. Picture file card reads: "Watkins photo, copied by Chas. B. Turrel. Behind the mountains at right lies the city of San Diego.". "Turrel" likely should be spelled "Turrill", the individual in question likely being Charles Beebe Turrill, a historian and promoter of California who lived from 1854 to 1927.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11020
title: Exterior view of the ruins of the Mission San Diego, ca.1880

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the ruins of the Mission San Diego, ca.1880. A square of picket fence stands in the left foreground, behind which a collapsing wall made of adobe bricks can be seen. Beyond that, one of three mission buildings has lost its roof and several of the walls are crumbling. There is no glass in its windows. The two-story building to its left appears to be mostly intact, however, despite the fact that the windows appear to be boarded-up in places. In front of it, further left, the third, smallest adobe building has lost all of its spackle, and is partially obscured by the remaining walls of a fourth in front of it. The ground is dry, and dusty. Picture file card reads: "Watkins photo, copied by Chas. B. Terrill(?)." . "Terrill" likely should be spelled "Turrill", the individual in question likely being Charles Beebe Turrill, a historian and promoter of California who lived from 1854 to 1927.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11788
title: Exterior view of the Mission San Diego ruins looking from the south, November 28, 1886

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Diego ruins looking from the south, November 28, 1886. The remaining adobe walls of a wrecked building stand in the left foreground, obscuring the two-story barn-style adobe behind it, which appears to be mostly intact, save for chipping spackle and a roof that has buckled on the right side. Its windows also appear to be boarded up. To its right, the anterior wall of a second ruined adobe is visible, roofless. Low-growing vegetation is visible on the dusty ground in front. Text written-in along the bottom of the image identifies the mission and date as well as the photographer, "Turrill", likely California historian Charles Beebe Turrill.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4441
title: Rear of bell tower at Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1888-1903

description: Photograph of rear view of bell tower showing steps leading up to tower, which are not visible from the front, ca.1888-1903. Utility pole and lines visible behind. Mountains in background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11891
title: Intersection of Univeristy Avenue and Thirty-Sixth Place at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, September 19, 1930

description: Photograph of the intersection of Univeristy Avenue and Thirty-Sixth Place at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, looking west, September 19, 1930. Automobiles  are parked along 36th Place (later Childs Way, which is lined by palms and other trees) and what later would be called Trousdale Parkway (University Avenue). The statue of "Tommy Trojan" is visible behind a utility pole in front of the Bovard Auditorium. The two-story brick building which houses Commons and the Student Union is visible to the left, while the Physical Education building is partially visible behind Bovard. Compare to: CHS-5584. Photo shows an eucalyptus tree on the same roadway.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1224
title: Line drawing depicting the Commercial Bank building on the east side of Main Street north of First Street, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a line drawing depicting the Commercial Bank building on the east side of Main Street north of First Street, ca.1880. A horse-drawn streetcar makes its way across the frame from the right while pedestrians attend to a horse-drawn carriage and make their way into the entrance of the Romanesque two-story Commercial Bank building. A secondary entrance in the same building, to the left of the bank entrance, is flanked by plaques and appears to be possibly a barber shop, as a barber pole is partially visible. Legible signs in the scene include: "El Dorado [...]" on the building to the right of the bank, "Commercial Bank" and "Perry Villa Track", "Brooklyn & Boyle Heights" and "Los Angeles & Ali[...] 7 Avenues" all on the sides of the streetcar.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m961
title: Lithograph depicting Temple Block (Newmark Block) as seen from the Main Street side, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a lithograph depicting Temple Block (Newmark Block) as seen from the Main Street side, ca.1880. The County Bank building stands on the corner to the right with arched windows and elaborate column decorations, three stories high. To its left, the three-story S. Hellman Photographic Gallery also follows along the street with the two-story Wells Fargo and Co. Express building (of similar architecture) still farther to the left. Pedestrians, people on horseback, a horse-drawn carriage and a horse-drawn streetcar are all visible navigating the road. Other legible signs include: "Hats and Caps", "[...] and Neck Wear", "Palace" and "Express Service". Text below the image reads "These Buildings Came to be Known as Temple Block. Photo of a lithograph about 1880.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14126
title: A group of climbers scaling the rock face Half Dome in Yosemite Valley (Yosemite National Park), 1930

description: Photograph of a group of climbers scaling the rock face Half Dome in Yosemite Valley (Yosemite National Park), 1930. The silhouettes of five men can be seen in a group bound together by a belay line, ascending the near-smooth rock face. A patch of sky is just visible in the top left corner.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4335
title: View of San Fernando Road in Burbank, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a view of San Fernando Road in Burbank, ca.1905. A riderless horse-drawn carriage is parked outside a the small Knoppes Real Estate building to the far right. Farther left, a two-story brick building for Sylvester Goodenow Hardware and Wood's Economy Store stands, beyond which a one-story shop front  for the Burbank Department Store can be seen, along with a two-story building which features a connected spired tower. Sign on the department store reads: "A. O. Kendall Prop.". The road in the foreground appears to be paved, yet dirty.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12091
title: A huge ridge of stones and silt, the work of gold dredges near Oroville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of huge ridge of stones and silt, the work of gold dredges near Oroville, ca.1930. A line of large piles of sediment and smooth river rocks stands along the side of a narrow road, pictured in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17954
title: General Petroleum Company oil gusher spraying into the sky, Santa Fe Springs, ca. February 11, 1923

description: Photograph of a General Petroleum Company oil gusher spraying into the sky, Santa Fe Springs, ca. February 11, 1923. Several early automobiles stand parked in the foreground in front of a picket fence, behind which a black jet of oil bursts into the sky. The towers of oil siphons fill the field behind it. A tree cuts into the frame from the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12388
title: Union Oil gusher in Signal Hill, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a Union Oil gusher in Signal Hill in Long Beach, ca.1925. The gusher stands at center, spraying oil into the sky, just behind a small ranch-style house. Other oil siphons fill the field around it, along with a few short palm trees. The caption below the image reads "Liquid Gold on Signal Hill! Photo about 1925.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12387
title: Union Oil gusher shaking its siphon tower on Signal Hill in Long Beach, ca.1925.

description: Photograph of a Union Oil gusher shaking its siphon tower on Signal Hill in Long Beach, ca.1925. Crude oil bursts up through the ground in the center foreground and appears to be shattering some of the scaffolding of its oil siphon. Other oil siphons surround it to either side, while a small shack is situated below it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4450
title: Bell tower, or campanario, at Mission Assistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1888-1903

description: Photograph of close-up of bell tower, also identified as campanario, clearly showing two bells, ca.1888-1903. White stucco at base is chipped and rough, with stone chunks showing through giving an idea of construction.  Worn adobe brick wall surrounds bell tower. Cactus growing on top of bell tower is visible and identifiable. Mountains visible in background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14234
title: Mission San Juan Capistrano bell tower, ca.1886

description: Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano bell tower, ca.1886. Ruined stone church and campanario (4 bells). To right, adobe walls from attempt to rebuild in 1862 at which time the four standing but unsafe domes were blown down with gunpowder leaving much of the stone debris in foreground. Square stone buttress erected in 1800 to strengthen partly completed stone church.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7926
title: View of an orchard at Lake Elsinore, looking southeast, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a view of an orchard in Lake Elsinore, looking southeast, ca.1895. Short trees, possibly orange trees, are spaced equally apart from one another in the foreground, in rows which stretch towards the calm lake in the distance, beyond which mountains are visible. A hill slopes into the orchard from the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14055
title: Mining hoist in the Rocky Mountains, Canada, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a mining hoist in the Rocky Mountains, Canada, ca.1900-1930. A single man stands at the bottom of a large wooden structure, near the machinery of an elaborate gear-and-pulley system for hoisting mined ore. One of the ore holders hangs on the wire in front of him. Above him, higher on the structure, five men stand near a line that runs to the top of the cliff to the right, where a small shack can be seen. The rock faces and trees of the Rockies are visible all around them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4382
title: Exterior view of Lordsburg College, Lordsburg (La Verne), after 1891

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Lordsburg College, Lordsburg (La Verne), after 1891. The elaborate multi-leveled Victorian building (later La Verne College) stands at center, originally built as a hotel. A spired lookout tower extends from the middle of its front roof. In the foreground, several men stand between hedge rows in a topiary-filled courtyard. A man with a bicycle stands at the steps to the college while other men peer out of windows and off balconies.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4836
title: Collage collecting portraits of the early pastors for the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, ca.1864-1894

description: Photograph of a collage collecting portraits of the early pastors for the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, ca.1864-1894. Eight men are pictured in bust, arranged into two row. Each portrait is surrounded by a rectangular or oval frame, alternately. The name and years of service of each pastor is inscribed beneath his photo among a floral filigree of decorative illustration. Of them only the Reverent Charles S. Uzzel is pictured without a beard (served 1887 to 1888).; The remaining pastors pictured include: Rev. Issac W. Atherton (1868-1871), Rev. John T. Wills (1871-1873), Rev. David T. Packard (1873-1878), Rev. Charles J. Hutchins (1879-1882), Rev. Andrew J. Wells (1882-1887), Rev. Sheldon H. Wheeler (Assistant Pastor 1886-1887) and Rev. Robert D. Hutchins D.D. (1888-1894). Text below the collage reads "Other Former Pastors" suggesting the collage is part of a set.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12312
title: Drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883

description: Photograph of a drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883. Two birds fly overhead above the remaining brick walls of the mission, their roofs long since collapsed (no debris is pictured). A small shack is visible intact behind the ruins to the left. Mountains can be seen on the horizon and foliage can be seen to the left. Chapman's signature appears in the left bottom corner. In the right corner, he has written "Purissima (Old)".