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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9680
title: Interiors of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing skeletal displays of saber tooth tigers, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the interiors of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing skeletal displays of saber tooth tigers, ca.1920. Propped up by metal bars and held together by wires, the skeletons of two saber tooth tigers are made to look natural, as if they are actually walking. The skeletons are positioned platforms around which are glass-covered tables containing prehistoric artifacts.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1909
title: Exterior view of Los Angeles Natural History Museum (formerly Los Angeles County Historical and Art Museum?), [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Los Angeles Natural History Museum (formerly Los Angeles County Historical and Art Museum?), [s.d.]. A flight of concrete stairs leads to the large arches that form the portico entrance. Several types of bricks and many different brick patterns form the walls of this three-story building. Above the entrance is a multicurved parapet decorated with fancy ornamental moldings and patterns. The sculpture of an eagle is perched at the tip of the gable. Two dome turrets flank the large dome roof in the center.; "Exposition Park, originally named Agricultural Park, was developed in 1876 as a showground for agricultural and horticultural fairs. The property became state land in 1880, the same year USC was founded, but during the 1890s, it fell into private hands, victim of a corrupt state legislature in league with local opportunists. Its character swiftly deteriorated, and it became a favorite haunt of the city's riffraff. William M. Bowen, an attorney and adjunct professor of law at USC, was appalled at the gambling and debauchery he witnessed beyond the park's gate, and late in the decade he spearheaded a successful campaign to recover the tract on behalf of the people of California. With the support of fellow civic leaders such as USC President George Finley Bovard, Bowen garnered the commitments of city, state and county to develop the land as a public educational, cultural and recreational center. On November 6, 1913, the day after William Mulholland opened the Owens River aqueduct, Exposition Park was formally dedicated, home to a state Exposition Building and the county Museum of History, Science and Art, and slated to gain a National Guard Armory." -- unknown author.; "For most of this century, California has had a museum designed to showcase the ways in which science and technology affect the lives of its residents. The first State Exposition Building opened in 1909, housing simple displays of natural resources and industrial products from across the state. After World War II, as technology-based businesses began to grow, the building was remodeled to show visitors the role of science and technology in everyday life. To better describe this new objective, it was renamed the California Museum of Science and Industry in 1951." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17453
title: A spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Two trees and some bushes partially block the view of the canyon below. The canyon below and as far as the eye can see covers a great distance.; "The Bright Angel Trail was originally an indian trail used by the Havasupai indians to commute between the rim and Indian Garden. The trail was improved by prospectors in the late 1800's. One of the miners, Ralph Cameron, realizing that the tourist trade was more profitable than the mining trade, bought out his partners and took control of the trail. He extended the trail from Indian Garden to the river and began to charge a toll of $1 for its use. The Park Service constructed the South Kaibab Trail shortly thereafter to provide tourist with a free access path to the river. In 1928, after a long ownership battle with the Mr. Cameron, ownership of the Bright Angel Trail was finally transferred to the National Park Service." -- Bob Ribokas.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14108
title: Prime view of the Battleship Butte from Grand Canyon Village in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a prime view of the Battleship Butte from Grand Canyon Village in the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. The butte, a rock formation shaped like a battleship (center), sits on one of the many plateaus within the Grand Canyon. From this view, with the exception of the canyon below, the land at the top is almost perfectly horizontal. A bush and a tree are visible in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14489
title: Exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900. In the foreground, the capanario can be seen, six bells of varying sizes set into the tall wall. At right, butresses support the long wall of the mission. Palm trees line the front of the mission, in descending order according to height from left to right. Streetcar tracks can be seen embedded in the dirt road in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m542
title: View of 6th Street looking west from above the Kerckhoff building on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917

description: Photograph of a view of 6th Street looking west from above the Kerckhoff building on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Tall buildings flank the busy street below. The street is filled with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Streetcar rails line the streets. Legible signs include: "Occidental Life", "soda", "cigars", "Salt Lake Route", "Baker-Detwiler building", "Hotel Superior, transients are [...]", "Gates Hotel", "florist".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14217
title: View of El Capitan as seen from the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of El Capitan as seen from the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900. Across the river, a forest of conifers and other trees surround the base of El Capitan. Shrubs and grass waddle in the river (foreground). "El Capitan - the most famous cliff in Yosemite - a 3,000 foot high block of granite opposite Bridalveil Falls, that dominates the western end of the valley. It is very popular with rock climbers, who sometimes have to camp overnight half way up, while securely fastened to narrow ledges." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17456
title: View of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930. Two dome-capped mountains are visible in the distance overlooking a river surrounded by trees and brushes. A hint of snow is visible on the two dome-capped mountains. A mountain further away is more heavily covered in snow. Large boulders sit on a bank next to the river (foreground).; "There are a number of domes or dome-like structures surrounding Yosemite Valley. For the most part, these features were shaped through exfoliation--the falling-away of chunks of granite--and weathering. It is believed that Half Dome--unlike its counterpart, North Dome (left)--was never a full dome. Some believe that this and the rest of Yosemite Valley's features were carved by glaciers during one of the major glacial periods, but some geologists make a strong case that exfoliation caused by water freezing in cracks had more impact than massive glaciers did. Recent large rockfalls in the Yosemite Falls area lend support to this theory. The Royal Arches can be seen as arcing shadows directly beneath North Dome." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14139
title: View of Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900-1930

description: Photograph of a view of Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900-1930. Mists of water are created from the fall of the water and its crash into the rocks below. Trees sparsely cover the land on top of the falls. Tall conifers and a variety of other types of trees cover the area to the left of the river.; "Nevada Falls are 3 miles from roads-end in Yosemite Valley and 1.5 miles upstream from Vernal Falls; here the Merced River flows over a high ledge onto a jumble of large boulders 600 feet below, with much spray and foaming white water. A visit to both waterfalls makes an excellent half-day hike, and involves a 7-mile round trip along a sometimes rocky trail with a total elevation gain of 1,900 feet." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17457
title: View of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930. The valley is filled with a variety of trees. Mountains and a waterfall are visible in the distance.; "In 1851, a battalion of Indian fighters wandered into Yosemite Valley and were stopped in their tracks, dumbstruck, by the view. They were the first nonnatives to see this landscape, but their descriptions of it ensured they would not be the last. One man later wrote, 'None but those who have visited this most wonderful valley can even imagine . . . the awe with which I beheld it. . . . As I looked, a peculiar exalted sensation seemed to fill my whole being, and I found my eyes in tears with emotion.' Yosemite Valley is today the centerpiece of California's Yosemite National Park. Sprayed by thousand-foot waterfalls and framed by monumental granite spires -- including Half Dome, which is to the High Sierra what the swoosh is to Nike -- it is the most famous glacially carved landscape in the world. And perhaps the most famously overrun as well; stories are legion of peak-season traffic jams bad enough to provoke road rage and campgrounds so rife with noise, litter, and teeming masses of humans as to seem more like Times Square than the Great Outdoors." -- unknown author, January 2002.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14136
title: View of Bridal Veil Falls from the valley floor of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Bridal Veil Falls from the valley floor of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930. White mists of water consume the lower half of the fall. Several large rocks lay in the river (or creek?). Trees and bushes cover the valley floor in the foreground.; "Yosemite Valley is the heart of Yosemite National Park. The Valley is set deep in a canyon flanked by high cliffs. El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridal Veil Falls and Yosemite Falls are all viewable from the valley floor. There are many backcountry trailheads here suitable for week-long trips or day hikes. Often called 'the Incomparable Valley,' Yosemite Valley may be the world's best-known example of a glacial carved canyon. The dramatic scale of its leaping water falls, rounded domes, massive monoliths, and towering cliffs has inspired painters, poets, photographers and millions of visitors." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14053
title: Close-up of a specimen of snow plant, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of snow plant, ca.1920. The plant, growing in an area covered in snow, has hanging flowers and a thick stem.; "The Snow Plant is a Saprophytic herb which blooms in May-July from Baja California north to Oregon and east to Nevada in the high Coniferous forests above 4,000'. It is a member of the huckleberry and blueberry family but it lacks chlorophyll. It secures its food from decaying organic matter in the soil. It is a beautiful treasure to find. Stalks are edible when cooked like asparagus; however this plant is rare and is protected by law." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14490
title: Interior of Mission San Gabriel, 1890

description: Photograph of interior of Mission San Gabriel, 1890. Benches and pews fill most of the sanctuary. At front the altar dominates. Pictures hand along both side walls. The ceiling has decorative beams.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17458
title: View of downtown Los Angeles, between 6th and 7th Street looking west from the top of a building at Los Angeles Street (or Main Street?), ca.1917

description: Photograph of a view of downtown Los Angeles, between 6th and 7th Street looking west from the top of a building at Los Angeles Street (or Main Street?), ca.1917. The cityscape is filled with commercial buildings. The rooftops of shorter buildings are visible in the foreground. Notable buildings are the Union Oil Building (center left), California Furniture Co. building (center), and the Bullocks department store building (center right). Legible signs include: "L.A. Engraving Co.", "Mortgage Guarantee Co., capital $1,000,000", "Trunk Factory", "six months treatment, $1.00, also 25¢ and 50¢ sizes, for rheumatism, constipation, liver and kidney trouble, ask your druggist", "345 W. Hellman, hardware", "Guaranty Trust & Savings Bank, safe deposit vaults", "Union Oil Building", "Investment Building", "Realty Board Building; directory: Los Angeles Realty Board, 6th floor; Hollman Business College, 5th floor; W.W. Mines & Co. real estate, Union Realty Co. Inc., subdividers and builders, 4th floor; W. Ross Campbell Co., sales, lease, loans, insurance, nothing but business properties, 3rd floor, this property for sale; The James R.H. Wagner Co., 2nd floor", "Monarch Sign Co., Dromgold Sign Co.", "Hotel Grant", "619 Trunk Store", "The Times, advertising and subscriptions", "Marine Café", "Broadway bar, [...] Brewing Co. select beer", "Cooperative Optical Co.", "Orpheum Circuit of Theatres, the standard Orpheum of vaudeville, encircling the entire globe", "Knickerbocker building", "Brack Shop", "Los Angeles Athletic Club Bldg.", "Bullock's", "Forrester Building, fireproof", "Wiegelt & Corp., wholesale millinery", "Innes Shoe Co.", "Young's Market Co. Inc.", "California Furniture Co., wallpaper, draperies, carpets, furniture", "Haas building".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m547
title: View of 6th Street looking west from Main Street, viewed from above, Los Angeles, ca.1917

description: Photograph of a view of 6th Street looking west from Main Street, viewed from above, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Tall commercial buildings block the view of the rest of the city. The rooftops of two smaller buildings are visible in the foreground. The streets below are lined with streetcar rails. The streets are busy with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Early-model cars are parked along the street.; Legible signs include: "Baker-Detwiler building", "[Los An]geles Trust & Savings Bank", "voters[...]", "Chocolate Shop", "billiards", "The Sun Drug Co.", "Premier, the perfect cart, aluminum six with magnetic gear shift", "Operations Club", "Motion Picture", "317 West, Halms Art Studio", "Lindley building", "violin shop upstairs", "La Abilidad, made for California, Havana cigars", "hotel for women bible institute", "Pacific Mutual, life and accident", "Hotel Lamm", "Hotel Ryan", "Hotel Chester", "The Glenglark [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10255
title: Portrait of seven young Japanese girls wearing kimonos at Mission School, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of seven young Japanese girls wearing kimonos at Mission School, ca.1900. Two girls are sitting while the rest stand behind them. The kimonos they are wearing have striped designs. The girls are wearing bows to hold their hair up. On neutral background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17459
title: View of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Hotel Rosslyn (center) towers above other buildings on the street. Several similar-sized buildings stand adjacent to the hotel. Rooftops of shorter buildings in the foreground are visible. The street is busy with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Many early-model cars are parked along the street. Legible signs include: "Century", "[...] dollar", "Optic", "Montana Bar", "Burlesque", "Omar Theatre", "money to loan on anything, what have you?", "H. Rapha[...]", "Colyear's, furniture -- carpets -- stoves, storage, packing, shipping", "511, 504", "Hotel Leonide", "5th & Main Drug", "Canadian Office Bldg.", "San Fernando Office Bldg.", "Harper & Reynol majestic ranges", "Higgins building, absolutely fireproof", "Van Nuys hotel", "Schiffman dental office", "Hotel Rosslyn", "Title Insurance building", "store 46 x 69 feet, rent, inquire owners, [...]ros. -- Hotel Rosslyn", "red ruffled brick, common brick, hallow partition tile, from Los Angeles Brick Co., 503 Security building", "F.O. Engstrum, company contractors", "Isaias W. Hellman building, [...] Main St. -- 124 W. 4th St.", on a banner "James M. Murphy, register progressive", on a banner "vote for Vincent Morgan, candidate for district attorney, [...] Exchange bldg.", "Cedar Brook, bottled in bond", "Southern Cal. Wine Co.", "large silk pillow top for 25 coupons, Omar cigarettes, Turkish blend, 'the joy of life', 20 for 15¢", "Harry C. Bowers", "Klein -Norton Co., manufacturers, contributors, K[...]no[...], shirts, hosiery, underwear, overalls", "A.G. Gardner Piano House, Ltd.", "Coca-cola", "Western Wholesale Drug Co.", "Blake Mor[...], whol[esale], paper [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1521
title: Exterior view of the Southern Pacific Depot, ca.1918

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the exterior view of the Southern Pacific Depot, ca.1918. The building is about three-stories tall. It features a covered sidewalk where people wait for the streetcars or other types of vehicles. Column buttresses support the large arched windows as seen from the façade. The name "Southern Pacific" is embossed above the cornice near the roof. Utility lines zigzag across the street and curves to follow the path of the streetcar routes. A streetcar is approaching the depot (at right).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17460
title: Bryson Apartments on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1917

description: Photograph of the Bryson Apartments on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1917. From the façade, the building is an inverted U-shape building. Flanking the path the leads up to the entrance of the building are a pair of sculptures showing two lions holding up a seal with some writing on it. The lions are situated on a platform held up by four columns. Small trees and bushes decorate the yard and the walkway. Two flags are flown on the roofs of each wing of the building.; "Bryson Apartments: 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. This ten-story Beaux Arts/Classical Revival/Mediterranean style building designed by Architects Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor was erected in 1912." -- unknown author. Engstrum Construction was the contracting company.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17461
title: Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910. The left section of the building is almost completely destroyed. Smoke can be seen cloaking the part of the building that was destroyed. Exhaust (or steam?) from a fire engine (lower left corner) rises into the air. People stand at a distance from the dilapidated building staring at a scene of scattered debris, blown out windows, and a partially disintegrated building. Long ladders used by firefighters are propped up against the section of the building that is still standing.; "From 1886 to 1917, Harrison Gray Otis was the owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. During that time the newspaper pursued a strong conservative viewpoint, and was militantly anti-union in its editorials and in its relationship with employees. On October 1, 1910, in the middle of a strike called to unionize the metal trades of the city, the Times building was dynamited. The south wall facing Broadway Street collapsed, causing the second floor to also collapse under the weight of its machines onto the first floor. The first floor then collapsed into the basement, destroying the heating plant and gas mains. The building, with many of its workers trapped inside, was soon an inferno. There was a loss of life of at least 20, and about the same number were injured, some of them permanently. In an unusual move the mayor hired a private investigator who was able to implicate a number of men in the bombing. These included Ortie McManigal, James B. McNamara, and his brother John J. McNamara (secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers). McManigal agreed to testify against the McNamara brothers. Organized labor, in turn, saw this as an all-out attack on the unions and labor in general. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, hired Clarence Darrow to defend the brothers. Darrow called them 'pawns in a vast industrial war.' By the time the trial began, however, Darrow had come to the conclusion that the brothers were guilty. Rather than fighting a hopeless battle, he persuaded the brothers to plead guilty.That decision stunned the city and infuriated the Gompers. James McNamara got a life sentence, while his brother received a sentence of 15 years. Two others, David Caplan and Matt A. Schmidt, were later implicated and received life sentences. The damage from the trial was to plague Clarence Darrow for the rest of his life." -- unknown author.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3455
title: Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910

description: Photograph of the Los Angeles Times building, after the bombing disaster on October 1, 1910. The left section of the building is almost completely destroyed. Smoke can be seen rising from the destroyed section. Exhaust (or steam?) from a fire engine (lower left corner) rises into the air. People stand at a distance from the dilapidated building staring at a scene of scattered debris, blown out windows, and a partially disintegrated building. Long ladders used by firefighters are propped up against the section of the building that is still standing.; "From 1886 to 1917, Harrison Gray Otis was the owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. During that time the newspaper pursued a strong conservative viewpoint, and was militantly anti-union in its editorials and in its relationship with employees. On October 1, 1910, in the middle of a strike called to unionize the metal trades of the city, the Times building was dynamited. The south wall facing Broadway Street collapsed, causing the second floor to also collapse under the weight of its machines onto the first floor. The first floor then collapsed into the basement, destroying the heating plant and gas mains. The building, with many of its workers trapped inside, was soon an inferno. There was a loss of life of at least 20, and about the same number were injured, some of them permanently. In an unusual move the mayor hired a private investigator who was able to implicate a number of men in the bombing. These included Ortie McManigal, James B. McNamara, and his brother John J. McNamara (secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers). McManigal agreed to testify against the McNamara brothers. Organized labor, in turn, saw this as an all-out attack on the unions and labor in general. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, hired Clarence Darrow to defend the brothers. Darrow called them 'pawns in a vast industrial war.' By the time the trial began, however, Darrow had come to the conclusion that the brothers were guilty. Rather than fighting a hopeless battle, he persuaded the brothers to plead guilty.That decision stunned the city and infuriated the Gompers. James McNamara got a life sentence, while his brother received a sentence of 15 years. Two others, David Caplan and Matt A. Schmidt, were later implicated and received life sentences. The damage from the trial was to plague Clarence Darrow for the rest of his life." -- unknown author.