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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2613
title: Priest in a tower with the Great Bell (the largest of the bells) in Mission Santa Barbara, 1898

description: Photograph of a priest in a tower with the Great Bell (the largest of the bells) in Mission Santa Barbara, 1898. The priest can be seen standing at right wearing the traditional Franciscan habit. What appears to be a rosary with a large cross attached to the end of it can be seen hooked on to his belt. He is looking down and is pointing at a large bell to the left. The bell is attached to a thick, horizontal wooden pole. A shingled roof can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23480
title: Certificate of Honor in recognition of the first public statue of George Washington, September 8, 1936

description: Photograph of a Certificate of Honor in recognition of the first public statue of George Washington, September 8, 1936. On the left is a picture of the statue of George Washington. He stands proud in a suit and jacket with his left hand closed around his cane and his right hand rested on the coat which is draped over a post. Next to him the certificate is printed in calligraphy with the words "Certificate of Honor, This is to certify that (blank) has contributed to placing in the Civic Center of Los Angeles the first public statue of George Washington to be erected in Southern California. Women's Community Service Auxiliary, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23485
title: Newspaper clipping called "What Los Angeles Needs the Most" by John C. Bullock, December, 1931

description: Photograph of a newspaper clipping called "What Los Angeles Needs the Most" by John C. Bullock, December, 1931. The thin article is cut from the newspaper directly at its edges. The text wraps around a picture of Bullock on the left. He wears a fine suit and tie and his hair is slicked back. For the article, Bullock interviewed Los Angeles elite to find out what the city needs to continue improving as it grows. His subjects focused on the need to keep traffic in the busy streets managed properly so that the business world stayed safe and easy to access.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23488
title: View of a town along a pier, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of a town along a pier, [s.d.]. A wooden pier with lights hanging from its posts stands in the water in the foreground on the left while boats float in the dark water on the right. A lightly-colored fence stands in defense of the town from the ocean. Beyond the fence buildings crowd the small town. Grass blankets the curvy mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23490
title: View of the trees surrounding the home of William Wrigley Jr. on Catalina Island, January 14, 1928

description: Photograph of a view of the trees surrounding the home of William Wrigley Jr. on Catalina Island, January 14, 1928. A pool of water washes up against the edge of the fenced yard of Wrigley in the foreground. The glass-like water reflects the tall trees which shade the large area. A small, wooden porch stands among the trees at center while a tall staircase reaches up the hill in the background to the large house at top. An American flag waves in front of the tall walls of Wrigley's home.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23491
title: People on the beach in Santa Monica, north of the Rose Avenue Pier, ca.1913

description: Photograph of people on the beach in Santa Monica, north of the Rose Avenue Pier, ca.1913. Four people in bathing suits stand in the sand of the beach on the right with the water washing in and out behind them. A tile sidewalk lies on the left where people stay finely dressed in their automobile. A shop can be seen on the far left of the sidewalk further back while a large building stands on the beach in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23492
title: Aerial view showing the new public library and bible institute, copied September, 1926

description: Photograph of an aerial view showing the new public library and bible institute, copied September, 1926.The large buildings which crowd the city shade the thin streets which run between them. The Los Angeles Public Library stands at center with a thick clock tower protruding from its top and a wide staircase leading to the streets below. To the right of the library stands the massive Bible Institute. The Bible Institute is tall on either side and shorter at its center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23494
title: View of Pershing Square (formerly 6th Street park) looking southeast from Normal School (the present site of the Biltmore Hotel) showing St. Paul’s Cathedral and First Methodist Episcopal Church, ca.1883

description: Photograph of a view of Pershing Square (formerly 6th Street park) looking southeast from Normal School (the present site of the Biltmore Hotel) showing St. Paul’s Cathedral and First Methodist Episcopal Church, ca.1883. First Methodist Episcopal Church stands in the foreground at center (north-east corner of Hill Street & 6th Street) with tall, arched windows on the near wall and a tall steeple at its front. Hill street separates the church from the tree-shaded park at center. Beyond the park, stands a wide building on the left and a large building with many windows on the far right (Saint Vincent College?). St. Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the background on the left, between 5th and 6th Streets, while more trees fill the background on the right and continue into the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23495
title: View of Pershing Square looking southeast from the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, showing houses near the park, ca.1883

description: Photograph of a view of Pershing Square looking southeast from the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, showing houses near the park, ca.1883. Trees line the perimeter of the rectangular Pershing Square at center. Dark paths cut through the grassy park where many trees stand spread out across the field. Streets on all sides separate the park from the residential communities in the foreground and in the background on the left. A second field blanketed in neat rows of trees stands in the background on the far right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23496
title: Aerial view of Los Angeles, showing the public library and bible institute, May, 1933

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles, showing the public library and bible institute, May, 1933. Large buildings in the foreground on the right shade the thin streets which connect them. Included in these massive buildings is the Los Angeles Public Library which has a thick clock tower protruding from its top and a wide staircase leading from the street to its large entrance. Just to the right of the library stands the Bible Institute with two tall portions on either side and a short wall in front. Smaller buildings blanket the city on the left and into the distance with the exception of two towers which stand above them in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17160
title: Indian basket and woven brush[?] displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an Indian baskets and woven brush(?) displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900. The basket is displayed with its bottom out. It is round with a spiral weave pattern and edged with scallops. The brush (?) consists of about a dozen straws bound together with a broader reed wound around them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23498
title: People riding in an ox cart at El Paseo de Los Angeles, October, 1930

description: Photograph of people riding in an ox cart at El Paseo de Los Angeles, October, 1930. The large oxen with thick horns stand at center looking towards the foreground while pulling a wooden cart behind them on the right. Three women in large dresses and veils stand in the front of the cart while a man in a dark suit and hat stands in the back. A young boy in tall socks and a cap dips his hand in the water of a large fountain which is shaded by a leaning palm tree on the right. A large building stands near a row of trees in the background on the right and a tall tower can be seen in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23499
title: Premier of "The Gaucho" at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, November 4, 1927

description: Photograph of the premier of "The Gaucho" at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, November 4, 1927. Automobiles are stopped on the street at center to drop people at the extravagant premier presented by the theatre behind them. People in fine clothes and hats crowd either side of the street straining to see the event. Streams of light extend in all directions from the spotlights in front of the theatre. A covered walkway leads to the entrance from the busy street. The theatre has an oriental roof and large palm trees at its entrance. The outer walls are decorated with banners reading "Douglas Fairbanks" and "Chinese".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23562
title: Exterior view of the Avila Adobe Homestead on Olvera Street, June 25, 1928

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Avila Adobe Homestead on Olvera Street, June 25, 1928. The long, wooden structure stands at center with the corner of a second, brick structure to the right of it. The adobe has a wooden porch which stands several feet above the dry, dirt ground. Two small staircases reach from the ground to the porch where several lightly-colored doors and windows stand in the dark walls. A small automobile is parked in front of the adobe on the left while electrical lines extend above the adobe's roof.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23565
title: Exterior view of the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles, May 6, 1933

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles, May 6, 1933. People crowd the street corner which homes the large Hayward Hotel. An American flag waves at the corner of the roof of the hotel at center while a taller portion of the hotel stands on the far right with a sign which reads "Hotel Hayward". The hotel's walls glow with light from its hundreds of windows. A fire escape climbs down the right wall near the corner until it reaches the awning of the drug store on the street below. Caption reads "Hayward Hotel, Greetings from Los Angeles".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23570
title: Aerial view of Hollywood and the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, April, 1935

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Hollywood and the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, April, 1935. The blocks of the city lie from the middle foreground to the mountains in the distance on the right. A small concentration of trees stands among the busy city in the foreground. The buildings get smaller in the background on the right where the city's residential community lies. A short, jagged mountain ridge intrudes on the city in the background on the left while a larger, faint mountain range stands in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23571
title: View of Hollywood at night, 1930

description: Photograph of a view of Hollywood at night, 1930. Two palm trees stand above a yard of shorter trees in the foreground while streams of intersecting spot lights shine behind them. Tall buildings of the city can barely be seen in the background through the trees and lights.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23573
title: "General Alvaro Obregon Ranch Scenes", Cajeme, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of "General Alvaro Obregon Ranch Scenes", Cajeme, Mexico, [s.d.]. A fence with short, thick wooden posts stands across the foreground with a small group of trees beyond it on the far right. A two-story building can be seen through the trees on the far right while a small, fenced plot stands at center. More structures stand throughout the ranch in the background including what appears to be a clock tower on the right. Electrical poles stand dispersed in the dirt roads of the ranch while rolling mountains paint the backdrop in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23575
title: View of a hotel, "Vista del Olasalta Masatlan sin Mexico", [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of a hotel, "Vista del Olasalta Masatlan sin Mexico", [s.d.]. Small trees stand in wooden planters in the foreground on the right with a picket fence just behind them . Various trees stand in the small yard behind the picket fence where the corner of a building can be seen. A large, arched window with an intricate design on its glass can be seen in the visible portion of the building. A boardwalk spotted with electrical poles lies on the left with the long hotel on its left side. To its right stands a row of benches which face the lake on the right. More of the town can be seen at the foot of hills on the far bank of the lake in the background on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23577
title: Plaza Constitucion in Culiacan, Mexico, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of the Plaza Constitucion in Culiacan, Mexico, [s.d.]. Electrical poles stand across the foreground while various trees including many palm trees blanket the widespread plaza at center. A circular clearing on the right presents a gazebo while paths on the left cut through the trees to the buildings which surround them. The long buildings are preceded by walkways contained by a row of archways. The rooftops of the buildings continue to the trees in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23578
title: Street view in Pachuco, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a street view in Pachuco, Mexico, [s.d.]. Two ladies sit on a bench on the right beneath the shade of their umbrella looking towards the foreground. Behind them various trees fill the grass field of a park. To the left of the ladies, a second bench sits in front of a fenced monument which stands at center. The monument has a large, cylindrical base and the bust of a man on its top. An intersecting street lined with businesses can be seen in the background on the right as people fill its sidewalks. The mountains stand over the city in the background on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17161
title: Two Indian woven mats or baskets displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900

description: Photograph of two Indian woven mats or baskets displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900. Both are rectangular and flat with plaiting around the edges. They have designs shaped like hour-glasses, diamonds and stripes.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23580
title: View of "Ent. Paseo de la Reforma" in Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of "Ent. Paseo de la Reforma" in Mexico, [s.d.]. Automobiles as well as horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are dispersed along the wide streets at center. A monument of a man riding a horse stands in the center of the intersecting streets in a fenced plot of grass. One front leg of the horse is raised indicating the man who rides it was killed from injuries inflicted in battle. Beyond the wide intersection, the city is sectioned off by three streets. The thin street on the left is lined with what appears to be a yard with a very tall fence on its left and a fenced plaza with trees and amusements on its right. Two large trees stand in the middle of the street which lies at center. The street has buildings on its left and rows of thick trees on its right. The third street lies on the right with buildings on its left and a line of poles down its center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23581
title: Avenida Juarez in the City of Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Avenida Juarez in the City of Mexico, [s.d.]. Tall trees shade a grass park on the right with automobiles parked along its boundary. A small sidewalk separates the park from the street which lies from the center foreground to the distance on the left. Automobiles drive on either side of the wide street with a row of light poles down its center. Pedestrians wait at the light poles for a time to cross the street safely. Tall buildings stand on the right side of the road in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23582
title: "Fiestas Patrias" in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1919

description: Photograph of the "Fiestas Patrias" in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1919. Two men, an officer and a man in a fine suit and hat lead the parade at center. An automobile filled with women drives directly behind them while several more automobiles follow in the precession. The streets are lined on either side with crowds of citizens. Two-story buildings with intricate Mexican architecture stand on the far right and continue down the street into the distance. A tall building with a dome tower at its corner stands on the left with people viewing the festivities through its large, arched windows.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23583
title: Exterior view of the Hotel Olas Altas in Mazatlan, Mexico, [s.d.].

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Hotel Olas Altas in Mazatlan, Mexico, [s.d.]. A woman and a young girl walk down the street on the right with various trees providing shade from either side. Next to the left row of trees stands a line of benches which face a walkway that encircles the lake on the far left. The Hotel Olas Altas stands two stories tall on the far bank of the lake with palm trees at its front left corner.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23584
title: View of the Mazatlan showing the ocean and Paseo Olas Altas, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of the Mazatlan showing the ocean and Paseo Olas Altas, Mexico, [s.d.]. The dark, shingled roof of the Paseo Olas Altas can be seen in the foreground on the far right while the rooftops of the other buildings of the small town blanket the left side. The small boardwalk lies at center with benches lining the water's edge. They face the shimmering ocean and continue around to the hill side on in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23585
title: Cathedral, town and lake at Chapala, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a cathedral, town and lake at Chapala, Mexico, [s.d.]. Two colliding rooftops with damage at their edges stand in the foreground with a thick group of trees just behind them. The tall, brick buildings of the town stand at center while the residential community is concentrated on the left. The two thin towers of the grand cathedral stand in the background on the right with the dark water of the ocean behind them. To the left of the cathedral a forest lines the water's edge. Mountains can be seen beyond the water in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23586
title: View of Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco State, Mexico, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco State, Mexico, [s.d.]. A road runs down the center of the city with tall buildings on either side. Pedestrians walk down the center of the road while light poles line the sidewalks on either side. Trees stand in the foreground on either side with the walls of the following buildings barely visible through their leaves. A cylindrical tower with a small viewing deck around its circumference stands at the corner of the wide building which stands directly behind the trees on the left. A four-story building follows the first building on the left and obstructs the view of the buildings beyond it. A small dome stands at the edge of the first building on the right with a five story-building behind it. A second dome stands next to the tall, needle-like bell tower of the Guadalajara Cathedral in the background on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23587
title: Street scene in Catalina, November 11, 1927

description: Photograph of a street scene in Catalina, November 11, 1927. A short, wooden pay station extends from the left foreground to the trees in the center background. On the right, a row of small, identical structure continue from the foreground to the trees in the background. Thick, winding trees decorate the center of the thin street between the two sides while wooden beams connect their roofs overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23662
title: Graveyard near Bodie, Mono Lake, or Lake Tahoe, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a graveyard near Bodie, Mono Lake, or Lake Tahoe, [s.d.]. Three grave markers stand in the tall grass in the foreground on the right while others stand in fenced plots behind them. A broken picket fence ends on the far left as its posts disappear into the weeds. The small town lives in the background with a cluster of homes crowding the foot of the jagged hills above them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17162
title: Three Indian baskets and two other woven objects displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900

description: Photograph of three Indian woven baskets and two other woven objects displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900. One of the baskets is squarish with a hinged lid. Two of the baskets each have two narrow handles and wide openings. One of the other two objects is shaped like a flower on a stem. The other object is a short cylinder -- possibly a bracelet.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23663
title: Exterior view of the Catholic church building in Bodie, California, ca.1885

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Catholic church building in Bodie, California, ca.1885. A dirt path cuts through the field of weeds in the foreground at center with the church to the right of it. Three windows can be seen in the near side of the wooden church while a staircase leads to the front door on the left. A modest cross stands at the apex of the roof just above the front door. The rest of the town resides in the background on the left, further down the dirt path. The church obstructs the view of the hills in the distance. It was dedicated on September 10th, 1882 and seen over by Father Cassin. The church burned down a few years later.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23664
title: View of Main Street in Bridgeport, CA, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street in Bridgeport, CA, [s.d.]. A dirt road lies in the foreground at center and continues to the right into the distance. The businesses of the street stand along the left side. A billiard parlor is the nearest building with the "Mono Paoha Shop" just next to it. An American flag waves from a tall flag pole in front of the entrance to the shop with a tree standing to the right of it. Next stands the general store with an ice cream shop and a garage further down the road. Jagged hills can be seen in the distance on the far right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23665
title: Graveyard near Lake Taho, Mono Lake Bodie, showing the town in the background, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a graveyard near Lake Taho, Mono Lake Bodie, showing the town in the background, [s.d.]. Several fenced grave plots are clustered at center with tall grass and weeds in the yard surrounding them. What appears to be a statue depicting a woman in a hat stands behind the plots while independent grave markers stand in front of them in the foreground on the far right. The town can be seen in the background with most of the homes crowded close together. A few structures stand apart in the field on the right while several more stand further up the jagged hills beyond the town.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23666
title: Exterior view of an unidentified building, ca.1915

description: Photograph of an exterior view of of an unidentified building, ca.1915. People sit in the automobiles lined up against the sidewalk in front of the brick building at center. Large trees stand along the sidewalk and obstruct the view of the building leaving only its tall, arched windows to be seen through the leaves. unidentified
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m23668
title: Exterior view of an unidentified building, showing a row of trees in front, ca.1915

description: Photograph of an view of an unidentified building, showing a row of trees in front, ca.1915. A tree hangs over an automobile in the foreground on the left while the road to the right leads to what appears to be a fenced park at center. A statue stands in front of the park and an automobile sits parked on the right. The park is covered in a thick blanket of trees which obstruct the view of the building beyond them. A dome tower with a tall, thin point at its peak can be seen over the trees in the background at center and the windows of the buildings shine between the trees below.