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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m653
title: Main Street looking south from 7th Street, ca.1926

description: Photograph of Main Street looking south from Seventh Street, ca.1926. Both sides of the skyscraper-lined street are prominently visible, although the right side extends further into the foreground of the photo. Automobiles drive and park along Main Street, while a cable-car makes its way down its tracks at the center left. People stroll the sidewalks to both the right and the left in front of the advertisements of commercial buildings. Legible signs include: "Ligett's Drug", "E.R. Parker System Dentists", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Jack Ranch's Lunch", "Radio", "Garage", "Hotel [...]", "Agents for this and Other Business Properties / R.A. Rowan & Co. / [...] 0131 / 300 Title Insurance Building", "Hotel Pacific", "Great Republic Life", "M Kantor Co. / We Sell for Less", "[...] Jenkins [...]", and "Overell's".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3647
title: Birdseye view of Pershing Square looking southeast from the corner of 5th Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Pershing Square looking southeast from the corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, ca.1926. Buildings from the city are visible from behind the trees of the grassy park that dominates the lower half of the image. A wide path cuts through the middle of the park, along which several people sit on a bench. Further back and to the left, a tall flagpole juts up from the park, bearing the American flag. Automobiles are visible parking and driving along the street at the far right bottom corner. Near the left bottom corner, a statue on a pedestal stands. Signs in the city's background read "Metropolitan Theatre Building" and "Emporium". Compare: CHS-115. Photo shows Pershing Square from Sixth Street and Hill Street, ca.1884.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14575
title: Mexican servant with olla (water jar) on shoulder, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a Mexican servant woman carrying an olla (water jar) on shoulder, ca.1905. At center, a woman wearing a long skirt and lightly colored blouse can be seen positioning a large water jar on her right shoulder with her left hand. In her mouth, the servant is visible biting on a large piece of cloth. The woman can be seen standing in a garden near a raised planter. An empty olla sits upside-down on the corner of a raised planter behind the woman near a wooden frame. In the far background, a brick wall is visible extending from left to right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6118
title: A. Busch and T. Lowe's homes in Pasadena, ca.1900

description: Photograph of A. Busch and T. Lowe's homes in on South Orange Grove in Pasadena, ca.1900. A dusty road lies across the foreground. Behind it a path winds through a manicured grass yard at center. Trees spot the yard while others stand near the exterior walls of two large houses that stand across the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3648
title: View of Pershing Square looking west on Hill Street and 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a view of Pershing Square looking west on Hill Street and Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1926. Two automobiles and a cable-car make their way along the street in the bottom right hand corner, while pedestrians and other automobiles go about their way along the street to the left. A tent that appears to be selling photographs or postcards has been set up on the sidewalk corner in front of the trees and grass of the Pershing Square park area. A huge line of people sit along the continuous bench that lines the path through the square. In the background, three identical buildings fly flags side by side with other buildings flanking them to the left and the right, one of which to the left is the Pacific Mutual building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m571
title: The corner of 6th Street and Olive Street looking west on 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of the corner of Sixth Street and Olive Street looking west on Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927. The six-story Pacific Mutual Life and Accident building stands at the center right of the photograph, each of its sets of windows lined on either side by false columns while automobiles, pedestrians and cable-cars make their way along the streets below. Two identical highrise sections extend about the Pacific Mutual Building from a central base beneath them. A sign for the Hotel Lamm is visible on another building in the background down Sixth Street. The most prominent cable-car, pictured on Olive bears a sign reading "Bimini".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m521
title: View of 5th Street looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Fifth Street looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1927. An automobile is trying to cross the intersection at the center left of the photograph while traffic moves along the perpendicular road, both towards and away from the camera. In the buildings to the left side of the street, the Philharmonic Auditorium is visible approximately three buildings in from the foreground, where the Biltmore Grand Central Garage is situated. Other signs read "Car Stop", "Biltmore / Ben[...] Hur [...]", and "The Real Bargain Center of Los Angeles". Compare: CHS-2848. Photograph shows an aerial view of Fifth Street looking east from Grand Avenue ca.1888-1895.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m205
title: View of Figueroa Street looking north from Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Figueroa Street looking north from Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1927. A paperboy dressed in light-colored clothing stands at the center of the street to the right hawking papers while cars pass him on either side. A second paper boy stands on the corner of the sidewalk across from him at left, a large streetlamp towering near him and a "No Parking" sign visible in the foreground. A collection of one-story commercial buildings stretch off into the distance on either side of the road behind them, although a single building to the right is large and approximately six stories high. Legible signs include: "Wall Paper / Seymour and Seymour", "The Noble Co.", "Loans", "Dr. Osterheld / Dentist", "Soda / Drugs", "Will Lease for 99 Years", "Ex-Lax", "1830 Donny's [...] Laundry", "Auto Loans", and "Keep to Right".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m204
title: View of Figueroa Street looking north from Adams Street, Los Angeles, ca.1929

description: Photograph of a view of Figueroa Street looking north from Adams Street, Los Angeles, ca.1929. The Saint Vincent de Paul Church, an ornate building with decorative molding, tiered spires and a bell tower stands dominating the street on most of the left side of the photo, in front of which an American flag flies from a flagpole. Automobiles navigate the street at center. A few people stroll the sidewalk at right, where there appear to be no highrise buildings and streetlamps are placed at regular intervals. Palm trees line the street further down on the left side, blocking out most of the city behind them. A traffic signal stands at the center of the street about three-quarters up from the bottom of the image. Farther into the left foreground, the Automobile Club of California building can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m412
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1926. The intersection of the two streets fills most of the foreground of the photo, while automobiles drive along Western Avenue further in the distance, which is lined to either side by high-rises and commercial advertisements as well as telephone poles on the left, and street lamps on the right. The Maylord Apartments building was built in 1920, and, as of March 2018, it still there, located at 1250 South Western Avenue. A woman is on a sidewalk bench to the left, underneath an Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce sign. Other legible signs include: "[...] Baker / [...] Years of Faithful Service / 13 Stores", "Bus Stop", "Stop", "Burton & Co.", "West Coast Uptown Theatres", "Talking Pictures", "Big Golden Halves [...]", "Maylord Modern Apartments", "Fitzsimmons Grocery Stores", "Cash & Carry / Men's Suits Dresses", "1116 World Cleaners & Dyers", "[...] Laundry", "Kodak's-Kodak Finish [...]". One print is dated "1924".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m824
title: View of Seventh Street looking west from Hill Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Seventh Street looking west from Hill Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Two cable-cars make their way across Hill Street in the frame, while a third cable-car, automobiles and pedestrians make their way down the pavement and sidewalks of Seventh. The nine-story Pantages Theatre building stands in the right foreground, a decorative dome situated at its top corner. Its marquee reads "The Ritz Brothers / The 'Marriage License'". Other highrise buildings line Seventh to either side. Other legible signs include: "Los Angeles", "Luggage", "The Brack Shops", "Union Oil Building", "Roosevelt Building", "Brockman Building", "Real Estate", and "John Wright / The [...]ght Tailor / Entrance [...]706 [...] Hill Street". The traffic signal is currently in the "Stop" position on the left sidewalk on Seventh, and several pedestrians are crossing from one sidewalk to the other.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3223
title: View of Hollywood Boulevard looking northeast from Cahuenga Avenue, showing the Hollywood National Bank, Los Angeles, ca.1911

description: Photograph of a view of Hollywood Boulevard looking northeast from Cahuenga Avenue, showing the Hollywood National Bank, Los Angeles, ca.1911. The simple, two-story building of the Hollywood National Bank is situated in the center of the frame with striped cloth canopies extending from most of the windows, both top and bottom, on the left side. A bicycle has been leaned against the outer wall. A man stands near it on the corner in front of the bank while at right, a cable-car makes its way across its tracks. Utility poles extend across the photo on Cahuenga. Tree foliage hangs in from above, while most of a full tree can be seen at the extreme right. The Picture File Card reads "Bank Blvd.". Compare: CHS-6798. Photo shows Hollywood Boulevard northeast from Cahuenga Avenue ca.1922-1932.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3025
title: View of Whitley Avenue near Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Whitley Avenue near Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1927. A few automobiles make their way along the curving, non-lined street that fills the center of the photo. The back of an early pickup truck is visible in the extreme left corner of the foreground. A building can be partially made out from behind foliage to the left as well. The town is also visible in front of the mountains in the distance. Small, orchard-like trees are spaced evenly in the yard to the left. Utility poles are evident along the sidewalk, along with streetlamps. Compare: CHS-6418. Photo shows three cyclists on the Cahuenga Pass, ca.1897, possibly the same area.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14576
title: Mexican outlaw prisoner between two Mexican soldiers, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a Mexican outlaw prisoner between two Mexican soldiers, ca.1905. The guards are both carrying rifles with bayonets attached and both have a blanket worn across their right shoulder as a sash. Their light-colored billed hats have a small pompons on top. The prisoner wears a blanket around his shoulders and torso and a sombrero. All three are wearing sandals. There is a pile of stones to the right, and a door is visible behind the men.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4867
title: Exterior view of adobe home of Esteban Gonzales

description: Photograph of exterior view of adobe home of Esteban Gonzales, 1886. The structure was built in 1857 by Esteban Gonzales (or Rodriguez) who also made the brick for the house. About 1871 the land was subdivided and known as the Morris Vineyard tract. U.S. General Kearney used this house. A veranda dominates this view. There are two small palm trees in front. Other trees can be seen at the side and foreground side. Another building is visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3416
title: View of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, showing the Warner Brothers Studio, Los Angeles, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a view of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, showing the Warner Brothers Studio, Los Angeles, ca.1926. Automobiles are parked along the left sidewalk while still others navigate the boulevard. To the left, the Romanesque architecture of the Warner Bros. West Coast Studio building can be seen flanked to either side by tall radio towers, with its entranceway supported by Doric columns. Palm trees approximately eight feet high line the outer edge of the left sidewalk. Shops and small businesses comprise the other side of the boulevard. Legible signs include: "Hotel Ir[...]", "Colonial Auto Service / Richfield Gasoline", "Plumbing", and "Hud[son] Ess[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3349
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Automobiles and a cable-car navigate the street. To the right, a sign for the William Fox Studio is visible behind a one-story strip of shopfronts on the corner that shade the sidewalk with cloth canopies that extend over their show windows. To the left, a billboard advertising the Innes Shoe Co., as well as Camel cigarettes, is partially visible while a woman walks along the sidewalk beside it. Utility poles line both sides of the street and mountains are visible in the background. Other legible signs include: "Feed Fuel & Grain", "Tire Bargains", and "Sale / Tires and Tubes at Less the Cost", and "[...] Western Avenue Public Market".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6182
title: Funeral procession of Owen Brown on Colorado Street looking east from Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, Los Angeles, January 10, 1889

description: Photograph of the funeral procession of Owen Brown on Colorado Street looking east from Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, Los Angeles, January 10, 1889. A crowd of people interspersed with horse-drawn carriages make their way down the unpaved street, a marching band in the lead. To the right, what appears to be a feed store or public stables stands with still more horse-drawn carriages standing by it, looking in the opposite direction of the procession. To the left, a woman stands on the porch of the City Meat Market while a dog makes its way down the steps beside her. The spire of a church's bell tower can be seen at center in the background. Owen Brown was the third son of the famed fur-trapper John Brown, lauded for being an American patriot during the Mexican War in 1846.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6191
title: View of Colorado Street in Pasadena looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Colorado Street in Pasadena looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Automobiles and a man on a bike make their way along the paved street in the foreground, while two streetcars (one of which reads "Altadena") and more automobiles do the same further back. To the right, the Romanesque architecture of the Security Trust & Savings Bank stands fronted by pedestrians on the sidewalk while a Souther Pacific transportation station stands on the adjacent corner. Across Colorado, to the left, the sign for the National Bank can be partially seen. Highrise buildings line the rest of the street on both sides with utility poles making a web of wires over the street. Other legible signs include: "Leddy's", "J.H. Woodworth  & Son Real Estate & Insurance [...]", "Cow Butter Sweet Butter Butter [...] Cottage Cheese Pimento [...] Ice Cream Table Cream Whipping Cream Milk A[...] Fresh [...]", "Drugs", "Books", "F.C. Nash & Co.", "[...] W. Mather Co., Inc. [...] Goods", and "Shoes".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4326
title: View of Van Nuys Boulevard as it was being readied for paving, Los Angeles, ca.1911

description: Photograph of a view of Van Nuys Boulevard as it was being readied for paving, Los Angeles, ca.1911. A freight car is visible to the right, sitting on the railroad tracks that intersect the boulevard on which an automobile and several pedestrians can be seen, at right. The terrain to either side is flat, dusty and barren. Barrels are strewn beside the railroad tracks. Several passengers ride both standing and sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on the flatlands to the left of the boulevard, while the silhouette of a stagecoach is just visible in the distance to the right. Mountains and a radio tower are visible on the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4365
title: View of Van Nuys Boulevard looking north from Delano Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of Van Nuys Boulevard looking north from Delano Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Utility poles stand at the center of the frame, with lanes of automobile traffic to either side of them, as well as streetcar rails embedded in the boulevard. Small commercial buildings line the street to either side, cars parked along the sidewalks. Legible signs include: "Studebaker Allington-French Co. Studebaker", "Buick", "Farms", "Soda Pool Cigars", "Nash Motor Cars", "Ford Fords [...] Sales Service", "Real Estate / Mark Grimes & Co.", and "Hotel".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5462
title: View of San Fernando Boulevard at Olive Avenue in Burbank, Los Angeles, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of San Fernando Boulevard at Olive Avenue in Burbank, Los Angeles, ca.1910. A group of three men and one woman stand at the center of the frame, mounted on horses, the man to the extreme right tending a second horse to which supplies are strapped. On the ground, a dog sits, while two men stand behind the horse-riders next to a utility pole. To the right, a building with a minaret can be seen among the group of commercial shops lining the street. Similar buildings line the left side, although they terminate in tree growth halfway to the horizon. Legible signs include: "Livery, Feed & [...]", " Burbank Garage", " High Grade [...]opt [C]iga[rs]", and "Hardware".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4357
title: View of San Fernando Boulevard at Angeleno looking north in Burbank, Los Angeles, ca.1927

description: Photograph of a view of San Fernando Boulevard at Angeleno Avenue looking north in Burbank, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Automobiles drive and park along the boulevard, lined to either side by commercial shop buildings, showing a Victorian-style theater in the left foreground. Pedestrians stroll the street and the sidewalks. Streetlamps can be seen at each corner. Legible signs include: "Now Showing Leading Photoplays", "Hotel", "Service Station", "Bon-Ton Cleaners & Tailors", "Soda", "Radcl[...] Reality Co.", "Dr. H.L. [...] Chirop[odist]", "Boston Store", "Oldsmobile Peerless / R.A. McLean Motor Sales", "Café", "Love[...]", and "Hardware / Paints Oils Glass".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3793
title: Property alongside Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, 1912

description: Photograph of property alongside Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, 1912. A small boy with bare feet in a jacket and wide-brimmed hat sits on one of two hitching posts off the side of the unpaved road at left, with his hands folded in his lap. Short-growing vegetation and what appear to be poplar trees fill the dusty ground to the right of the photo, behind which a house and windmill can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4366
title: View of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a view of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926. Automobiles drive and park along the unlined, paved road, flanked to either side by commercial shops. A few pedestrians stroll the sidewalk to the right with trees visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Drug Store", "California Bank", "Real Estate", "Hardware", "Plumb[ing]", and "Soda Lunch Cigars".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14577
title: Outdoor meat sellers, Mexico, ca.1905

description: Photograph of outdoor meat sellers in Mexico, ca.1905. A group of about 13 people (mostly men) are gathered about a small wooden table on which are portions of meat for sale. It is unclear how many of the people are vendors. Nearly all of them wear sombreros and are looking at the camera. There is a dog and a basket under the table. Part of a building and a tent(?) are visible behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17857
title: The altar of the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission during the rededication by Franciscan, San Diego, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the altar of the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission during the rededication by Franciscan, San Diego, California, ca.1900. The first service to be performed after forty years of inactivity, several priests approach the altar, which features a portrait of the Virgin Mary hung above a small crucifix which sits above a collection of flowers. The wall behind the altar is made of planks and appears to be in disrepair. To the right, a small table holds three candles and their candlesticks, a book and what appears to be the host and communion wine. Churchgoers are visible in the pews in the foreground. The roof's supports can be seen to either side at the top of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17858
title: Exterior view of the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission during its re-dedication, San Diego, May 1893

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission during its re-dedication, San Diego, May 1893. Congregants gather outside of a worn and deteriorating Mission. It stands at the center of the image, the spackle on its Romanesque architecture cracking and showing the brick underneath. A foldable table is visible in the extreme foreground at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m17859
title: Portrait of Father O'Keefe of the Misssion San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego, ca.1900

description: Photographic portrait of Father O'Keefe of the Misssion San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego, California, ca.1900. Father O'Keefe stands in his informal tunic a the center of the frame, with the worn exterior of the Mission behind him. He has thinning, light-colored hair, and a full, round face. He squints, and holds his left hand up by his chest, his fingers clenched.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12201
title: Log rafts being made in Oregon City, Oregon, ca.1900

description: Photograph of log rafts being made in Oregon City, Oregon, ca.1900. A steamboat makes its way through the connected logs of log rafts while lumber-processing buildings flank it to either side of the river. Mountainous forest terrain can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7340
title: Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]. Clusters of Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) stand interspersed with clumps of low-growing grasses in the sandy desert. Small scrub brush and rippling sand are in the foreground, while mountains can be seen along the horizon.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13909
title: Crater Lake Island in Crater Lake, Oregon, ca.1907

description: Photograph of Crater Lake Island in Crater Lake, Oregon, ca.1907. A small island, covered in trees until its dusty top, is situated at the center of a lake contained within a crater. The cliff of a rock face is visible in silhouette to the right. Picture file card reads: "Volcano crater".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20648
title: View of Placerville, "where gold is found in the streets", ca.1912

description: Photograph of a view of Placerville, "where gold is found in the streets", ca.1912. A man stands on the left on top of the raised sidewalk that is shaded by the porches of the buildings that line the sidewalk. The buildings are primarily brick with display windows surrounding their entrance. A lightly-colored street hangs from the porch of a building further down the left side of the street while even further down a boy can be seen crossing the street. On the right a wagon can be seen underneath a sign for gasoline while an American flag hangs low on the building next to it. Electrical poles line the street which appears to be crowded with buildings until tress can be seen in the distance. Similar to CHS-6816.