A lumber schooner, the Azalea Sanfrancisco, anchored at the Redondo Be...
A lumber schooner, the Azalea Sanfrancisco, anchored at the Redondo Beach railroad and shipping wharf, ca.1904-1910 Photograph of a lumber schooner, the Azalea Sanfrancisco, anchored at the Redondo Beach railr... More
A windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, California, ca....
A windpump in California. A windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, California, ca.1900-1901 Photograph of narrow 3-story wooden building on top of which there is a windmill which is used for pumpi... More
Agua Caliente Mission Indian houses on Warner's ranch showing school, ...
Agua Caliente Mission Indian houses on Warner's ranch showing school, ca.1900 Photograph of Agua Caliente Mission Indian houses on Warner's ranch, ca.1900. Adobe walls, grass roofs. Wooden picket fences. A man... More
Boarded-up side entrance to quadrangle at Mission San Luis Obispo de T...
Boarded-up side entrance to quadrangle at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1905-1908 Photograph of the boarded-up side entrance to the quadrangle at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (or Mission San Juan ... More
Coahuilla Indian woman making basket, Pala, ca.1905 (CHS-3990)
Coahuilla Indian woman making basket, Pala, ca.1905 Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian woman making basket, Pala (Agua Caliente?), ca.1905. She holds a small bowl-shaped basket with colored patterns woven in the... More
Cypress Point along 17 Mile Drive in Monterey, ca.1908 (CHS-2563)
Cypress Point along 17 Mile Drive in Monterey, ca.1908 Photograph of a woman standing on a distant bluff -- Cypress Point -- overlooking the ocean along 17 Mile Drive in Monterey, ca.1908. Thick cypress trees ... More
Exterior front view of Casa Verdugo, an adobe house in Glendale, ca.19...
Exterior front view of Casa Verdugo, an adobe house in Glendale, ca.1905 Photograph of the exterior front view of Casa Verdugo, an adobe house in Glendale, ca.1905. The single-story house has a shingled inclin... More
Exterior of the Pacific Beet Sugar factory in Visalia, Tulare County, ...
Exterior of the Pacific Beet Sugar factory in Visalia, Tulare County, ca.1906 Photograph of the exterior of the Pacific Beet Sugar factory in Visalia, Tulare County, ca.1906. Two of the four smokestacks belch ... More
Exterior view Hotel Green with annex and park from the south, ca.1905 ...
Exterior view Hotel Green with annex and park from the south, ca.1905 Photograph of the Green Hotel, Pasadena, from the south as seen across the grassy lawn of a nearby park, ca.1905. Two wings and the annex o... More
Exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lor...
Exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lordsburg) San Dimas and La Verne, ca.1900 Photograph of the exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lordsburg) San... More
Exterior view of the Covina Public Library with new shrubbery planted,...
Exterior view of the Covina Public Library with new shrubbery planted, Covina, California, ca.1908 Photograph of the exterior view of the Covina Public Library with new shrubbery planted, Covina, California, c... More
Exterior view of the Pomona Railroad Station, ca.1906 (CHS-5224)
Exterior view of the Pomona Railroad Station, ca.1906 Photograph of the exterior view of the Pomona Railroad Station ("Similar to Salt Lake Station in Riverside."), ca.1906. The mission-style building has a la... More
Exterior view of the San Bernardino County Jail building (built in 190...
Exterior view of the San Bernardino County Jail building (built in 1904), ca.1910 Photograph of the exterior view of the San Bernardino County Jail building (built in 1904), ca.1910. The castle-like building i... More
External view of the Green Hotel as seen from a nearby park, Pasadena,...
External view of the Green Hotel as seen from a nearby park, Pasadena, ca.1905-1910 Photograph of the external view of the Green Hotel as seen from a nearby park, Pasadena, ca.1905-1910. Overlooking an immacul... More
Father Raymond Mestres in a procession at Mission San Carlos, Monterey...
Father Raymond Mestres in a procession at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1900 Photograph of Father Raymond Mestres flanked by two altar boys carrying tall candlesticks in a procession at Mission San Carlos, ... More
Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, ca.1903 (CHS-2354)
Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, ca.1903 Photograph of the exterior of the Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, ca.1903. A large Australian date tree encircled by a paved walk is in the front yard. The 2-story ... More
General Bouton's new well flows 12 inches over a 12-inch diameter pipe...
General Bouton's new well flows 12 inches over a 12-inch diameter pipe, ca.1900 Photograph of General Bouton's newly developed artesian well out of which water is flowing 12 inches higher than its 12-inch diam... More
Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, ca.1900-1905 (CHS-1368)
Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, ca.1900-1905 Photograph of the exterior of the stately Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, ca.1900-1905. A broad grassy lawn is punctuated by trees and bushes. The three-story, Tudor style ... More
Hotel Green, Pasadena, from the south as seen from a nearby park, ca.1...
Hotel Green, Pasadena, from the south as seen from a nearby park, ca.1905 Photograph of the Green Hotel, Pasadena, from the south as seen from a fountain in a nearby park, ca.1905. Two wings and the annex of t... More
Hotel Green, Pasadena, from the south, ca.1905 (CHS-2749)
Hotel Green, Pasadena, from the south, ca.1905 Photograph of the Green Hotel, Pasadena, from the south as seen from a fountain in a nearby park, ca.1905. Two wings of the hotel are visible in this perspective ... More
Hundreds of dead jackrabbits after rabbit drive, Antelope Valley, ca.1...
Hundreds of dead jackrabbits after rabbit drive, Antelope Valley, ca.1900 Photograph of a portrait of a large group of hunters and hundreds of dead rabbits (in a corral) following rabbit drive in Antelope Vall... More
Hunting party returns on horseback to camp, ca.1900 (CHS-2393)
Hunting party returns on horseback to camp, ca.1900 Photograph of a hunting party of 3 men on horseback returning to a camp on the west side of Buck Horn Mountain (or Westfalls Camp on Mount Washburn) in the S... More
Indian cemetery on Warner's ranch, ca.1900 (CHS-743)
Indian cemetery on Warner's ranch, ca.1900 Photograph of Indian cemetery on Warner's ranch, ca.1900. A few rough wooden crosses mark graves. The perimeter of the graveyard consists of a rough wooden post and r... More
Interior of citrus packing house, Ontario, ca.1905 (CHS-1677)
Interior of citrus packing house, Ontario, ca.1905 Photograph of the interior of a citrus packing house in Ontario, ca.1905. Several men man the sorting machine in the foreground which has chutes which spill i... More
Interior view of a mine (named Bagdad Mine?) belonging to the Rocheste...
Interior view of a mine (named Bagdad Mine?) belonging to the Rochester Gold Mining Co., Ludlow, California, ca.1900 Photograph of the interior view of a mine (named Bagdad Mine?) belonging to the Rochester Go... More
Interior view of atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. residence in Alh...
Interior view of atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. residence in Alhambra, 1903 Photograph of interior view of the atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874; of condensed milk fame) residence in Alhamb... More
Interior view of atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. residence in Alh...
Interior view of atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. residence in Alhambra, shown at an angle, ca.1902-1908 Photograph of interior view of the atrium inside of the Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874; of condensed mil... More
Interior view of Bagdad mine on the 90 feet level, California, ca.1900...
Interior view of Bagdad mine on the 90 feet level, California, ca.1900 Photograph of the interior view of Bagdad mine on the 90 feet level, California, ca.1900. Wooden beams forming a box-like structure suppor... More
Interior view of Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, showing small gard...
Interior view of Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, showing small garden, ca.1903 Photograph of interior view of Gail Borden residence in Alhambra, showing small garden, ca.1903. Decorative columns surround th... More
Jackrabbits captured in corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1900 (CHS-1323)
Jackrabbits captured in corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1900 Photograph of thousands of jack rabbits captured in a large corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1900. Hundreds of people crowd around the corral looking in. C... More
Jackrabbits captured in corral in rabbit drive, ca.1900 (CHS-1324)
Jackrabbits captured in corral in rabbit drive, ca.1900 Photograph of six people looking into a corral filled with jack rabbits captured in corral in rabbit drive, ca.1900. There are two horse-drawn carriages ... More
Jackrabbits entering corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1892-1900 (CHS-1472)
Jackrabbits entering corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1892-1900 Photograph of thousands of jackrabbits entering corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1892-1900. Dust rises from their frantic running. Hundreds of spectators... More
Jackrabbits entering corral in rabbit drive, ca.1900 (CHS-1473)
Jackrabbits entering corral in rabbit drive, ca.1900 Photograph of thousands of jackrabbits entering corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1900. View from inside the corral as the rabbits race toward the camera. Dust r... More
Jackrabbits entering corral in rabbit drive, ca.1902 (CHS-1475)
Jackrabbits entering corral in rabbit drive, ca.1902 Photograph of thousands of jackrabbits entering corral in a rabbit drive, ca.1902. View from inside the corral as the rabbits frantically race around the ca... More
Jolon stage station on the old line to San Francisco, ca.1900-1903 (CH...
Jolon stage station on the old line to San Francisco, ca.1900-1903 Photograph of the Jolon Stage Station on the old line to San Francisco, ca.1900-1903. A woman is standing on the wooden porch of the 2-story w... More
Main irrigation ditch in the San Gabriel Canyon, ca.1900 (CHS-1365)
Main irrigation ditch in the San Gabriel Canyon, ca.1900 Photograph of a man standing next to a large irrigation ditch in the San Gabriel Canyon, ca.1900. The ditch brings water from the mountains to the Pomon... More
Man sitting at entry to Indian dug-out home on Warner's Ranch, ca.1901...
Man sitting at entry to Indian dug-out home on Warner's Ranch, ca.1901 Photograph of man sitting at entry to Indian dug-out home on Warner's Ranch, ca.1901. The man-made dirt cave is shored up with wood. The s... More
Men and women working inside of an orange packing house, probably Covi...
Men and women working inside of an orange packing house, probably Covina, California, ca.1900 Photograph of about 20 men and women hard at work in an orange packing house in Covina, California, ca.1900. Most a... More
Old olive trees in front of the fachada of Mission San Antonio de Padu...
Old olive trees in front of the fachada of Mission San Antonio de Padua, California, ca.1906 Photograph of old olive trees in front of the fachada of Mission San Antonio de Padua, California, ca.1906. They obsc... More
Sensioni Cibinoat, wife of Semon, and her sister, Soledad Chatincat, m...
Sensioni Cibinoat, wife of Semon, and her sister, Soledad Chatincat, making baskets, ca.1900 Photograph of Sensioni Cibinoat (right), wife of Semon, and her sister, Soledad Chatincat (left), making baskets, ca... More
South fork of the Merced River (Chil-noo-al-ne Falls), Wawona, on the ...
South fork of the Merced River (Chil-noo-al-ne Falls), Wawona, on the road to Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, 1900-1902 Photograph of the south fork of the Merced River (Chil-noo-al-ne Falls), Wawon... More
View of rocks and a small boat on the south end of Newport Beach (Balb...
View of rocks and a small boat on the south end of Newport Beach (Balboa), ca.1906-1908 Photograph of a view of rocks and a small boat on the south end of Newport Beach (Balboa), ca.1906-1908. A wooden rowboat... More
Workers dumping sugar beets into v-shaped bins, Visalia, Tulare County...
Workers dumping sugar beets into v-shaped bins, Visalia, Tulare County, California, ca.1900 Photograph of workers dumping sugar beets into v-shaped bins, Visalia, Tulare County, California, ca.1900. Two men st... More
California - Winter Sea Bathing (NBY 432063)
California - Winter Sea Bathing Public domain scan of the vintage California postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - A Character (NBY 431664)
Yosemite Valley CA - A Character Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - Bridal Veil Fall (NBY 431982)
Yosemite Valley CA - Bridal Veil Fall Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - From Artist's Point (NBY 432294)
Yosemite Valley CA - From Artist's Point Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - Glacier Point and South Dome (NBY 431996)
Yosemite Valley CA - Glacier Point and South Dome Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - Mirror Lake (NBY 431717)
Yosemite Valley CA - Mirror Lake Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - The Domes and Washington Column (NBY 432265)
Yosemite Valley CA - The Domes and Washington Column Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - Three Brothers (NBY 431837)
Yosemite Valley CA - Three Brothers Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yosemite Valley CA - Vernal Falls (NBY 432135)
Yosemite Valley CA - Vernal Falls Public domain scan of the vintage Yosemite postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Five Ton Catch of Albacore, Avalon, Santa Catalina, Calif (NYPL b12647...
Postcard series number: 10778Ironmonger, photographer; (c) 1902; Albacore fishes on a large hanging rack comprising a weighing station; in the foreground a group of twenty-two persons, sea anglers and boatmen ... More
Hotel Del c1900b view, photochrome print postcard.
Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, California photochrom print rephotographed on slide film for preservation purposes
Hotel-Del-Coronado-Beach-cropped view, photochrome print postcard.
Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, California Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baldwin Hotel, Mokelumne Hill Down Town, California, 1900-01
Photograph by Edith Irvine of large two-story building with wrap-around porch called the "Baldwin Hotel." There are twelve men in the photograph surrounding the building. A man sitting in a chair on the porch i... More
Calaveras Big Trees Redwood Forest
Photograph by Edith Irvine. Shows the bottom portion of a very wide tree trunk; a sign hanging on it reads "Empire State." In Calaveras in the Redwood Forest. ca 1900
Indian gardener's adobe at Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900 (CHS-1733)
Indian gardener's adobe at Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900 Photograph of Indian gardener's adobe (Casa del Horelano) at Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900. The small building has a tile roof. Behind it is a tall palm ... More
CA-Sacramento 1894 2 Ref
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1901) Completed in 1894. Supervising Architect: James H. Windrim The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California met here until 1933. Razed in 1966.
Exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lor...
Exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lordsburg) San Dimas and La Verne, ca.1900 Photograph of the exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lordsburg) Sa... More
Edward S. Curtis Collection People 015
"Mohave water carrier" — A woman and child of the Mohave people, on the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert, California. 1908 sepia photograph by Edward S. Curtis. Français : Porteur d'eau Mohave, 1908. Diné ... More
Southern Pacific Depot 1909
Postcard of the Southern Pacific Broad Gauge Depot in San Jose, California, USA.
Victoria Street Corona CA postcard
Black and white postcard depicting homes on the corner of Victoria Street and (Grand) Boulevard in the city of Corona, California. The back of the postcard is divided and was postmarked in 1909.
Scene on Mt. Lowe Division Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles, Cal....
A view of visitors on a railcar descending along the Scenic Railway on Mt. Lowe in Los Angeles, California. The tracks wind around a steep rock face and over a wooden bridge across a small ravine.
Mt Lowe
Mt. Lowe Incline, Pacific Electric Railway
Mission San Fernando Postcard, circa 1900
Mission San Fernando Postcard, circa 1900
California Beachc 1905
Recreation on California beach, 1st decade of 20th century, from period postcard
Mattole River train
Logging train crossing the Mattole River mouth, circa 1900
Royal Oak, MI - Dec. 28, 1906
Royal Oak, MI - Dec. 28, 1906
Suisun, CA - Dec. 31, 1906
Suisun, CA - Dec. 31, 1906
Stream Through the Valley by William Keith, 1901
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Muir and Roosevelt restored - Public domain scan / print
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. In the background: Upper and lower Yosemite Falls.
Napoleon Hart's Saloon, 1900
Interior view of Napoleon Hart's Place, located at 117 East Center Street (later Lincoln Ave.), Anaheim; image shows two men, identified as Duke Paschall on the left and Dee Jackson on the right, standing at t... More
Sacramento Capitol 1908 postcard
Capitol in de:Sacramento (Kalifornien) Public domain scan of the vintage Sacramento California postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Campo cahuenga postcard postcard
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FMIB 32880 Record Bonito, Sarda Chilensis, of the Tuna Club
Record Bonito, Sarda chiliensis, of the Tuna Club Taken by Miss Edith Holder, Los Angeles, California Subject: Bonito, Fishing--Records, Women fishers Geographic Subject: United States--California--Los Angele... More
Berkeley Oaks by William Keith
Picryl description: Public domain photo of landscape art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sutter's Fort ruins painting by Calthea Vivian
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated - ...
From the materials for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, held in Seattle. "Works of the Paraffine Paint Company, Paraffin, Cal[ifornia]." "The factory of the Paraffine Paint Co., Paraffin, Cal[iforn... More
Glenwood Tunnel (Tunnel 3) looking towards Laurel
A view of Laurel, CA from just within the eastern portal of the Glenwood tunnel
Cats Canyon Tunnel (Tunnel 1) shoefly track around tunnel
The Cats Canyon Tunnel being regauged to the right (tunnel not visible in the photograph) with a dual-gauge shoefly track installed around the tunnel and a construction train near one of the portals of the tun... More
Cats Canyon Tunnel (Tunnel 1) shortly before its closure
The Cats Canyon Tunnel shortly before it was daylighted when the Southern Pacific Railroad converted the narrow-gauge tracks to standard gauge
Cats Canyon Tunnel (Tunnel 1) north portal during regauging
The Cats Canyon Tunnel being regauged with a dual-gauge shoefly track installed around the tunnel. Southern Pacific Railroad engineers would soon let the tunnel collapse and daylight the tunnel.
T. C. West - Californians As We See Em
Caricature of T. C. West, California State Senator in the early 20th century, by C. W. Rohrhand in Californians as We See 'Em, published by E. A. Thomson. I have cropped the caricature, but it is otherwise unm... More
1906 San Francisco Call and Post Cartoon of Vaudeville entertainers th...
February 21, 1906 San Francisco Call and Post cartoon illustrating an article about Vaudeville entertainers The Griffin Sisters, AKA Emma and Mabel Griffin, trying to get justice after being attacked and eject... More
El Capitan Yosemite Edith Irvine
Photograph of El Capitan in Yosemite. There is a body of water below, surrounded by evergreen trees. Looming above it is a ledge of rock; mountains are seen in the background. Ca. 1900
Women with Phonograph Edith Irvine
Photo taken at 8144 Main Street Mokelumne Hill California on the north side of the house between the kitchen and the side entrance to the parlor. Title should be changed to Edith and her phonograph as she is c... More
Headline of 1906 article in The San Francisco Call about Griffin Siste...
Emma and Mabel Griffin, AKA The Griffin Sisters, were vaudeville entertainers who were attacked and thrown out of a bar in San Francisco in 1906. The San Francisco Call and Post covered their difficulties in ... More
Oil wells just offshore at Summerland, California, c.1915
A field of dozens of oil wells just offshore, at Summerland (Santa Barbara County), before 1905. Original caption reads: "Oil wells at Summerland, Santa Barbara County, California, showing the ocean bluffs in ... More
Lookout Station - Pg-367
Page from book: "Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces" (1900). Presidio at Monterey, California in the 1900s.
Emeryville Shellmound Park entrance
Entrance to Shellmound Park from Southern Pacific rail stop in Emeryville, California, USA.
The Vintage, San Gabriel - Pg-443
Page from book: "Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces" (1900). Vineyard harvest with Chinese worker at Mission San Gabriel, California.
Angels-Camp-CA-ca1900
Angels Camp, California ca. 1900
Irrigating An Orange-Orchard - Pg-445
Page from book: "Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces" (1900). Irrigating an Orange orchard — Citrus in California in the 1900s.
Hetch Hetchy Valley
View across Hetch Hetchy Valley, early 1900s, from the southwestern end, showing the Tuolumne River flowing through the lower portion of the valley prior to damming.
Alturas (Sherwood) Dam in 1907
Alturas Dam in 1907 (later renamed Sherwood Dam) in the Santa Monica Mountains. Note that Lake Sherwood has not yet fully filled behind it.
High Jinks Of The Bohemian Club Among The Big Trees - Pg-313
From the book: "Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces" (1900). Image caption: " "High Jinks" of the Bohemian Club Among the Big Trees." The Bohemi... More
Logging, Back Of Visalia - Pg-403
Page from book: "Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces" (1900)
UCB Greek Theater 1903-05
University of Berkeley Hearst Greek Theater in early 1900's
California Ranch by William Keith, 1908
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description