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Coachella Valley
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Circa 194-
View of an unincorporated location, somewhere in the Coachella Valley.
Colorado River Aqueduct pumping station
1977
Aerial view of a pumping station at the edge of a reservoir along the Colorado River Aqueduct. Three large pipes connect the station from the bottom …
Colorado River Aqueduct
1939
Photograph caption reads: "Metropolitan aqueduct from the Colorado River". Photograph dated: Oct. 13, 1939.; A car sits on a dirt road that parallels…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
The Colorado River Aqueduct is brimfull as it flows past its banks on its way to its termination point at Lake Mathews. Photograph dated: June 26, 19…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
Photograph caption reads: "The MWD Colorado River Aqueduct is brimfull now that it is operating at 20 per cent above design capacity". Photograph dat…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
The Colorado River Aqueduct flows past its banks on its way to its termination point at Lake Mathews. Photograph dated: June 26, 1977.
Colton plant, Riverside Portland Cement Co.
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1954
Looking north east over the extraction site and processing facility for Riverside Portland Cement Co., located south of the 10 Freeway (upper middle)…
Community of Eagle Mountain
1982
Two kids are seen walking away from the only shopping center in the small town of Eagle Mountain.
Contruction at Sherman Institute
Circa 1925
Contruction of a building at Sherman Institute, circa 1925.
Cooling off in Tahquitz Wash
1932
Photograph caption dated March 16, 1932 reads, "The newest styles in bathing suits hold sway even on the desert, for these beauties just have built …
Couple at a powwow
1976
Myron and Virginia, Native Americans of Navajo ancestry, attend a powwow hosted by the American Indian Employee Association at Rockwell International…
Couple dancing at March Field
1942
A dance for servicemen stationed at March Field, an airfield in Riverside County.
Crash investigators
1984
Photograph caption reads: "Capt. Lee Nuckollis, left, and Capt. Phillip Saenger examine aircraft debris painstakingly relocated to the "crash lab: ne…
Damage done to the desert pavement, Mojave Desert
1974
Photograph caption dated April 3, 1974 reads, "Richard E. Gutting, Jr., kneeling, attorney for Environmental Defense Fund, and UC Riverside anthropol…
Damage in Inscription Canyon, Mojave Desert
1974
Photograph caption dated April 3, 1974 reads, "Hand of UC Riverside anthropology professor, Sylvia Broadbent, points out recent chisel mark at bottom…
Dan Gurney
1968
Dan Gurney began drag racing as a teen-ager in Riverside. He turned into a Renaissance driver: in 1967, he became the first driver to win driving Gr…
Date clusters, Riverside County
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Circa 1938
Close-up view of several date clusters dangling from one of the large palms located in an unidentified orchard in Riverside County.
Date orchard near Thermal
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Circa 1938
An unidentified date orchard is visible along the right, with mountains near Thermal, California visible in the far distance. A long, wide dirt road …
Date orchard, Indian Wells
Works Progress Administration…
1937
View of an Indian Wells date palm orchard, showing the irrigation ditches and the tree-mounted racks used to support the many large clusters of dates…
Date orchard, Indian Wells
Works Progress Administration…
1937
View of an Indian Wells date palm orchard, as seen from Highway 111, which runs betwwen Indian Wells and Palm Springs. April 28, 1937.
Date orchard, Indian Wells
Works Progress Administration…
1937
View of an Indian Wells date palm orchard, as seen on both sides of Highway 111, which runs between Indian Wells and Palm Springs. April 28, 1937.
Dates protected by paper bags
Security Pacific National Ban…
View of loaded date palms on the Narbonne Ranch, Coachella, Calif. The dates are protected by paper bags. Notice the bags on the clusters.
Davidson Residence
Herman J Schultheis Collection
Circa 1938
Exterior of the "Ship of the Desert," the Streamline Moderne Davidson Residence, located at 1995 S. Camino Monte in Palm Springs.