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Date palm (Australia Palm) heavy with huge cluste…

California Historical Society…

circa 1920

Photograph of a date palm (Australia Palm) heavy with huge clusters of fruit (300 pounds of dates), near Indio in Riverside County, ca.1920. The squa…

Crop of date palms, showing a man and a woman at …

California Historical Society…

1900s-1930s

Photograph of a crop of date palms, showing a man and a woman at left, [s.d.]. Rows of widely-spaced date palms are visible from left to right, laden…

Tin mine complex owned by Colonel Robinson, Temes…

California Historical Society…

1889

Photograph of a tin mine complex owned by Colonel Robinson, Temescal, 1889. In the left foreground, a large, rocky cliff juts over the rest of the sc…

Panoramic of Beaumont, ca.1895-1898

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circa 1895/1898

Photograph of a panoramic view of Beaumont, ca.1895-1898. Mostly undeveloped flat land. A dirt path or road leads away from the camera in the foregro…

Cut back orange groves with snowcapped mountains,…

California Historical Society…

1932

Photograph of cut back orange groves in Corona and snow-capped mountains, 1932. Shorter plants stand in the foreground while the thin orange trees st…

An orchard of date palms being irrigated, Indio (…

California Historical Society…

circa 1890

Photograph of an orchard of date palms being irrigated, Indio (Palm Springs?), California, ca.1890. Rows of palms line the plowed field. Long pieces …

Portrait of Captain Big Water of the Walapai Indi…

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circa 1902

Photographic portrait of Captain Big Water of the Walapai Indians, ca.1902. He can be seen from the waist up in profile facing left. A boldly striped…

View of a dirt road winding its way to a house on…

California Historical Society…

circa 1900

Photograph of a dirt road winding its way to a house on Ben White's Foothill Ranch in Corona, ca.1900. The narrow road runs away from the camera at c…

San Joshua Canyon near Idyllwild, ca.1900

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circa 1900

Photograph of San Joshua Canyon near Idyllwild, ca.1900. Several of the hundreds of rocks which blanket the ground at center appear to be discolored …

View of fruit trees in Banning, showing a man pho…

California Historical Society…

circa 1945

Photograph of view of fruit trees in Banning, showing a man photographing a woman, ca.1945. A man stands at the center foreground, photographing a wo…

Aerial view of Arlington during a flood, ca.1930

California Historical Society…

circa 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of Arlington, ca.1930. The dim water cuts through the squares of crops at center from the river in the background. The r…

Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company in Alberhill, C…

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circa 1916/1920

Photograph of Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company in Alberhill, California, ca.1916-1920. At center in the background, a small cluster of buildings can…

Aerial view of flooding of the Santa Ana River ne…

California Historical Society…

circa 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of flooding of the Santa Ana River near Corona, ca.1930. Water, which appears to originate on the right, pumps through t…

Acres of fruit drying in the sun, Hemet, Riversid…

California Historical Society…

1900s-1930s

Photograph of acres of fruit drying in the sun, Hemet, Riverside County, [s.d.]. Hundreds of wooden racks containing fruit are layed out along long a…

Panoramic view of Corona "from the high school", …

California Historical Society…

circa 1908

Photograph of a panoramic view of Corona "from the high school", ca.1908. Below are homes spaciously spread out across the landscape. Trees are still…

Cemetery in Temecula where Ramona waited while Al…

California Historical Society…

circa 1901

Photograph of the cemetery in Temecula where Ramona waited while Alessandro went to the Wolfe Store to sell his violin, ca.1901. A low picket? fence …

Aerial view of flooding Arlington, ca.1930

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circa 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of flooding Arlington, ca.1930. Streams of water cut through the large fields that lie across the city. The shimmering w…

Aerial view of flooding of the Santa Ana River ne…

California Historical Society…

circa 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of flooding of the Santa Ana River near Corona, showing flooding over a winding road, ca.1930. The water flows over the …

Panoramic scene of undergrowth at Beaumont, Calif…

California Historical Society…

1898

Photograph of a panoramic view of the foothils at Beaumont, California, showing undergrowth of oak and wild flowers. A fallen tree's trunk is in the …

Group of men in front of the unfinished First Hot…

California Historical Society…

circa 1888

Photograph of a group of men in front of the unfinished First Hotel in Corona, ca.1888. Eight men stand and sit in the extreme foreground of the imag…

Exterior view of the ivy-covered Corona Water Wor…

California Historical Society…

circa 1900

Photograph of an exterior view of the ivy-covered Corona Water Works building, ca.1900. The building is a large rectangular structure with gently slo…

Orange orchard, Hemet, Riverside County

California Historical Society…

1900s-1930s

Photograph of an orange orchard, Hemet, Riverside County. Young trees, in the foreground, and more mature trees, in the background, grow in long rows…

Twenty-four-horse harvester in the field, Hemet, …

California Historical Society…

circa 1890/1900

Photograph of a twenty-four-horse harvester in the field, Hemet, Riverside County, ca.1890-1900. The huge machine is viewed from the rear. Two men si…

Exterior view of the Louis Wolf store, stage stat…

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circa 1900

Photograph of an exterior view of the Louis Wolf store, stage station and hotel at Temecula, ca.1900. A lone, one-story wooden rancher stands to the …

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