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Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing the canyon…
California Historical Society…
circa 1901
Photograph of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing the canyon wall in the background, ca.1901. Palm trees (Washingtonia Filifera) stand near the bo…
Family travelling in a covered wagon overland to …
California Historical Society…
1890/1900
Photograph of family travelling in a covered wagon overland to California, near Palm Springs, 1890-1900. The wagon is drawn by four horses. Five peop…
Riverside's Main Street, ca.1900-1903
California Historical Society…
circa 1900/1903
Photograph of Main Street in Riverside, looking south, ca.1900-1903. A streetcar is in the middle of the street. Plants are planted in small cut out …
Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, showing railroad tr…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, showing railroad tracks, ca.1900. Railroad tracks lie between two opposing walls of large trees on the ri…
View of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside looking towa…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of a view of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside looking toward Glenwood, taken from the sidewalk, ca.1900. Magnolia Avenue, to the far left, is …
A view of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside
California Historical Society…
1900s-1930s
Photograph of a view of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, [s.d.]. The dirt road is flanked by rows of tall trees. Utility poles line the left side of the…
View of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, ca.1900
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of a view of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, ca.1900. The dirt road, littered with horse manure(?), is flanked by rows of tall trees. Utilit…
Wellspring at the bottom of Palm Springs Canyon
California Historical Society…
1900s-1930s
Photograph of a wellspring at the bottom of Palm Springs Canyon, [s.d.]. Clear, shallow water surrounds a collection of slate boulders, trickling fro…
Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing a sloping …
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing a sloping rock wall, ca.1900. W wide, shallow stream flows on the right with small plants growin…
Exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe on Ra…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of an exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe on Rancho San Pablo in El Cerrito, ca.1900. The long, two-story house is shown at a slan…
View of San Jacinto Mountains as seen from an uni…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of a view of San Jacinto Mountains as seen from an unidentified road (from Beaumont to Palm Springs?), Palm Springs, ca.1900. The area off…
Oldest date palms in Coachella Valley, located in…
California Historical Society…
1900s-1930s
Photograph of the oldest date palms in Coachella Valley, located in F.N. Johnson's Date garden in Indio, California, [s.d.]. Four large date palms st…
Palm Canyon, showing stream in extreme foreground
California Historical Society…
1900s-1930s
Photograph of Palm Canyon, showing stream in extreme foreground, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground, a small stream can be seen on the left extending …
Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees…
California Historical Society…
circa 1901
Photograph of the palm trees growing out of the rocky slopes on either side of the creek running down Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901. The smo…
Dr. Welwood Murray, Palm Springs, ca.1901
California Historical Society…
circa 1901
Photograph of Dr. Welwood (Elwood?) Murray, a pioneer of Palm Springs, ca.1901 presents an elderly Dr. Murray walking through a dilapidated wooden ga…
Birdseye view looking west on Eighth Street in Ri…
California Historical Society…
circa 1907
Photograph of a birdseye view looking west on Eighth Street in Riverside, with Mt. Rubidoux in the distance, ca.1907. There are several horse-drawn v…
Lone man in a hat walking in the Colorado Desert …
California Historical Society…
1903/1904
Photograph of a solitary man in a hat walking in the wind-swept sand, Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, 1903-1904. He can be seen walking towards th…
Idyllwild Palisades, on the trail between Idyllwi…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of the Idyllwild Palisades, on the trail between Idyllwild and Tahguitz Valley in Riverside, ca.1900. Two tall, evergreen trees stand on t…
Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing mountains …
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing mountains in the background, ca.1900. A very thin stream trickles over the smoothed, layered roc…
Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, ca.1900
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, with railroad tracks, ca.1900. A woman sits on a bench at left waiting for a street car (not present). Th…
Portrait of a Cahuilla Indian with her child and …
California Historical Society…
1897
Photographic portrait of a Cahuilla Indian with her child and baby, 1897. The woman stands at center, her body facing right, her head turned towards …
Mount San Jacinto, seen from the Devil's Playgrou…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of Mount San Jacinto from the Devil's Playground in Palm Springs, ca.1900. There is a road cutting through the low desert brush and cactus…
View of the Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, showing…
California Historical Society…
circa 1900
Photograph of a view of the Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, ca.1900. A set of railroad track, at center, divides the avenue, while tall Palms line the …
Topographical map of the Palm Springs District, c…
California Historical Society…
circa 1920
Photgraph of a topographical map of the Palm Springs District, ca.1920. The city of Palm Springs is at the upper middle part of the map, which includ…