Buzzard's Rock in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, ca.1900-1930 

Desert growth in unidentified foothills, ca.1900-1940 

Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910 

Palms in the Colorado Desert, ca.1904 

Lyon's well in the desert where water was sold, Colorado Desert, ca.1890-1900 

Lone man in a hat walking in the Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, 1903-1904 

Several yucca plants on the Colorado Desert (Imperial Valley?), [s.d.] 

Vehicle "Desert Queen" sailing on a dry lake at Rosamond in the Mojave Desert, 1904 

Mesquite covered with mistletoe growing in the Colorado Desert, ca.1915 

Whale rock, near Matilija Creek, Ventura County, ca.1900-1930 

Photographers Dr. George Wharton James, Carl Eytel and Van Buskirk, Colorado Desert, ca.1900 

Thousand Palms Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904 

Palms in Chuckwalla (or Chuckawalla) Canyon in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903-1904 

A desert dwelling in Imperial Valley, California, ca.1900 

Rock formations on the Painted Desert on the road from Gallup to the Tohatchie Indian Reservation, New Mexico, ca.1900 

"A desert tragedy", the skeletal remains of a horse and buggy in the desert, ca.1900 

Man with leggings standing near a Joshua Tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1904 

Imperial County whirlwind on desert, ca.1910 

Dry Colorado River bed below the canal, ca.1903 

Four people standing near a salt pool in Death Valley, ca.1900-1950