"The Desert Queen" sailing on the Mojave Desert, 1905 

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

Mud springs and great sink on Mojave Desert near Rosamond, 1904 

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

A few Joshua Trees (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1903 

View of the desert looking west from the Mojave Mining District, ca.1907 

Navajo family in their hogan on the Painted Desert preparing a meal, showing view from front, ca.1901 

Imperial County whirlwind on desert, ca.1910 

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

Desert sage and greasewood at Littlerock, Antelope Valley southeast of Palmdale, [s.d.] 

Drawing of the last five-mast ship to sail the Pacific, ca.1898 

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

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

View across the lake at Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), ca.1900 

Scenic view of the Mojave Desert and Providence Mountain from Bagdad Mine (the Chase Mill Site), Riverside, ca.1903 

Exterior view of the Rosamond Hotel in Rosamond, ca.1910 

A Navajo Indian man staking his horse to a hole in the desert sand so the horse does not wander off, ca.1900 

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

Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910 

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