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Paintings at Mrs. C.P. Huntington's : valuations for insurance purposes of the paintings at Mrs. C.P. Huntington's residence, 2 East 37th St., New York City, ca. 1900
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Collis P. Huntington estate schedule of insurance covering on property of Collis P. Huntington paintings and household effects
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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J.S. Smith bid to paint residence for Collis P. Huntington
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Also: memo of payments made and two copies of specifications, 1897 August 24. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.
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California-her past, present and future. Remarks of C.P. Huntington (President of the Southern Pacific,) San Francisco, May 16, 1900
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