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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Sets of lantern slides in their original boxes. Slides are chiefly 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch.
mssEsdaile
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Visual Materials
About 126 glass lantern slides used by Adolph Sutro to illustrate a lecture on the history of mining in the Comstock, and of the Sutro Tunnel. Size 3¼ x 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 x 4½ inches. 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines, and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel.
photCL 508
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Visual Materials
Contains 15 glass plate negatives and 30 lantern slides, some of which are duplicates. Thirteen slides (27-39) do not have corresponding copy prints. They are primarily views of Native Americans on horses (possibly scouts) and desert scenery.
photCL 623
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Visual Materials
Over 200 black-and-white lantern slides (photographs) of Huntington Library buildings, employees, library stacks, collections, and art objects. Lantern slides of the Huntington Art Gallery include exteriors and interiors of gallery rooms: Chippendale Room; Renaissance Room; Sculpture Gallery; French Room; New Gallery; Library Room. There are also slides of art objects or paintings. Images of the Library include the manuscripts stacks, the rare books stacks, people viewing books, conservation staff; photographic reproduction; and library staff. There is also a box of 100 lantern slides related to Mark Twain and his works, most likely used for lectures.
photCL 733
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Manuscripts
Consists of 7 wooden containers the lantern slides were originally housed in. Box 16 contains 3 wooden boxes, and Box 17 contains 4 wooden boxes. Some of the wooden boxes include descriptive notes.
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Visual Materials
These lantern slides date from approximately 1900-1920s, and are mostly duplicates of negatives or photographs elsewhere in the collection. The slides are in 73 boxes in an arbitrary sequence, and have not been arranged or identified. A few of the slides have original paper labels with handwritten caption information.
Series 7