Also: photocopy of letter from Josef Israels to M. Knoedler & Co. related to painting "The Sleeping Baby," 1907 October 10; receipt to Huntington, 1909 February 10; letter from Anderson Auction Co. to Huntington, 1903 March 3; description of portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Mason Chamberlin. Subjects: Charles Wilson Peale's "Portrait of Thomas Jefferson."
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Also: invoices, piece list of lengths of velvet, printed description of Lydig collection of Italian Renaissance furniture, and photocopy of letter, original in Art Gallery Archives, from Batterson & Eisele to P.W. French & Co, 1915 July 27, related to marble fountain; copies of letters from Charles E. Graham to P.W. French & Co., 1921 January 8 and December 13; copy of letter from Huntington to P.W. French & Co., 1923 March 28; 1925 June 10; 1926 April 20; statements of account. Subjects: Italian Renaissance fountain, garden statues, Roman sarcophagus, 17th century Italian temple.
43 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William H. Holabird, 1900 July 10; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to E. Hawley, 1900 August 13. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Phelps Dodge & Co., Mr. Naugle, oil lands, Houston and Galveston, Union Colliery Co., Sonora Railroad, Epes Randolph, railroad terminal in Southern California.
Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to Shreve & Co., 1903 November-December; letter from William E. Dunn to Huntington, 1903 December 16. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Automobile Club trophy.
Fragile: Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1904 December 27, 1905 January 18, 21, 30, 31 February 2, 7, 9, 10, 16, 25, March 7, 10, 15, April 26, 29 ; letter from Pacific Electric Land Co. to Huntington, 1905 January 18 (signed by Patton); plan of 5th floor of Pacific Electric building, Los Angeles; letter from Los Angeles Land Co. to Patton, 1905 January 30; letter from George E. Pillsbury to Patton, 1905 January 31; letter from A.M. Parsons to Los Angeles Land Co., 1905 February 10; copy of letter from Los Angeles Board of Park Commissioners to Patton, 1905 March 6; copy of letter from Albert H. Schliebitz to Huntington, 1905 March 6; letter from Patton to Charles E. Graham, 1905 March 9. Subjects: property sales, moving of trees and shrubs to Shorb place, Chippendale property, Keller Tract, Dolge, palms moved to Los Robles Ranch, Pasadena Country Club, real estate in California, East Lake Park, Los Angeles Brewing Co., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., storm sewage at Ranch, San Marino land development.
