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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Also: list of stockholders of San Francisco Street railway companies, 1893 August 14.
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Enclosure: 1894 April 6 letter had construction estimate for Market Street Railway Co. by H.H. Lynch to Charles F. Crocker, 1894 March 1 and cost memo, 1893 October 22; 1897 October 8 letter had copy of letter from S.L. Foster to E.P. Vining, 1897 October 6. Also: two plans of Church Street properties in San Francisco; list of cars owned by various railway companies of San Francisco, 1893 November 6; printed announcements of stockholders' meetings; estimate of rail required for truck construction on streets; list of proportionate number of shares in the capital stock of the Market Street Railway Co. issued; estimates for railway line construction; printed map of San Francisco showing water services of Spring Valley Water Works, 1894; memo (in pencil) about offices rents. Subjects: Oakland and San Francisco railways.
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Also: printed map showing Union Depot and Ferry House and printed map showing transfer system of all street car lines of San Francisco, 1895.
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Enclosed in: 1898 May 14 letter was in letter from Huntington to Charles Holbrook, 1898 May 14; Also: printed article describing liquid air; Market Street Railway Co. Statement of additional construction and other expenditures for which bonds may be issued to November 30, 1900; Statements of Earnings and Expenses, 1899-1900.
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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 (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that 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. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Subjects: Market Street Railway Co.
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