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Anderson Galleries invoices for Henry E. Huntington


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    Anderson Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Letters signed by Mitchell Kennerly. Also: photocopy of article relative to Lincoln bust and newspaper clippings re: Washington bust. Subject: Benjamin Franklin before the Privy Council, d'Angers bust of Washington, and Volk's bust of Lincoln.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Anderson Galleries

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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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    Blakeslee Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: letter from Lockett Agnew to T.J. Blakeslee, 1908 June 18; miscellaneous related documents; printed catalog of paintings from Blakeslee Galleries, 1908. Subjects: Romney's "The Horsley Children," Lawrence's "Portrait of Mrs. Robbins & Child," Boucher's "A Garden Scene," Cotes' "Portrait of Richard B. Sheridan," Romney's "Mrs. Sneyd as Serena," West's "King Lear & his daughter Cordelia," and Raeburn's "Portrait of Lord Glenlee."

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    V.G. Fischer Art Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: printed catalog from Victor G. Fischer Galleries, photocopy of newspaper article about Hoppner portrait of "Mrs. Munroe," and other documents. Subjects: paintings by Raeburn, Reynolds, Constable, Le Brun, Boucher.

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    Edward Brandus Art Galleries invoice for Henry E. Huntington

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    Subjects: Juan Martinez Del Mazo "Infanta of Spain."

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Mitchell Kennerley

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    Also: letter from Kennerly to Huntington, 1926 October 18; printed description of Elizabethan panels. Subjects: Anderson Galleries, Benjamin Franklin Before Privy Council, busts of Dante and Homer, rugs, sale of Arabella Huntington's furniture.'

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