Manuscripts
F.E. Chapin letter to Board of Trustees of Los Gatos, California
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Visual Materials
The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851 to 2014, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L.M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company. Notable in the collection is a contemporary four-plate ambrotype in a frame; it is a panoramic view of the Los Angeles River, 2014, by Michael Kolster (photPAN 147).
photPAN
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Resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Sutro Tunnel Company
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An autograph copy of a resolution by the board of trustees stating that the company is authorized to issue 108,000 shares of capital stock for the purpose of funding the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada. The resolution also states that Adolph Sutro or his agents have 90 days from November 5, 1878 to purchase the whole or any part of the 108,000 shares at &5.00 per share. This copy of the resolution was certified and signed in San Francisco by Pelham W. Ames, Secretary of the Sutro Tunnel company. The document bears the blind embossed seal of the Sutro Tunnel Company
mssHM 52582
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Robert Hutchings Goddard letter to Harry K. Weymer
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Goddard states in this letter that "no book has yet been published regarding my experiments" and that there is only one paper published about his experiments. He also states that he is "not working in conjunction with Mr. Ludvik Ocenasek," but has only heard of him through newspaper articles. With the letter is a signed statement by Goddard reading: "Investigations carried on at great altitudes, or in 'space,' by means depending essentially on highly-efficient rocket propulsion, seem to me one of the most fascinating problems of applied physics" (dated 1932, October 6).
mssHM 76727
Abraham Lincoln letter to David M. Irwin
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Preceded by a bill statement to the heirs of Payne, 1844-1850, on the same page.
mssLincoln
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Abraham Lincoln letter to David M. Irwin
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Preceded by a bill statement to the heirs of Payne, 1844-1850, on the same page. (1 page)
HM 22658
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Statement of Lucy Wood Hathaway Lee, wife of Major General Jesse Matlock Lee
Manuscripts
Reiteration of a statement given by Lucy Wood Hathaway Lee, wife of Major General Jesse Matlock Lee giving additional details regarding the killing of Oglala Sioux Chief Crazy Horse at Fort Robinson Nebraska in 1877. Also included is an account of the the subsequent disposal of the body and a note about their journey from Fort Robinson to Camp Sheridan. Manuscript signed E.A. Brininstool, Los Angeles, Calif.
mssHM 31260