Manuscripts

Vera Cruz, 1914

Description: 53 photographs of the Mexican Revolution. Most of the pictures are of artillery, ships, or Panuco oil fields in Tampico. People featured include Jack and Charmian London, General F.D. Evans, Major General B.C. Lockwood, Lieutenant Hayes, General Funston, Captain J.B. Allison, Colonel Van Vlict, and Captain Davidson. Also included are photographs of the Seventh Infantry and Fort Crockett.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866-1977.
Call number: JLP 436
Creator: London, Jack (1876-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The nucleus of the collection was purchased by Henry Huntington from Charmian London in 1925. Additional groups of material were acquired by both gift and purchase from Mrs. London and later from literary executors Irving Shepard and I. Milo Shepard over many years. Further material has been acquired from other sources; the provenance of these items is noted on the individual folders.

Vera Cruz I 1914

Manuscripts

Bound in textured black material. The title "Vera Cruz I / 1914" is embossed in the center of the cover in gold lettering. The number "83" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of military officers and personnel, US Naval ships, San Juan de Ulau, and the city of Veracruz during the American Occupation. Also includes photographic postcards taken of casualties and destruction during the Mexican Revolution, some by well known photographers such as W. H. Horne and Walter P. Hadsel.

JLP 521

Vera Cruz II

Manuscripts

Bound in textured black material. The title, "Vera Cruz II" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number "84" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of military officers and personnel, US Naval ships, and the city of Veracruz during the American Occupation of 1914. Also includes a series of photos taken of oil fields in Tampico; photographic postcards taken by well known photographers such as W. H. Horne and Walter P. Hadsell; series of photos of London taken by his friend and fellow correspondent Jimmie Hare.

JLP 522

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Photographs: Prints. SS-VERA CRUZ. A. JLP 316-360

Manuscripts

The collection includes literary manuscripts of most of London's works, extensive correspondence files, documents, photographs, ephemera, and scrapbooks.

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Korea I, 1904

Manuscripts

113 photographs taken by Jack London of the Russo-Japanese War in Korea. Also included are a few photographs of Japan. The photographs feature Japanese and Russian soldiers and artillery, Korean scenes and religious buildings, villages, some fishing scenes, and a few photographs of Jack London.

JLP 421

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Korea II, 1904

Manuscripts

87 photographs taken by Jack London of the Russo-Japanese War in Korea. Also included are a few photographs of Japan. The photographs feature Japanese and Russian soldiers and artillery, Korean scenes and religious buildings, villages, some fishing scenes, and a few photographs of Jack London.

JLP 422

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Korea III, 1904

Manuscripts

115 photographs taken by Jack London of the Russo-Japanese War in Korea. Also included are a few photographs of Japan. The photographs feature Japanese and Russian soldiers and artillery, Korean scenes and religious buildings, villages, some fishing scenes, and a few photographs of Jack London.

JLP 423

Vera Cruz, 1914

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