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Photographs of Arden (5 items)

Description: One photograph of the Arden house exterior, 15.5 x 20 cm and a set of four photographs, 18 x 11 cm, mounted on paper, of a piano and violin, a carved table in a study, a parlor with a bison head on the mantle, and Helen Modjeska sitting in profile against a window. The set of four photographs have the name of Los Angeles photographer "Mabel Brousseau" written in pencil at lower right, and the images appear to correlate with a set registered for copyright by Brousseau on July 7, 1902 (see Library of Congress. Copyright Office, "Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles ... Third Quarter, 1902", p. 631).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1902] and undated
Call number: mssModjeska
Provenance: Gift of Stephanie Opid Holton, July 1997.
Associated people: Brousseau, Mabel, (1840-1909,); Chłapowski, Karol, (1865-1948,); Modjeska, Helena,; Opid, Ludwik,

Montage of 3 photographs of Arden

Manuscripts

37 x 26.5 cm board with pasted photographs captioned "In the Forest of Arden"; "Lake at Arden"; and "The Well," presumably composed for a periodical illustration.

mssModjeska

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Photographs of Bendas in costume (2 items)

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Two photographs, 15 x 20.5 cm of three individuals on a lawn in Native American costume, identified on verso "W. T. Benda, and his two sisters, Jadwiga & Emily acting in a play of his improvisation at "Forest of Arden," Helen Modjeska's home. He was the 1/2 nephew of Helena Modjeska by his father Gav (Simon) Benda."

mssModjeska

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Four photographs of Native Americans

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Four portraits by photographer Frederick Monsen of Native American people consisting of a head-and-shoulders portrait of an older man in a striped shirt, captioned "Old Hopi Snake Priest, 100 yrs old, 1902" (40.5 x 34 cm) (photOV 10138); a naked infant standing next to an adobe building, captioned "Hopi Boy, Oraibi" (image 48 x 35.5 cm) (photOV 10139); a young woman crouching in a doorway, captioned "Hopi Maiden, 1902" (image 42 x 31.5 cm) (photOV 10140); and an older man in profile with a headband and a necklace, captioned "Navajo Man, N.E. Arizona" (image 40.5 x 30 cm) (photOV 10141). Captions are written in pencil on item versos.

photOV 10138-10141

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Photographic postcards of the Arden estate (9 items)

Manuscripts

9 souvenir postcards with various photographs of the grounds and exterior of Arden, the home of Helena Modjeska, near Santa Ana, California. Chiefly colored photographs. Three postcards are blank; the other six contain messages including three to Helena Modjeska; one to Lola Opid; one to Mrs. Chas. Hildebrand; and one to Helen Kozlowski from her mother.

mssModjeska

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Busto Del Generale Garibaldi A Caprera, Eseguito Dal Sig. Bistolfi (1 item)

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Photograph of statue by Leonardo Bistolfi on card stock, 25 x 17 cm, with handwritten inscription to Helena Modjeska (?).

mssModjeska

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Helena Modjeska portraits (6 items)

Manuscripts

6 portrait photographs of Helena Modjeska consisting of: Studio portrait of Modjeska in costume wearing a headdress, approximately 1890s. Imprint of Louis Thors, San Francisco. Studio portrait of Modjeska sitting in profile. Undated. Studio portrait of Modjeska in profile. Signed "Waters 1907." 2 copies of "Madam Modjeska at her So. Cal Home, Art Supplement with Los Angeles Times May 5th 1907." "Helena Modrezjewska-Chłapowska..." memorial card, 11.5 x 8 cm, with printed text in Polish and photograph of Modjeska as younger woman, approximately 1909.

mssModjeska

Photographs of Arden (5 items)

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