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Huntington Mausoleum, San Marino, Ca

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Description: Three ambrotypes of the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his wife, Arabella Huntington, on the grounds of the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, made by artist Barret Oliver in 2012 using the wet collodion process. The ambrotypes were created in conjunction with the 2012 Huntington Library exhibition, "A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 2012
Call number: photDAG 169-171
Creator: Oliver, Barret(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Barret Oliver, 2013.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval.
Dimensions: 8 x 10 in (full plates)
Associated people: Oliver, Barret,; Pope, John Russell,
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

Huntington Mausoleum, San Marino, Ca

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A series of three ambrotypes made by photographer Barret Oliver (b. 1973) using the wet plate collodion process. The photographs were made in conjunction with the 2012 Huntington exhibition "A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War." Title from photographer.

(photDAG 169-171)

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Modern ambrotypes and daguerreotypes

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A group of five daguerreotypes and ambrotypes made by artists born in the mid-20th century. Two daguerreotypes by Robert Shlaer (b. 1943) depict a New Mexico landscape, 1992, and a group portrait of 201 Huntington Library employees posed in the institution's Japanese Garden, 2003. Barret Oliver (b. 1973) made three ambrotypes in 2012 of the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington on the grounds of the Huntington Library.

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Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington on the San Marino ranch

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View of the white marble Huntington mausoleum on the San Marino ranch. Henry E. Huntington and his second wife Arabella Huntington are buried there. Construction was completed in 1929, two years after Mr. Huntington's death.

photCL 107 vol13 pg15 (83)

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Huntington Library, Mausoleum for Henry & Arabella Huntington (1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California)

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Date built: 1933 Architect: Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937 Description: Various views of Beaux Arts style mausoleum, tomb, and surrounding garden. Publication(s): Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide, 1994, p. 419, by David Gebhard and Robert Winter; The Huntington Library, Art Collections, Botanical Gardens, p. 142, by Elizabeth Pomeroy.

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Road leading to Huntington mausoleum, circa 1928

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A view of the unpaved road leading to the the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his second wife, Arabella Huntington. The mausoleum was completed in 1929.

photCL 107 vol4 p124 (139)

North gate to Huntington mausoleum, circa 1928

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A view of the fancy metalwork gate at the end of the road leading to the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his second wife, Arabella Huntington. The mausoleum was completed in 1929.

photCL 107 vol4 p123 (138)

Huntington Mausoleum, San Marino, Ca

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