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Dining room, Patton residence, San Marino

Description: A view of the dining room in the west end of the Patton residence in San Marino. There is a heavy, oval-shaped wooden table slightly left of center surrounded by four chairs with padded seats. Four more matching chairs are lined up against the wall in the background on either side of a double door. There is a chandelier hanging over the table, a cabinet holding the crystal on the left, a set of shelves holding the large serving dishes on the far left, and a smaller cabinet holding the porcelain on the right.
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Call number: photCL 282 (214b)
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Dining room, Patton residence, San Marino

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A view of the dining room in the west end of the Patton residence in San Marino. There is a heavy, oval-shaped wooden table slightly left of center surrounded by four chairs with cushioned seats. Four more matching chairs are lined up against the wall in the background, below a painted portrait of a woman, and in front of a small fireplace. There is a chandelier hanging over the table, a screen decorated with a peacock on the right, and a heavy wooden sideboard on the left.

photCL 282 (214a)

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Entrance hall, Patton residence, San Marino

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A view of the entrance hall of the Patton residence in San Marino. A staircase runs along the wall on the right, and a large carpet covers the wooden floor in the center and left. There is a heavy wooden table in the center of the carpet with three glass or crystal vases on top. A cabinet of curios is set against the staircase between two chairs, and a small narrow table is against the wall on the left. There is white wooden paneling along the lower half of the walls and a decorative palm-patterned wallpaper on the upper half. Portraits and maps are hung in frames along the walls, including one of General George S. Patton, Jr., wearing his World War II uniform and helmet and holding a pair of binoculars, in the center.

photCL 282 (211a)

Dining room in the Huntington residence

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In the foreground is a table with six chairs around it, on an area rug. Another four chairs are arranged against the wall. The paintings hanging on the wall are all by George Romney: (from left to right) Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Penelope (Rycroft) Lee Acton (1791), and Jeremiah Miles (1780-1783). Above the table is a metal and glass chandelier with electric candles. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room." Stamp on verso reads "Keystone Photo Service, 1231 Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal." This photograph appeared in Pictorial California and the Pacific in November 1930.

photCL 107 fld23 (16)

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Living room, Patton residence, San Marino

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A view of the living room of the Patton family house in San Marino, California. There is a large, paisley patterned carpet on the wooden floor, wood paneling along the walls, and a geometrically patterned ceiling. There is a low, floral-patterned sofa on the left, a black leather armchair, and a dark-colored velvet armchair, as well as a long narrow end table with a lamp, framed portraits, and flowers on top. The lower two-thirds of the walls are lined with bookcases, and there is a landscape painting hanging above the bookcase in the center. There are family photographs and knickknacks along the top of the bookcases. A pair of swords are mounted on the wall on the right, behind a portrait of a soldier, probably the first George Smith Patton, a Confederate Colonel who died during the Civil War.

photCL 282 (213C)

Dining room in the Huntington residence

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A table with six chairs around it, with three more chairs arranged against the wall. Four women stand in pairs looking at the portraits on the walls. The paintings are, from left to right, George Romney's Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Sir Thomas Lawrence's Emily Anderson: Little red riding hood (circa 1821), and Sir Martin Archer Shee's Frances (Woodis) Borlase, later Frances Grenfell, and Pascoe George Norman Grenfell (circa 1804). MS notes on verso read "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room" and "L.A. Chamber of Commerce."

photCL 107 fld23 (18)

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Interior, Shorb house, San Marino Ranch

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A view of one of the rooms in the Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. There are large, decorative rugs and tapestries, a chandelier with six light fixtures, and a fireplace. The furniture is made of heavy, dark wood, and includes two chairs on the left, a large cabinet in the center, a chair at either end of the table in front of the fireplace, and a desk in the back corner. There is a large, white fur rug in the foreground. Three portraits are hanging, one above the fireplace and one on either side of the tapestry in the center.

photCL 284 (62)

Dining room, Patton residence, San Marino

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