Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A round, chest-length studio photographic portrait of Donald McMeal Shorb as a young man, with his head turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a light colored suit and vest with a high-collared white shirt and a very light bow tie. His dark straight hair is cut above his ears, and is parted in the center.
photCL 284 (150)
Visual Materials
A chest-length studio portrait of George Smith Patton, with his head turned partially to the right. Patton is wearing a wool coat and vest, a white shirt, and a dark, patterned bow tie. He has dark eyes, a full mustache that extends beyond the width of his mouth, and short, slightly wavy hair.
photCL 282 (362)
Visual Materials
A bust-length studio portrait of James De Barth Shorb, Junior as a young man, with his head turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark jacket and vest and has a fancy pin fastening his white shirt. He is clean-shaven with dark hair that is short along the sides and slightly longer and sticking up on top.
photCL 284 (118 b)
Visual Materials
A full-length studio portrait of two men, one of whom is James De Barth Shorb (the one on the right?). Shorb is wearing a light-colored suit, and is seated on a low "wall", resting his right elbow on a decorative pillar. The man on the left is wearing a dark suit, and is standing behind the pillar, with his left hand behind Shorb's back. Shorb has a full head of gray hair and a wide salt-and-pepper mustache, while the man on the left has a very high forehead and a full salt-and-pepper beard and mustache.
photCL 284 (102)
Manuscripts
A chest-length oval-shaped studio portrait of Union First Lieutenant Ferdinand Holzer (d. 1881) of the 22nd Colored Infantry Regiment, with his body turned very slightly to the right. Holzer has a wide, thick mustache.
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Visual Materials
This collection of photographs centers around the family of James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896) and his "San Marino" ranch in the San Gabriel Valley, California. Views of Shorb's ranch include the house, grounds, reservoirs, ranch workers, horses, and nearby Mission San Gabriel. There are also photographs of Shorb's family home in Maryland, copies of engravings of his parents, Dr. James Aloysius Shorb (1798-1867) and Margaret McMeal Shorb, siblings and other Maryland family. After moving to California, Shorb married Maria de Jesus "Sue" Wilson, the daughter of B. D. Wilson, and they had eleven children. All appear in the collection except "Benito" (1876-1877). The others are seen in photographs as children and some also as adults, with their spouses and children: Maria Ynez Shorb White Buck (1868-1933), James De Barth "Barty" Shorb Jr. (1870-1907); Margaret Nina Shorb (1871-1875); Edith Octavia Shorb Steele (1872-1954), Ramona Yorba Shorb Murtaugh (1874-1921), Joseph Campbell Shorb (1878-1919), Ethel Rebecca Shorb (1880-1959), Donald McMeal Shorb (1883-1933), Norbert Newlands Shorb (1887-1951), and Bernardo Yorba Shorb (1888-1928). There are also photographs of female students and nuns at Ramona Convent, Alhambra, and Convent of Holy Names, Oakland, California; Shorb family at picnics and recreational events; and Shorb family friends including Edward L. Watkins, his wife Mary Stone Watkins and children; Charles Frederick Holder; Grace Mellus; Katharine Mellus; Anne Wilson Patton; Eleanor Martin (1826-1928); and Susan Thornton Glassell Patton Smith. A disbound photograph album of 38 pages contains snapshots dating from 1895-1896 of Shorb ranch, family members, Lake Vineyard, Catalina Island, camping and hunting, picnics and Shorb family friends including the Rice family, Richard I. Howitt, J. H. Gilmour, E.M. Tiernan and members of the Patton family. There are also some views of Chinese peddlars, and Chinese workers and African American children at Shorb Ranch. Please note the name "McMeal" is also sometimes spelled "McNeal."
photCL 284
