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Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, after 1888

Description: A view of the side of the very large four-story Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. The house is light, with a dark roof and accents, and has a large wraparound porch. There are two groups of people on the right, one centered around a young boy on a pony, the other made up of three people and possibly a dog. There are two trees, including one that seems to be dead, in the foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1888-1896
Call number: photCL 284 (55)
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Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, after 1888

Visual Materials

A view of the very large four-story Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. The house is light, with a dark roof and accents, and has a large wraparound porch. James De Barth Shorb is sitting on the steps to the porch with a young woman who is probably one of his daughters, while two boys, probably his sons, stand on the path in front of the steps. There is a horse and buggy, with two men sitting on the buggy, on the left.

photCL 284 (54)

Shorb house, San Marino Ranch

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A front view of the large three-story Shorb House on the San Marino Ranch. The house is white, with a dark roof, and has a wraparound porch. The house is surrounded by trees, and there is a passenger-less horse-drawn carriage on the right.

photCL 284 (49.1)

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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)

Interior, Shorb house, San Marino Ranch

Visual Materials

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, two low footstools just right of center, a large cabinet in the center, and a narrow table in front of the fireplace. There are three paintings hanging, one portrait over the fireplace and a landscape on either side of the tapestry in the center. There is a piano near the window in the back corner.

photCL 284 (58)

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James De Barth Shorb and family, San Marino Ranch house

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A view of the very large four-story Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. The house is light, with a brick chimney on the right, and a large porch. James De Barth Shorb is sitting next to the steps to the porch. An older woman, probably his wife, is sitting on the other side of the steps, between a young daughter and son (both look like they're between seven and twelve). Two young woman, probably also daughters, are on the steps, and one child of indeterminate sex, around four to six, is on the steps between them.

photCL 284 (60a)

Shorb-White wedding, Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, 1894

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A group photograph of the wedding party for the marriage of Ynez Shorb and Stephen S. White, taken on the steps of the Shorb family's house on the San Marino Ranch. The bride, Ynez Maria, is standing in the center, in a white gown with a long train, short puffy sleeves, and a wasp waist. She is wearing elbow-length gloves and a veil, and is holding a bunch of flowers. Stephen White, to the right of Ynez, is wearing his naval uniform, with fringed epaulettes and a double row of buttons. His hair is short and he has a full mustache. The bridal party includes five bridesmaids, all dressed in white and holding a shepherd's crook decorated with flowers, five young men in suits, three boys wearing sailor's outfits, one girl in white, and the bride's parents.

photCL 284

Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, after 1888

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