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

Description: 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.
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Date: 1894
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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.

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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.

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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, 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.

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Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, after 1888

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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 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.

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Shorb house, San Marino Ranch, after 1888

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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.

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Shorb Ranch, California ("San Marino"); James De Barth Shorb portraits (Items 48-105)

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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."

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

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