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Huntington residence, view towards house, circa 1912

Description: View of trees and plants in front of the North façade of the residence. North entrance is just out of frame on the left. Handwritten note above the photo in album says "Palms, cycads and other ornamentals - north court - HEH Residence." For another copy, see photCL 107 vol8 (14).
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Date: circa 1912
Call number: photCL 107 vol7 (21)
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Huntington residence, view towards house, circa 1912

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View of trees and plants in front of the north façade of the residence. North entrance is just out of frame on the left. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "No. 14, about 1912, Palms, cycads and other ornamentals - north court - Henry E. Huntington residence." For another copy, see photCL 107 vol7 (21).

photCL 107 vol8 (14)

Fountain at the entrance to the Huntington residence, circa 1920

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Bacchante bronze fountain by Frederick MacMonnies at the entrance to the Huntington residence, north of the loggia, also showing rockery and cycads. MS notes read "HEH residence: fountain and rockery, c. 1920" and "Fountain and portico about 1920."

photCL 107 fld1 (14)

Rockery with fountain and cycads near the Huntington residence, circa 1915

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A view of the fountain and plants to the north of the loggia, with the porte cochère in the background. MS notes on verso read "HEH residence: fountain, rockery and cycads c. 1915" and "reproduced in Hertrich: Hunt'n Bot Garden, p. 69; palms & cycads, p. 105; part of cycad collection, The Rockery."

photCL 107 fld1 (13)

View south of the Huntington residence, circa 1908

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Shows the reservoir on the left and the lily ponds on the right. MS note on verso says "Lake in cactus garden." Another copy of this photo is photCL 107 vol8 (24).

photCL 107 vol7 (51)

South terrace and façade of the Huntington residence, circa 1920

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View of the south terrace from the east showing vines growing on the south façade and topiaries in planters. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence, south façade and terrace, c. 1920." MS note on folder reads "HEH residence: south facade and terrace, loggia and port cochère c. 1920."

photCL 107 fld1 (8)

Huntington residence from the south, circa 1911-1912

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View of the Huntington residence from a distance soon after it was built, with the mountains in the background. Stamp on verso reads, "Photographs from Frederick W. Martin, 60 E. Colorado St., Pasadena, Cal." Another reads "1787." MS note on folder says, "HEH residence, c. 1911-1912."

photCL 107 fld1 (2)

Huntington residence, view towards house, circa 1912

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Huntington residence from the south, circa 1911-1912