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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1917

Description: Photographic portrait of Henry. E. Huntington standing in front of bookshelves in Library building. Three-quarter length. Appeared in Boston Evening Transcript, Rare and Old Book Section, February 16, 1921. MS notes on verso read "Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927) (Founder of Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif.) Phot by Arnold Genthe, N.Y." and HEH in library, c. 1917." MS note on the verso of a variant reads "HEH in N.Y. library, ca. 1917."
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Date: approximately 1915
Call number: photCL 285
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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

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A studio photographic portrait of Henry E. Huntington, taken around the time of his first marriage to Mary Alice Prentice in 1873. He wears a dark suit and tie and has a thick mustache and mutton chop sideburns. Printed notes on verso read "P.R. Young McCrum Block, Oneonta, N.Y." MS notes on verso read "HEH, c. 1873" and "Metcalf, 1984." Another copy of this image, HEH 61/1/2 (4), gives the date as circa 1880. Later date used.

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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1900

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A three-quarter length studio photographic portrait of Henry E. Huntington, seated, reading a letter. MS notes on verso read "HEH, c. 1900" and "Metcalf coll, 1984."

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Group portrait of Henry E. Huntington and family in Oneonta, New York, circa 1900

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MS note on verso reads "HEH and first family in Oneonta, N.Y. c. 1900." MS note accompanying photograph in folder reads "Standing - left to right - Howard E. Huntington; Clara Huntington; Henry Edwards Huntington; Marian Huntington; Mary E. (Mrs. E.D.) Lewis and Harriet Douglas. Sitting - Maria Van Vranken; Mrs. Solon Huntington; Mrs. H.E. Huntington and Chas. R. Saunders, brother of Mrs. Solon H. Taken under the "Old Apple Tree" by the side of the home, at Oneonta, N.Y."

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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1890

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An engraved studio portrait of Henry E. Huntington with his signature underneath. MS note on envelope reads "HEH engraved portrait."

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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, 1907

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Henry E. Huntington at Mt. Lowe, 1910

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A group picture of Henry E. Huntington and associates at the Mount Lowe railway, which he had purchased in 1902. Group stands on and around the funicular car "Rubio." Huntington is on the platform immediately to the left of the car, third from the bottom. MS notes on verso read "Mt. Lowe, group includes HEH - also, probably, E--- Randolph (light suit, black hat, in the car)", "Gift of Mrs. Rox Donaldson, her uncle was E--- Randolph", and "HEH at Mt. Lowe, 1910?"

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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1917

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