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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880
Call number: photCL 285
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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington as a young man

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Bust-length studio portrait of Mr. Huntington around the time of his first marriage to Mary Alice Prentice. He wears a dark suit and tie and has a thick mustache and mutton chop sideburns. MS note at bottom of photo reads "About 1880." Another copy of this image, photCL 285 fld1 (14), gives the date as circa 1873.

mssHEH 61/1/2 (4)

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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington

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Bust-length studio portrait of Mr. Huntington. He wears a dark suit and tie and has a mustache and mutton chop sideburns.

photCL 285

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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Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1917

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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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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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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 1873

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