Visual Materials
A group of photographs of Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington and other Huntington family members, and 35 views of the Huntington Library's buildings, grounds, mausoleum, statues and outdoor sculpture in San Marino, California. There are also 4 design drawings of an outdoor sculpture (a tempietto) in the Rose Garden that holds the statue "L'Amour Captif de la Jeunesse" ("Love, Captive of Youth"). There are 15 portraits of Henry E. Huntington at various ages, approximately 1890s-1926, including standing in front of the Library's bronze doors; standing outside the Library with Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, 1926; and sitting at a desk with a group of men standing behind him (photOV 11200-11207.2). There are four photographs of Collis P. Huntington (photOV 11208, 11208.1, 11210, 11249), which includes a view of him walking alongside a train, possibly next to his private railroad car, in 1900 (photOV 11249). Caroline Huntington Holladay, Harriet Huntington Doerr and Leslie Huntington Bramhall are seen at the launching of the S.S. Henry E. Huntington in 1944 (photOV 11209-11209.1), and there are photographs of paintings of Henry E. and Arabella Huntington by Oswald Birley, 1924 (photOV 11206, 11213). Views of the Huntington Library grounds include aerial photographs (approximately 1921); a wrought iron gate; desert garden; lily ponds; road near the Japanese garden; a reservoir; rose garden and arbor; the statues "Love, Captive of Youth" and "Neptune"; a fountain, and the mausoleum. Buildings seen are the Library, in 1920, and four views of the construction of the Huntington residence, approximately 1909-1910, by William Hertrich.
photOV 11200-11249
