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Portrait of Mary Alice Prentice Huntington



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    Mary Alice Prentice (Huntington)

    Visual Materials

    Mary Alice Prentice (1852-1916) was the first wife of Henry E. Huntington. Date based on estimated age of sitter.

    (photDAG 117)

  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington as a young man

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington as a young man

    Manuscripts

    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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    Marian Prentice Huntington as a young child

    Visual Materials

    Studio portrait of Marian Prentice Huntington, daughter of Henry and Mary Huntington, as a young child. On the card is printed: Young M'Crum Block, Oneonta, N.Y..

    photCL 285

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    Mary Alice Prentice Huntington letter to "My dear cousin,"

    Manuscripts

    This letter from Mary Alice Prentice Huntington to a cousin, written from Ross Valley, north of San Francisco, discusses her mother's poor health and a possible trip to India. She also encourages her cousin to visit her in San Francisco.

    mssHM 84149

  • Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

    Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, circa 1873

    Visual Materials

    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.

    photCL 285

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    Portrait of Arabella Huntington

    Manuscripts

    A bust-length studio portrait of Arabella Huntington, second wife of both Collis P. and Henry E. Huntington. She wears a low cut dark dress, pearl earrings, glasses, and upswept hair with a small tiara.

    msssHEH 61/2/1 (1)