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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Mary Alice Prentice (1852-1916) was the first wife of Henry E. Huntington. Date based on estimated age of sitter.
(photDAG 117)
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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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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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.
mssHEH 61/2/1 (1)
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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
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