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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.
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Manuscripts
Henry E. Huntington and family in Oneonta, New York. Henry E. Huntington is seated on bench hugging his daughter Marian Prentice Huntington.
mssHEH 61/3/2 (13)
Visual Materials
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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Manuscripts
A studio portrait of Mary Alice Prentice Huntington, the first wife of Henry E. Huntington.
mssHEH 61/4/9 (1)
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Visual Materials
Howard Edwards Huntington, Clara Leonora Huntington, Elizabeth Vincent Huntington, Marian Prentice Huntington. Includes some spouses (Leslie Thayer Green Huntington, John Brockway Metcalf) and family groups; Clara Huntington with Max Farrand, the first Director of Research, at the unveiling of her sculpture of her father, 1930, and views of other sculptures by her.
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A collection of 80 photographs centered around the Howard Edwards Huntington family, including portraits of his mother, Mary Alice Prentice Huntington, her siblings, and her parents, Edwin D. Prentice and Clarissa "Clara" Stoddard. There is one portrait of Henry Edwards Huntington, sitting at a desk, approximately 1890s. Other images are: snapshots of the Howard Huntington family in groups; portraits of Howard and Leslie Thayer Green Huntington and their children; and images of Howard's granddaughter Wendy Lee Huntington as a child. There are a few photographs of Howard's sister Marian Huntington (1883-1973) at different ages, and several snapshots of unidentified children and adults (possibly including James R. Brehm). Three photographic postcards are included, with correspondence from Marian Huntington and Leslie Green Huntington. The collection includes two pieces of ephemera: a memorial leaflet for Howard Edwards Huntington, 1922, and the birth certificate for his son, Henry E. "Ted" Huntington II (1921-1978). There is one cabinet card photograph of Princess Clara Huntington Hatzfeldt with two other women by Carleton Watkins, and two studio portraits by photographer George Steckel.
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