Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
William Hertrich standing next to a small tree in the Huntington garden
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
William Hertrich, wearing a suit and bow tie, stands at the entrance gate to the Japanese garden. There is a lion-dog statue on either side of the double doors, and the wisteria pergola is visible through the open gate. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949. On verso: William Hertrich at entrance to Japenese Garden, March 1962.
photCL 107 fld 9 (41)
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William Hertrich, wearing a suit and bow tie, rests his left hand on the side of the pagoda-esque bell house on the slope of the east ridge of the Japanese garden canyon. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949. On verso: William Hertrich by gong in Japenese Garden, March 1962.
photCL 107 fld 9 (40)
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Hertrich stands among palms which line a road. MS notes on verso read "HEH grounds: palms and cycads" and "14439." William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.
photCL 107 fld4 (18)
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Commonly referred to as a "foxtail" agave, due to the appearance of the flower stem (inflorescence) which Hertrich is here supporting. MS note on verso says "Agave attenuata blooming for the first time in about 1911." William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.
photCL 107 vol7 (45)
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William Hertrich, wearing a light colored suit, stands on the grass in front of an expansive tree with benches surrounding the trunk, with the library building in the background on the right. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.
photCL 107 vol4 p 150
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Image of a man next to a palm tree in California.
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