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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Mr. Huntington visiting the Patton family; the future general George Patton is standing on the left in his cadet's uniform from West Point. MS note on verso reads "Nov., 1903. San Marino, group on porch at Lake Vineyard. From left to right: Susan Patton Wills (sister of GSP Sr.), George Patton Jr., Mrs. George Patton (Ruth Wilson), Henry E. Huntington, George Patton Sr., Mr. Hancock Banning."
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George Smith Patton, Jr. and his sister Anne Wilson Smith stand on a porch with vines growing up the columns on the right. George, also called Georgie, is wearing a military academy uniform, probably from the Virginia Military Institute, with a waist-length swallowtail gray jacket with three rows of buttons, gray pants, and a dark kepi. Annie, or Anita, is wearing a full length overcoat and cape, and a shako with a strap under the chin and a very small plume on top.
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The Patton Family Collection consists of 156 glass plate negatives, 218 film negatives, 875 photographs, and a negative book, 1885-1945 (bulk 1895-1907), created and/or collected by members of the Patton family and friends. Also included are photographs of Lake Vineyard II taken in 1971. The collection provides an intimate look into the private lives of one of Southern California's prominent families around the turn of the twentieth century. In addition to the images created by Ann Wilson, the collection includes photographs created by Joseph Harrison Lamson, Frank G. Schumacher, George Steckel, and James D. Westervelt.
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The Patton Family Collection consists of 156 glass plate negatives, 218 film negatives, 875 photographs, and a negative book, 1885-1945 (bulk 1895-1907), created and/or collected by members of the Patton family and friends. The collection provides an intimate look into the private lives of one of Southern California's prominent families around the turn of the twentieth century. Boxes 1 and 2 contain copy prints of glass plate negatives taken by Ann Wilson, sister of Ruth Wilson Patton, and printed in her darkroom on the family's Lake Vineyard property. These photographs depict members of the Patton family and friends of the family; interiors of both of the Lake Vineyard houses in San Marino, California (Lake Vineyard I and II); views of the Lake Vineyard property; and photographs of the Patton family and friends on Santa Catalina Island and views of Catalina. Box 2 also contains photographs of Lake Vineyard II taken in 1971. Box 3 contains photographs of the Banning residence in Wilmington, California, along with images of the Patton and Banning families at family celebrations; and photographs (many created by studio photographers) of members of the Patton family, including George S. Patton, Jr.; Anne Wilson Patton; Ruth Wilson Patton; and George Smith Patton, Sr. Box 4 contains snapshots taken by an unidentified individual of (presumably) Patton family friends at various resort locations in California, including Catalina and Mount Tamalpais, as well as photographs of the Patton family at Lake Vineyard. Box 5 contains a photograph album created by Ann Wilson that contains images of members of both the Patton and Shorb families. In addition to the images created by Ann Wilson, the collection includes photographs created by Joseph Harrison Lamson, Frank G. Schumacher, George Steckel, and James D. Westervelt. Many photographs have annotations on the verso added in 1976 by Hancock Banning.
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A view from the lawn of the house at Lake Vineyard Ranch, at this time the home of George S. Patton, Sr. and his extended family. There is a man in a black suit and white shirt seated on the porch, which has vines growing up the columns on the near side.
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George Smith Patton Senior and Junior stand on the porch of a house, with vines growing along the outside of the porch on the right. Patton Sr., on the left, is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and bow tie, has wavy hair, and a full mustache. Patton Jr., on the right, is wearing a black suit, white shirt, and tie, is holding a white hat with a black band under his left arm, and has blond hair brushed across the top of his head.
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