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Huntington Drive, Rubidoux Mountain, Riverside, Calif

Description: View of a valley with mountains in the distance. In the foreground is an early automobile pulled to the side of a dirt road along the edge of a drop. MS note on verso reads "Huntington Drive, Rubidoux Mountain, Riverside, Calif." Stamps on verso read "Putnam & Valentine, Photo., Los Angeles Cal." and "Behymer." Another, wider version of this image is HEH 61/5/5 (2). Stamp on verso reads "Riverside, Cal. Putnam & Valentine, Photo., Los Angeles Cal."
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Evans Block, Riverside

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Location: Riverside (Calif.) Photographer: McMillen, F. H. "McMillen, Evans Blk. Riverside, Cal. Photographer"--stamp on verso. Includes sign for "Photography Studio Upstairs." Title transcribed from handwritten note on verso.

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Olive orchard on the Shorb estate near Huntington Drive, circa 1890

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A dirt road passes through an olive orchard on the land that was bought by Henry E. Huntington from the Shorb estate on January 2, 1903. Printed on bottom right of mounting "Vincent, Los Angeles, Cal." MS notes on verso read "Olive orchard near Huntington Drive - Virginia Road?" and "In house 1987." Logo on verso for "Henderson's Art Store, Picture framing a specialty, 508 S. Spring St. Los Angeles, Cal." MS note on storage box reads "Shorb Ranch grounds, ca. 1890."

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Birds eye view of Riverside, Calif. from Mt. Rubidoux

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Looking down on the city of riverside.

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Dining room in the Huntington residence

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In the foreground is a table with six chairs around it, on an area rug. Another four chairs are arranged against the wall. The paintings hanging on the wall are all by George Romney: (from left to right) Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Penelope (Rycroft) Lee Acton (1791), and Jeremiah Miles (1780-1783). Above the table is a metal and glass chandelier with electric candles. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room." Stamp on verso reads "Keystone Photo Service, 1231 Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal." This photograph appeared in Pictorial California and the Pacific in November 1930.

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Summit of Rubidoux Drive. Riverside, California

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This personal album of photographs documents a trip from the South to the West Coast of the United States with photographs by various unidentified professional photographers. The book begins with images of New Orleans, Louisiana, and continues westward to California, with 36 of the 49 photographs depicting California landmarks. The photographs are printed onto the album pages and are accompanied by handwritten captions identifying the landmark or view. This album may have been owned by C.W. Hornick, whose name is engraved on the album's front cover.

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Rose garden and the Huntington residence from the south west, circa 1911

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View of the southwest corner and south terrace of the residence, seen over the blooming rose garden. Writing in white on lower left side of picture reads "C 1793." MS note on verso reads "Rose garden, about 1911." Stamp on verso reads "Photographs from Frederick W. Martin, 60 E. Colorado St., Pasadena, Cal."

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Huntington Drive, Rubidoux Mountain, Riverside, Calif

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