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Manuscripts

San Francisco / Week of April 18, 1906

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Description: Bound in textured black leather. The title, "San Francisco / Week of April 18, 1906" is embossed on upper center of cover in gold lettering. A fleur de lis graphic element is embossed below title. The number "42" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Album contains mostly mass produced postcards and souvenir photographs of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, very few if any of the images taken by London himself.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1905-1906
Call number: JLP 480
Creator: London, Jack (1876-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The nucleus of the collection was purchased by Henry Huntington from Charmian London in 1925. Additional groups of material were acquired by both gift and purchase from Mrs. London and later from literary executors Irving Shepard and I. Milo Shepard over many years. Further material has been acquired from other sources; the provenance of these items is noted on the individual folders.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; NOT AVAILABLE: Albums 1-92 and Large albums 1-30: Do not circulate. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library.; RESTRICTED: Boxes 283, 284, 287, 433, 591, 592, 594, 624 and Volumes 1-30: Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.; RESTRICTED: Boxes 595, 596, 623: housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
Associated people: London, Charmian.; Shepard, Eliza London.
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