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Sinclair, Rowley, and Jenkins family photograph album

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Description: A collection of 39 cartes-de-visite studio portraits of members of the Sinclair, Rowley, and Jenkins families. Among the identified subjects are hydroelectrical engineer Henry Harbinson Sinclair, his wife, Agnes Rowley Sinclair, and his two children, Arthur W. Sinclair and Marjorie Sinclair; various members and descendants of the Levi Rowley family; various members of the Jenkins family and New York State Supreme Court justice Judge John Edmonds, as well as pictures of the Rockwells and Ormsbys. Most of the photographs have handwritten notes identifying the subjects.
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Production date: approximately 1860-approximately 1889.
Call number: photCL 12
Provenance: Gift of Sinclair, 1936?
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Sinclair, Rowley, Jenkins, family photographs

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Thirty card studio portraits of members of the family of Henry Harbinson Sinclair and his wife, Agnes Rowley Sinclair, dating from about 1850 to 1910. Individuals include Henry Harbinson Sinclair and Agnes Rowley Sinclair, their children, Marjorie Sinclair and Arthur Sinclair; Agnes Sinclair's parents, Mary Jenkins Rowley and Levi Rowley; Caroline Jenkins, Fanny Harbinson, Cornelia Sinclair, Henry Jenkins, Robert Strong Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, and Lucy Knowles. Identified photographers include Brooklyn photographs Herman Wunder, Brasier, Thos. W. Taylor of Gardner & Co, G. Frank E. Pearsall, and Charles Rawson; New York City photographers Hargrave, Fredericks, and Beardsley; F. Forshew of Hudson, New York; and Frank Fryette of Redlands and San Bernardino, California.

photPF 120-149

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Two unidentified young men, possibly brothers [Rowley or Jenkins family?]

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Note with item reads: "These may be two of Mary E. Jenkins' (Mrs. Levi Rowley) brothers. Thomas? Jenkins, Edwin? Jenkins." Date based on years of major usage of daguerreotypes.

(photDAG 14)

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Photographs in Los Angeles County and Pasadena

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Consists of fourteen photographs. Ten photographs, including some duplicates, are portraits of Arthur W. Sinclair, Marjorie Rowley Sinclair, Robert S. Sinclair, and Agnes Rowley (labeled as Mrs. H. H. Sinclair). Some were taken at 375 Waverly Drive, Pasadena. One photograph of a 1842-3 portrait of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, later Mrs. Levi Rowley, is also included. The four remaining items are: one photograph of a portrait of Samuel Sewall; one group photo of a picnic on Mount Wilson with Dr. B. M. Page, Governor Henry Harrison Markham, Benjamin Page, and Frank Daggett in attendance; and two photographs of Robert W. Lull and his bookstore at 1 Chapel St., Newburyport, Massachusetts.

photPF 20-29

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Mary E. (Jenkins) Rowley at 35 years old, wearing brooch

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Handwriting on inside cover reads: "Mary E. Rowley at 35. March 17, 1859." Mother of Mrs. H. H. Sinclair and the wife of Levi Rowley. Information from donor.

(photDAG 23)

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Correspondence to Mary Jenkins Rowley from Levi Rowley

Manuscripts

The Henry H. Sinclair papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes the papers of his son, Arthur W. Sinclair, pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc. The collection also contains a diploma from Sinclair's membership in the American Institute of Electric Engineers and a manuscript, by Englishman Thomas Cowper, of calculations regarding a solar eclipse on June 24, 1778.

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William H. Pilliner family photograph albums

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Two photograph albums of Pilliner family and other portraits, chiefly taken by William H. Pilliner, an early photographer in the American West. Subjects include Pilliner, his wife Eliza Jane (McGuire) Pilliner, members of the Pilliner and McGuire families, and associates. One album contains cartes-de-visite and tintypes, the other is larger, containing mostly cabinet card photographs. The images date from approximately 1870s to 1902, and some are inscribed. The collection also includes a typescript by Cornelia Elizabeth McGuire (Eliza Jane's sister) of the McGuire family genealogy from 1700 to the mid-1900s, and a typescript of W. H. Pilliner's biography. One photograph depicts G. W. Jenkins and I. N. McGuire, the proprietors of the Santa Maria Times, superimposed over a photograph of the newspaper. Some imprints on the images say "W. H. Pilliner, Pioneer Artist" and studio locations include Reno and Idaho Falls. There are also a few photographs by Piggott & Shaw of Santa Rosa, California.

photCL 202

Sinclair, Rowley, and Jenkins family photograph album

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