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Gervaise Purcell family photograph collection
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Gervaise Purcell family photograph collection
Visual Materials
A collection of approximately 200 photographs related to the life and family of Gervaise Purcell (1844-1925), engineer, surveyor, and owner of Rancho Las Tunas, San Gabriel, California. Purcell and his wife, Helen Augusta (Pope) Purcell, and their seven children all appear in portraits, as do a few other Purcell and Pope relatives. There are carte-de-visite photographs of Gervaise Purcell's family in Dublin, and images of the Purcells in Japan in the 1870s, such as baby Hugh G. Purcell on the lap of his Japanese nurse or "amah," Noe Fuchizawa (1850-1936), and a portrait of Gervaise Purcell by photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried of Yokohama. Views in San Gabriel include the Purcell House, also known as the Las Tunas adobe, on Rancho Las Tunas, showing the house and grounds (1880-1920s); Hotel San Gabriel interiors and exteriors (1890s); an artesian well on Titus Ranch, San Gabriel; and girls at school in Sunny Slope (1896), with names written on verso. Other subjects include construction of the Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Company in San Pedro (1910), for which Gervaise Purcell was engineer, and a travel scrapbook that belonged to Thomas Purcell, brother of Gervaise, containing snapshots from around the world prior to 1871, including scenes in Africa, Singapore, Alexandria, Egypt, and Malta. The collection also contains clippings and some correspondence related to the Purcell family and the history of Rancho Las Tunas, and a few pencil sketches of Japan by Helen Purcell, 1877.
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Gervaise Purcell family photograph collection
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Photographs related to the life and family of Gervaise Purcell (1844-1925), engineer, surveyor, and owner of Rancho Las Tunas, San Gabriel, California. Purcell and his wife, Helen Augusta (Pope) Purcell, and their seven children all appear in portraits, as do a few other Purcell and Pope relatives. There are carte-de-visite photographs of Gervaise Purcell's family in Dublin, and images of the Purcells in Japan in the 1870s, such as baby Hugh G. Purcell on the lap of his Japanese nurse or "amah," Noe Fuchizawa (1850-1936), and a portrait of Gervaise Purcell by photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried of Yokohama. Views in San Gabriel include the Purcell House, also known as the Las Tunas adobe, on Rancho Las Tunas, showing the house and grounds (1880–1920s); Hotel San Gabriel interiors and exteriors (1890s); an artesian well on Titus Ranch, San Gabriel; and girls at school in Sunny Slope (1896), with names written on verso. Other subjects include construction of the Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Company in San Pedro (1910), for which Gervaise Purcell was engineer, and a travel scrapbook that belonged to Thomas Purcell, brother of Gervaise, containing snapshots from around the world prior to 1871, including scenes in Africa, Singapore, Alexandria, Egypt, and Malta. The collection also contains clippings and some correspondence related to the Purcell family and the history of Rancho Las Tunas, and a few pencil sketches of Japan by Helen Purcell, 1877.
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Purcell, Marmeduke to Gervaise Purcell
Manuscripts
The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
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Tennis game, mixed doubles near Pasadena
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Two men and two women stand in pairs on either side of a tennis court at Las Tunas Ranch in San Gabriel, California. A man sits to the right, and a gathering of spectators sits on the opposite side.
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Giles, Frank A. to Gervaise Purcell
Manuscripts
The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
mssShorb papers
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Ryan, J. H. to Gervaise Purcell
Manuscripts
The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
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