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New Mexico; Oregon

Description

There are 14 photographs from New Mexico. One is a portrait of Lt. Peter Dumont Vroom Jr. (1842-1926), U.S. Army Brigadier General. There is also an outdoor photograph of a woman on a horse, with a view of a small Western town and boardwalk, taken by an Albuquerque photographer. Portraits from Oregon include: Zenas Ferry Moody, 7th governor of Oregon, his son, and 29 other portraits marked by the collector as "from Governor Moody group."

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1860-1910.
Call number
photCL 581
Creator
Mautz, Carl(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased for the Huntington from Carl Mautz by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2016.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Taber, I. W. (1830-1912,)
Watkins, Carleton E., (1829-1916,)
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