Jeannette Carolyn Wilson photograph album of the Huntington Library, and other material | Collections | The Huntington

Jeannette Carolyn Wilson photograph album of the Huntington Library, and other material | Collections | The Huntington

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The Huntington Foundation photograph album
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Album containing 8 x 10 in. black-and-white photographs of the ranch and estate of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, including views of the Cactus, Japanese, Rose and other gardens; buildings including the Huntington residence; statuary; and other views. At the end of the album is a view of a San Marino subdivision as well as a Security Trust Map of Pasadena, San Marino, and environs. "The Huntington Foundation" is embossed on the album's front cover.
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Photograph album of Domingo Rabasa and family members on Huntington Library grounds
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An album of personal snapshots, studio portraits, photo postcards, and some clippings compiled by Domingo Rabasa (b. 1900 Spain - d. 1985 Los Angeles), identified as the valet for the household of Susan Dominquez Del Amo and Dr. Gregorio Del Amo at 1119 Westchester Place, Los Angeles. Photographs include many views of The Huntington Library gardens and grounds, including the North Vista, the Shakespeare Garden, the exterior of the Billiards room and office; and fountains and statuary throughout the grounds; group outings; cemeteries, including tombstones, one marking Bernardo Chaler (1886-1919) identified as the brother-in-law of Domingo Rabasa.
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Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell album of letters, photographs, and printed material
Manuscripts
An album created by Sydney Cockerell; cover is dated 1898. The album contains autograph letters, many with envelopes, photographs, and printed material; some pages have been annotated by Cockerell. Previous to the acquisition by the Huntington Library some of the pages have been removed and some items have been removed from the pages which remain.
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Huntington Library visit photograph album
Manuscripts
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Huntington Lake photograph album
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An album of 100 commercially-made photographs, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each, of Huntington Lake, in the High Sierras of California. The album does not have a title or any text, and is undated. It appears to have been made in or shortly after 1915, as it features the Huntington Lake Lodge, which opened in 1915. Views show the exterior, lobby and dining room. Other subjects in the album are: children riding on burros, vacationers fishing and carrying rifles for hunting, cabins, and views of the lake and mountain scenery. The new powerhouses, dams, and railroad tracks are highlighted in several images. Photographs by Huddleston Photo Company, Henne Building, Los Angeles.
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Huntington Lake photograph album
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An album of 100 commercially-made photographs, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each, of Huntington Lake, in the High Sierras, Fresno County, California. The album does not have a title or any text, and is undated. It appears to have been made in or shortly after 1915, as it features the Huntington Lake Lodge, which opened in 1915. Views show the exterior, lobby and dining room. Other subjects in the album are: children riding on burros, vacationers fishing and carrying rifles for hunting, cabins, and views of the lake and mountain scenery. The new powerhouses, dams, and railroad tracks are highlighted in several images. Photographs by Huddleston Photo Company, Henne Building, Los Angeles.
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