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Prints of: Group portrait of Huntington Library employees in the Japanese Garden, Huntington Library, San Marino, California

Description: Black-and-white prints made of the group portrait (DAG 154). There are three sizes: approximately 8 x 10 to 11 x 14 inches. Prints made by Huntington Library Photography Dept.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 2003 January 2
Call number: (photDAG 154 prints)
Provenance: Acquired from various sources. Assembled into a collection by the Library from various sources. See finding aid for sources of individual items.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval. Please view digital surrogates.
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 copyright for daguerreotypes by Robert Shlaer (photDAG 116, photDAG 154) is held by Shlaer. For the rest of the collection, the responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Group portrait of Huntington Library employees in the Japanese Garden, Huntington Library, San Marino, California

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A daguerreotype containing the first group portrait taken of the entire staff of the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, sitting in the Japanese Garden; there are 201 sitters in the portrait.

photDAG 154

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Group portrait of Huntington Library employees in the Japanese Garden, Huntington Library, San Marino, California

Visual Materials

Photographer: Robert Shlaer. View of 201 employees posed in the Japanese Garden, with elements of the garden visible. The collection file contains a typescript key identifying almost all of the sitters.

(photDAG 154 daguerreotype)

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Photographs

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Collection of 49 gelatin silver prints of various sizes, chiefly 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 inches. Several are mounted on board.

photCL 658

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View of the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California

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Black-and-white view of the Japanese Garden and bridge, looking east towards the rose garden, at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

photPF 20177

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Series II. Maritime Prints and Ephemera (large size)

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This series contains 57 large-size printed items pertaining to travel, shipping, and other maritime-related activities and businesses in the United States from 1825 to approximately 1942, with the majority of items dating from 1840 to 1890. The series is comprised mainly of lithographed advertising prints produced for steamship companies, including both domestic and transoceanic passenger and commercial services. Genres represented include advertising prints, certificates, broadsides, and documentary prints. The series contains color-printed, hand-colored, and uncolored images that range in size from approximately 11 x 14 inches to 30 x 40 inches.

priJLC_MAR

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Series II. Fairs and Expositions Prints and Ephemera (large size)

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This series contains approximately 100 large-size printed items related to fairs and expositions in the United States from approximately 1834 to 1970, with the majority of items dating from 1850 to 1893. The series is comprised mainly of lithographed advertising prints produced for fairs, exhibitions and expositions; exhibitors at these events; and related businesses. Genres represented include advertising prints, views of exhibition buildings, certificates, broadsides, and specialty newspapers and programs. The series contains color-printed, hand-colored, and uncolored images that range in size from approximately 11 x 14 inches to 35 x 46 inches.

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Prints of: Group portrait of Huntington Library employees in the Japanese Garden, Huntington Library, San Marino, California

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