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Photographs of Henry E. Huntington, Huntington family members, and Huntington Library buildings and grounds

Description: A group of photographs of Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington and other Huntington family members, and 35 views of the Huntington Library's buildings, grounds, mausoleum, statues and outdoor sculpture in San Marino, California. There are also 4 design drawings of an outdoor sculpture (a tempietto) in the Rose Garden that holds the statue "L'Amour Captif de la Jeunesse" ("Love, Captive of Youth"). There are 15 portraits of Henry E. Huntington at various ages, approximately 1890s-1926, including standing in front of the Library's bronze doors; standing outside the Library with Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, 1926; and sitting at a desk with a group of men standing behind him (photOV 11200-11207.2). There are four photographs of Collis P. Huntington (photOV 11208, 11208.1, 11210, 11249), which includes a view of him walking alongside a train, possibly next to his private railroad car, in 1900 (photOV 11249). Caroline Huntington Holladay, Harriet Huntington Doerr and Leslie Huntington Bramhall are seen at the launching of the S.S. Henry E. Huntington in 1944 (photOV 11209-11209.1), and there are photographs of paintings of Henry E. and Arabella Huntington by Oswald Birley, 1924 (photOV 11206, 11213). Views of the Huntington Library grounds include aerial photographs (approximately 1921); a wrought iron gate; desert garden; lily ponds; road near the Japanese garden; a reservoir; rose garden and arbor; the statues "Love, Captive of Youth" and "Neptune"; a fountain, and the mausoleum. Buildings seen are the Library, in 1920, and four views of the construction of the Huntington residence, approximately 1909-1910, by William Hertrich.

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This collection contains photographs of Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927) and his family in New York and California, as well as early photographs of the Huntington residence and estate in San Marino, California, and the private railroad cars of the Huntington family. The family photographs are primarily portraits of Henry E. Huntington, his parents, uncle (Collis P. Huntington), spouses, children and grandchildren. Many views are late-19th century cabinet cards and presentation prints in sleeves with imprints of photographers in San Francisco and New York. Also notable are two autochrome portraits of Henry E. Huntington by Arnold Genthe, 1916; a framed crayon drawing after a photograph of Henry as a young boy, and a framed portrait of Collis P. Huntington, approximately 1900. Photographers represented in the collection include P. R. Young, Theodore C. Marceau, Pach Brothers, James M. Landy, Arnold Genthe, Isaiah West Taber, Carleton E. Watkins, Rieman and Co., W. E. Dassom, Charles Freiot, Robert E. Tener, and George Steckel. This collection also includes views of Collis P. and Henry E. Huntington's private railroad cars – the Alabama, Oneonta, and San Marino – accompanied by a file of related correspondence, clippings and a blueprint of the floor plan of H. E. Huntington's Pullman car, 1916. The final portion of this collection consists of early scenes of the Huntington estate in San Marino: the building of the Huntington residence (now The Huntington Art Gallery), 1908-1910; a group portrait of workers; and a leather-bound photograph album of 63 views of the Huntington residence, gardens, grounds and statues, approximately 1925; Henry E. Huntington appears in several photographs, posed on the grounds. There are copy negatives on file for some images.
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