Sinclair, Rowley, Jenkins, family photographs | Collections | The Huntington

Sinclair, Rowley, Jenkins, family photographs | Collections | The Huntington

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Sinclair, Rowley, and Jenkins family photograph album
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A collection of 39 cartes-de-visite studio portraits of members of the Sinclair, Rowley, and Jenkins families. Among the identified subjects are hydroelectrical engineer Henry Harbinson Sinclair, his wife, Agnes Rowley Sinclair, and his two children, Arthur W. Sinclair and Marjorie Sinclair; various members and descendants of the Levi Rowley family; various members of the Jenkins family and New York State Supreme Court justice Judge John Edmonds, as well as pictures of the Rockwells and Ormsbys. Most of the photographs have handwritten notes identifying the subjects.
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Photographs in Los Angeles County and Pasadena
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Consists of fourteen photographs. Ten photographs, including some duplicates, are portraits of Arthur W. Sinclair, Marjorie Rowley Sinclair, Robert S. Sinclair, and Agnes Rowley (labeled as Mrs. H. H. Sinclair). Some were taken at 375 Waverly Drive, Pasadena. One photograph of a 1842-3 portrait of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, later Mrs. Levi Rowley, is also included. The four remaining items are: one photograph of a portrait of Samuel Sewall; one group photo of a picnic on Mount Wilson with Dr. B. M. Page, Governor Henry Harrison Markham, Benjamin Page, and Frank Daggett in attendance; and two photographs of Robert W. Lull and his bookstore at 1 Chapel St., Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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Two unidentified young men, possibly brothers [Rowley or Jenkins family?]
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Note with item reads: "These may be two of Mary E. Jenkins' (Mrs. Levi Rowley) brothers. Thomas? Jenkins, Edwin? Jenkins." Date based on years of major usage of daguerreotypes.
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Mary E. (Jenkins) Rowley at 35 years old, wearing brooch
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Handwriting on inside cover reads: "Mary E. Rowley at 35. March 17, 1859." Mother of Mrs. H. H. Sinclair and the wife of Levi Rowley. Information from donor.
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Correspondence to Mary Jenkins Rowley from Levi Rowley
Manuscripts
The Henry H. Sinclair papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes the papers of his son, Arthur W. Sinclair, pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc. The collection also contains a diploma from Sinclair's membership in the American Institute of Electric Engineers and a manuscript, by Englishman Thomas Cowper, of calculations regarding a solar eclipse on June 24, 1778.
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Correspondence to Mary Jenkins Rowley from John W. Edmonds
Manuscripts
The Henry H. Sinclair papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes the papers of his son, Arthur W. Sinclair, pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc. The collection also contains a diploma from Sinclair's membership in the American Institute of Electric Engineers and a manuscript, by Englishman Thomas Cowper, of calculations regarding a solar eclipse on June 24, 1778.
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