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Photograph of a Mexican woman and child

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Description: A small photograph (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.) of a woman embracing a child that is standing on a table in a photograph studio. A painted backdrop features a steam locomotive and railroad water tower. There are no identifications, only a half postcard backing printed in Spanish, very faded.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1910s.
Call number: photPF 26019
Provenance: Purchased from Margolis & Moss, November 2022.
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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.

James Lancaster, L.A. Bicycle Club

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Photograph of a young blind Mexican gentleman

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An oval portrait photograph of a young, presumably blind, gentleman wearing a suit and dark glasses. The photograph was taken by M. Gonzalez in Mexico City. Includes an ink inscription in Spanish on the mount.

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Souvenir portrait of men in bathing suits, made at Venice, California

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Souvenir portrait made in a photograph studio. Three men wearing bathing suits are seated in front of a painted backdrop of the Dance Hall and amusement rides on the pier at Venice, California. The bathing suits have a "V" in a circle on the front.

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Photographic reproduction of Samuel G. Alschuler's ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln

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Albumen print of an Abraham Lincoln portrait produced as a cabinet photograph, reproduced from an ambrotype made by Samuel G. Alschuler in Urbana, Illinois in 1857. Caption states, "Copyright by W. H. Somers, 1885." Additional caption reads "Beatrice, Campbell, Nebraska". The handwritten inscription on the original backing of the frame that enclosed this card reads, "Photo of Abraham Lincoln. Property of William Haynes Somers. Born Mar 25, 1830 at Rockford, North Carolina. Died March 3, 1912 in El Cajon, Calif, age 82. From Grandma Somers to John Somers Hall - Christmas 1928." There is also a "property of" sticker on the back of the original frame that reads, "John Hall - 4824 Palm Dr. La Canada, California."

photPF 26056

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Miscellaneous photographs of California and other places

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Consists of six items including photographs, cyanotypes, one postcard, and one packet of 12 small prints. photPF 740 is a photograph of the El Molino Viejo; photPF 741 is a photograph of Lake Memphremagog, Vermont; photPF 742 is a postcard of the birthplace of Nathan Hale; photPF 747 is a packet containing 12 small views of the damage caused by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake; photPF 748-749 are two still-life cyanotypes taken at the laboratory of asphalt paving plant at Carpenteria, depicting a skull with a hat (labeled "the prof") and a pair of old miner shoes.

photPF 740-749

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Anastacio Cardenas

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Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) Photographer: Luik, F. ; Messikomer, J. Carte-de-visite portrait of Anastacio Cardenas, a dwarf, with a painted studio backdrop of adobe buildings on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, with handwritten notes on verso: "Spanish Tom Thumb 1863" and "Anastacio Cardenas, came to LA from Sonora Mexico, ca. 1867." With stamp on verso: "F. Luik, & J. Messikomer (?)"

photPF 25302

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