Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Photo Archives
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San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: rarebooks@huntington.org
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs
Dates (inclusive): 1878-1951
Bulk dates: 1890-1915
Collection Number: photCL 359
Collector:
Peck, Orrin M. (1860-1921)
Extent:
5 boxes (4.58 linear feet)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: rarebooks@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of 298
photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck and his sister
Janet M. Peck. Primarily portraits, the photographs depict
friends and acquaintances (both identified and unidentified) of Orrin and Janet Peck,
with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and William Randolph Hearst. Also
included are California scenes, including numerous views of San Francisco; unidentified
residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs. Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo
de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views of William Randolph Hearst's castle
"Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near Mount Shasta, California.
Language: English.
Access
The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from W.P. Wreden, October 4, 1961.
The Peck Collection photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives from the Ephemera
Collection in 1992.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged, numbered and rehoused, and a Container List created, by
Jane Apostol in 2005. In November 2006, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid based,
in part, on the original Container List.
Biographical Note
Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921), was born in Hobart, New York. His mother Margaret befriended
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) on a steamship voyage from Panama to San Francisco.
Peck became a close friend of Phoebe's son, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), and
served as best man at his wedding. Peck studied art in Munich where he collaborated with
Carl von Marr (1858-1936) on some of his work. Peck became an accomplished portrait and
landscape painter. He was commisssioned to paint portraits of Mrs. Hearst and William
Randolph Hearst, one of which hangs in Hearst's San Simeon, where Peck also designed the
landscaping in 1920. Peck died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1921.
Peck's sister Janet Moore Peck was born in 1878.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 298 photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by
American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck and his sister Janet M. Peck. Primarily
portraits, the photographs depict friends and acquaintances (both identified and
unidentified) of Orrin and Janet, with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and
William Randolph Hearst. Also included are California scenes, including numerous views
of San Francisco; unidentified residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs.
Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views
of William Randolph Hearst's castle "Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near
Mount Shasta, California.
Photographers represented in the collection include Adt Portrait Studio, Waterbury,
Connecticut; Joseph Albert, Munich; James C.H. Balmain, Edinburgh; Adolphe Braun, Paris;
Bushnell Photo Company, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose; Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda; Coover
and Rasmussen, San Francisco; Alfred Ellis and Walery, London; Falk, New York City;
Amasa P. Flaglor, San Francisco; Arnold Genthe; Theodore Gubelman, Jersey City; Franz
Hanfstanegl, Munich; Frederick O. Haussler, San Francisco; C. Holzer, Munich; Thomas
Houseworth, San Francisco; Imperial Photographic Gallery, San Francisco; C.W.J. Johnson,
Monterey; Charles Lainer, San Francisco; Lallie Charles, London; Joseph Leeb, Munich;
Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios, New York; Theodore C. Marceau, New York;
Luigi Montabone, Florence; G.D. Morse, San Francisco; Gabriel Moulin, San Francisco;
Fried Muller, Munich; A.J. Neale, Worcester; Nelson and Bailey, Bakersfield; Pach
Brothers, New York and Cambridge; Parker, Washington, D.C.; Piggott; Prince, New York,
Washington, D.C.; N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara; Ruesch and Reisch; San Francisco Gallery,
Towne, Photographer, Portland, Oregon; Sarony, New York; J.B. Scholl, Philadelphia;
Herbert E. Simpson, Toronto; Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco; Carl Teufel, Munich;
Louis Thors, San Francisco; Hector M. Vaughan, San Francisco; Vaughan and Keith, San
Francisco; R.J. Waters, San Francisco;and White, New York.
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged by subject, with California scenes first, followed by
residences, identifiable portraits, unidentified portraits, portraits of Mrs. Hearst and
William Randolph Hearst, views of La Haciende del Pozo de Verona, oversize photos
(primarily Mrs. Hearst), and miscellaneous images.
Related materials in the Huntington Library
Index Terms
Persons:
Adt, Alfred A.
Albert, Joseph.
Balmain, James C.H.
Braun, Adolphe, 1811-1877.
Cohen, E.A. (Edgar A.).
Coover, D. R.
Falk.
Flaglor, Amasa P.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.
Gubelman, T.
Hanfstaengl, Franz, 1804-1877.
Haussler, Frederick O.
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson,
1842-1919--Photographs.
Hearst, William Randolph,
1863-1951--Photographs.
Holzer, C.
Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915.
Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob.
Lainer, Charles (active
1880s-1890s).
Leeb, Joseph.
Ludovici, J.
Marceau, Theodore C.
Montabone, Luigi.
Morse, George Daniels.
Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945.
Neale, A.J.
Parker.
Peck, Janet, collector.
Piggott.
Prince.
Rasmussen, J. Charles.
Reed, N.H.
Sarony.
Scholl, J.B.
Simpson, Herbert E.
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West),
1830-1912.
Teufel, Carl, 1845-1912.
Thors, Louis.
Vaughan, Hector M.
Waters, Raper James.
White.
Organizations:
Bushnell Photo Company.
Ellis and Walery.
Imperial Photographic Gallery.
La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (Alameda
County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Lallie Charles.
Nelson and Bailey.
Pach Brothers.
Ruesch and Reisch.
San Antonio de Pala (San Diego County,
Calif.)--Photographs.
San Francisco Gallery (Portland,
Or).
Santa Barbara Mission--Photographs.
Vaughan and Keith.
Wyntoon (Mount Shasta,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Places:
Monterey Peninsula
(Calif.)--Photographs.
San Francisco
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Children--Photographs.
Costume--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Photographs.
Interiors--California--Photographs.
Document Types:
Cartes-de-visite.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Tintypes.
Box 1, Item 1
Men and women posing in a cottage garden with gardening equipment,
undated
Box 1, Item 2
Orchard in bloom (Santa Barbara?),
undated
Note
[Photograph by N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara.]
Box 1, Item 3
Pala Asistencia (San Antonio de Pala),
undated
Box 1, Item 4-8
Scenes at Mission Santa Barbara,
undated
Note
[Photograph by N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara.]
Box 1, Item 11-12
Mountain View,
undated
Physical Description: [Number 11: postcard showing Orrin Peck in doorway of ranch
building.]
Note
[On verso: message from Peck to his sister Janice in Europe.]
Box 1, Item 13
"The Lone Cypress,"
undated
Note
[Photo by C.W.J. Johnson, Monterey.]
Box 1, Item 14
"Monterey in a fog,"
undated
Note
[Photos by C.W.J. Johnson, Monterey.]
Box 1, Item 15-19
Hotel El Monte, Monterey,
undated
Box 1, Item 20
The Golden Gate,
1936
Note
[Photo by Piggott.]
Physical Description: [Postcard.]
Box 1, Item 21
15th Street door of St. John's,
undated
Note
[San Francisco fire photo by Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda.]
Box 1, Item 22
Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition,
1939
Physical Description: [Postcard.]
Note
[Photo by Moulin.]
Box 1, Item 23
Women's Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Day,
October 29, 1915
Physical Description: [Panorama.]
Note
[Stored in photPAN Box 1]
Box 1, Item 24-25
Yosemite Falls,
undated
Physical Description: [Postcards.]
Note
[Number 25 addressed to Orrin Peck, care of Phoebe Hearst.]
Box 1, Item 26-29
Unidentified exteriors,
undated
Box 1, Item 30-31 var.
Dining room, Peck apartment ("White House") on Tite Street, London,
undated
Note
[Note dated April 20, 1922 pasted on verso of number 31 var., signed by
Ella M. More]
Box 1, Item 32
"South end living room; 'Wood Shed,' Belvedere, California,"
undated
Box 1, Item 33-40
Elaborate interiors of unidentified residences,
undated
Box 1, Item 41-48
Orrin Peck,
undated
Note
[Numbers 41, 42 by Arnold Genthe; number 43 by C. Holxer, Munich.]
Box 1, Item 49
Peck and other members of Owl Club appearing in "Our Boys," play
produced at Turnverein Hall, Los Angeles. Other actors identified: G. A.
Dobinson, M. Lehman, Harry I. Sewards, John F. Hennesy,
May 20-22, 1880
Note
[Annotated on verso.]
Box 1, Item 51-55
Helen Peck,
undated
Note
[Number 54 ruled as guide for a painting (number 55).]
Box 2, Item 56-57
Randolph Apperson,
undated
Box 2, Item 58
Professor Loetz, President of the Royal Academy in Munich,
1880-1892,
undated
Note
[Photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich.]
Box 2, Item 59
Prof. N. Gijsis, drawing instructor at Royal Academy, Munich,
undated
Note
[Photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich.]
Box 2, Item 60-61
"The King as a young man;" "The King as he looked last year,"
undated
Note
[Photos by J. Albert, Munich.]
Box 2, Item 62
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria,
undated
Note
[Photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich.]
Box 2, Item 63
King Humbert of Italy,
undated
Note
[Photo by Montabone, Florence.]
Box 2, Item 64
Harry Lee Davis,
December 1901
Box 2, Item 65
William Courtenay,
undated
Box 2, Item 66
Peter Perunovich,
August 24, 1918
Note
[Accompanied by note.]
Box 2, Item 67
Charles Rees Lloyd, Jr., 1st Lieutenant,
undated
Box 2, Item 68
Two men in a buggy,
undated
Note
[Annotation in German on verso.]
Box 2, Item 69
Dorothy Dowling and Judge Dowling,
undated
Box 2, Item 70
Auguste Seidl,
undated
Note
[Photo by Falk, New York City.]
Box 2, Item 71
Woman on horseback,
February 1899
Note
[Photo by J. Heyman and Company, Le Caire.]
Box 2, Item 72
Josie L. Stone,
December 3, 1887
Note
[Photo by Flaglor, San Francisco.]
Box 2, Item 73
Unidentified woman,
undated
Note
[Photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich.]
Box 2, Item 74
Jennie Senderson,
January 21, 1891
Note
[Photo by Lainer, San Francisco.]
Box 2, Item 75
Mary M. Willis,
undated
Note
[Photo by Vaughan and Keith, San Francisco.]
Box 2, Item 77
Clelia S. Parsons,
undated
Note
[Photo by Pach Brothers, New York.]
Box 2, Item 78-80
Jean Boalt Wheeler, 5th birthday,
January 22, 1901
Box 2, Item 81
Edward More Sargent, 11 months old,
undated
Note
[Photo by Coover and Rasmussen, San Francisco.]
Box 2, Item 82
Unidentified little girl,
undated
Note
[Photo by Imperial Studio, San Francisco.]
Box 2, Item 83
"Mickey" Feckheimer,
undated
Box 2, Item 84-85
Seated men at table with bottles and signs, "The old Kirk wine" and
sign in Greek,
undated
Note
[Note with photos: Hearst family photos probably taken at Hacienda. Note
on verso of photos: Fred Sanborn. Orrin Peck on right.]
Box 2, Item 86
Six men holding rabbit carcasses, pile of carcasses in foreground,
undated
Note
[Photo by Nelson and Bailey, Bakersfield.]
Box 2, Item 87
Groupe of men picnicking,
undated
Box 2, Item 88-113
Miscellaneous portraits,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 92, 97, cartes-de-visite. Number 93, N. Wilson's
Patent.]
Note
[Photos by Bushnell, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose; Formato Album;
Houseworth, San Francisco; Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios,
New York; Ruesch and Reisch; San Francisco Gallery, Towne, Photographer,
Portland, Oregon; Scholl, Philadelphia; Vaughan, San Francisco; Vaughan
and Keith, San Francisco.]
Box 3, Item 114-170
Unidentified women,
undated
Note
[Many in costume.]
Note
[Photos by Adt Portrait Studio, Waterbury, Connecticut; James H. Balmain,
Edinburgh; Ad. Braun and Cie, Paris; Alfred Ellis and Walery, London;
Gubelman, Jersey City; Haussler, San Francisco; Imperial, San Francisco;
J. Leeb, Munich; G.D. Morse, San Francisco; Fried Muller, Munich; A.J.
Neale, Worcester; C. Teufel, Munich; Herbert E. Simpson, Toronto.]
Physical Description: [Numbers 115, 116 tintypes. Numbers 119, 120 cartes-de-visite.
Numbers 151 and 152 recto and verso.]
Box 3, Item 171-182
Unidentified groups,
1883,
undated
Note
[Numbers 172a and 172b recto and verso.]
Box 4, Item 183-197
Portraits,
1898,
undated
Physical Description: [Number 195 carte-de-visite. Number 197 montage of 6
snapshots.]
Note
[Photos by Ad. Braun and Cie, Paris; Parker, Washington, D.C.]
Box 4, Item 198
Randolph Walker Apperson and Drucilla Walker Apperson (parents of
Phoebe Hearst),
undated
Box 4, Item 199
Anne Drucilla Apperson (Mrs. Joseph Marshall Flint), Phoebe Apperson
Hearst, Agnes Lane Leonard,
undated
Note
[Annotation on verso.]
Box 4, Item 200-206
Cabinet portraits of William Randolph Hearst as a young man,
undated
Note
[Photos by Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios, New York; Sarony,
New York; Taber, San Francisco; Thors, San Francisco.]
Box 4, Item 207-209
Portraits,
undated
Note
[Photos by Taber, San Francisco.]
Box 4, Item 210-213
Portraits in costume,
undated
Note
[Possibly for the Hasty Pudding Club, Harvard University.]
Note
[Photos by Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios, New York; Pach
Brothers, Cambridge.]
La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona, Alameda County,
California
Box 4, Item 214-232
Exterior views,
undated
Note
[Numbers 226-231, views of wellhead (el pozo). On verso of #226: "This is
the old Italian wellhead which William Randolph Hearst bought and had
shipped to the U.S.A. and on to California. Mrs. Hearst named her famous
castle near Pleasanton, Calif., La Haciende del Pozo de Verona--after the
wellhead." Number 229 shows Phoebe Hearst, Orrin Peck, and an
unidentified man; number 232 shows Phoebe Hearst, Orrin Peck, and Anne
Apperson Flint.]
Box 4, Item 234
Interior scene,
undated
Note
[Note on verso: "Perhaps Hacienda."]
Box 5, Item 235-242
Portraits of Phoebe Apperson Hearst,
undated
Note
[Photos by Prince, New York, Washington, D.C.; Marceau, New York.]
Box 5, Item 243-247
Views of Wyntoon,
undated
Box 5, Item 248-251
Unidentified interiors,
undated
Box 5, Item 252-259
Bohemian Grove,
undated
Note
[Photos by R.J. Waters, San Francisco.]
Box 5, Item 260
Cast members of "In Arcadia,"
undated
Box 5, Item 261-262
Egyptian excursion,
undated
Note
[Number 261 shows Mrs. Hearst on a camel.]
Box 5, Item 263-277
Portraits,
1913,
undated
Note
[Photos by Lallie Charles, London; Vaughan and Keith, San Francisco;
White, New York.]
Box 5, Item 278-279
Unidentified buildings,
undated
