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Repository:
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Creator:
Lukens, Theodore Parker, 1848-1918.
Title: Theodore P. Lukens Collection of Negatives
Dates: 1882-1903,
Dates: undated
Quantity: 2.92 linear feet, 7 boxes
Abstract: The Lukens Collection consists of 213 glass plate negatives and 243 film negatives created by Theodore Lukens, 1882-1903 and
undated, that depict scenes in and around Los Angeles County, central California, and the Southwest.
Identification: photCL 467
Language of Material: English
Theodore P. Lukens (1848-1918) was a conservationist and pioneer community leader in Pasadena, California. Born in Ohio, he
came to California with his wife in 1880. He became active in business and municipal affairs, serving as president of the
Board of Trustees of the city of Pasadena in 1890-1892 and 1894-1895. Lukens was a friend of John Muir and promoted many conservation
causes. He served as supervisor of the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains from 1905-1907 and throughout
his career held various positions in private and government forestry organizations. Lukens remained prominent in civic affairs
in Pasadena until his death in 1918.
The Lukens Collection consists of 213 glass plate negatives and 243 film negatives created by Theodore Lukens, 1882-1903 and
undated, that depict scenes in and around Los Angeles County, central California, and the Southwest. The collection's images
depict schools in Pasadena; the Lukens house at 195 North Marengo in Pasadena (including interiors showing decorative objects
such as Native American artifacts); members of the Lukens family; friends of the Lukens family (including John Muir and the
family of John Brown); houses and hotels in Pasadena and South Pasadena; trees; the San Gabriel Mountains (including campers
and camps, Bear Canyon, Mount Islip, the San Gabriel River, Governor Henry Harrison Markham and his camp, seed planting, and
local flora); the San Jacino Mountains (including Idyllwild Hotel, Strawberry Valley, and local flora); the San Bernardino
Mountains (including Bear Creek and Bear Valley, camping scenes, Seven Oaks Camp, Mount San Gorgonio, and local flora); Arizona
and the Grand Canyon (including Walnut Canyon); the Sierra Nevada Mountains (including scenes in Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo,
and Mono Counties, the Kern and King's Rivers, Devil's Postpile National Monument, Lake Tenaya, Mount Whitney, Yosemite, and
local flora); a gold mine near Acton; lava rocks near Barstow; San Diego; the San Fernando Mission; and Santa Catalina Island.
Prints of some of the negatives can be found in photograph albums that form part of the Papers of Theodore Lukens, housed
in the Manuscripts Department of the Huntington Library.
The collection is arranged by subject and geographically.
See also:
Title:
Papers of Theodore Parker Lukens, Manuscript Division, Huntington Library.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Banning, Joseph Brent--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Gaut, Helen Lukens--Photographs.
Lukens, Theodore Parker, 1848-1918--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Markham, Henry Harrison, 1840-1923--Photographs.
Muir, John, 1838-1914--Photographs.
Van Dyke, Theodore S. (Theodore Strong), b. 1842--Photographs.
Brown family--Photographs.
San Fernando, Rey de Espana (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)--Photographs.
Bear Canyon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Bear Creek (San Bernardino Mountains, Calif.)--Photographs.
Bear Valley (San Bernardino County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Calaveras County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Devils Postpile National Monument (Calif.)--Photographs.
Eaton Canyon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Flagstaff (Ariz.)--Photographs.
Fresno County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Photographs.
Inyo County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Islip, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Kern River (Calif.)--Photographs.
Kings River (Calif.)--Photographs.
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Mono County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Mount Baldy (Calif.)--Photographs.
Mount San Gorgonio (Calif.)--Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Bernardino Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Diego (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Gabriel River (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Jacinto Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Photographs.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs.
Strawberry Valley (San Jacinto Mountains, Calif.)--Photographs.
Tenaya Lake (Calif.)--Photographs.
Tulare County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Walnut Canyon National Monument (Ariz.)--Photographs.
Whitney, Mount (Calif.)--Photographs.
Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Art objects--Photographs.
Camp sites, facilities, etc.--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Camp sites, facilities, etc.--California--San Bernardino Mountains--Photographs.
Campers (Persons)--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Campers (Persons)--California--San Bernardino Mountains--Photographs.
Children--Photographs.
Deserts--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Deserts--California--Riverside County--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Elementary schools--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Flowers--California--Photographs.
Forest nurseries--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Forests and forestry--California--Photographs.
Hotels--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Hotels--California--San Diego--Photographs.
Hotels--California--San Jacinto Mountains--Photographs.
Hotels--California--Santa Barbara--Photographs.
Hotels--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Indian arts--North America--Photographs.
Interior decoration--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Interiors--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Log cabins--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Mines--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Miners--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Miners--Dwellings--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Petroglyphs--California--Death Valley--Photographs.
Reforestation--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Schools--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Stagecoaches--Photographs.
Trees--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Trees--California--San Gabriel Mountains--Photographs.
Trees--California--San Bernardino Mountains--Photographs.
Trees--California--San Jacinto Mountains--Photographs.
Trees--California--Sierra Nevada--Photographs.
Negatives.
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
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.
photCL 467, Theodore P. Lukens Collection of Negatives, 1882-1903 and undated.
Purchased from Dawson’s Book Shop, Los Angeles, September 2002.
Between 2002 and 2005, Jane Apostol arranged, rehoused, and numbered the collection, and created a Container List. In December
2006-January 2007, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid based, in part, on the original Container List.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
The collection consists entirely of negatives. Arrangements for viewing the collection must be made with the Curator of Photographs.
Film negatives have been separated from glass plate negatives and are stored in Munger Cold Storage. All negatives are numbered
sequentially.