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[Photographs pertaining to Montel Montgomery and the Lyons and Wiley families].
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[Photographs pertaining to Montel Montgomery and the Lyons and Wiley families]Abstract:
Snapshots and studio portraits of Montel Montgomery, taken chiefly during his youth, including an image of Montel with Jack
London; Montel's parents Lurline Lyons Montgomery and Percy Montgomery; and Montel's guardians Emma Growall and Willard Growall.
Also includes studio portraits of various members of the Lyons and Wiley families of Southern California, including Alexander
Lyons, Judith Lyons, Daisy Wiley Kittredge, Netty Wiley, Harvey Wiley, Villa Wiley, Julius Lyons, Captain Kittredge and Izola
Wiley Lyons. Also includes a view of the Monthaven property in Alta Dena, Calif., two views of San Francisco following the
1906 earthquake and fire, and views of the Colonial Hotel apartments in San Francisco and the apartment building where the
Growall's resided. Miscellaneous material includes a letter from Montel to his mother (1914), a photocopy of a letter from
Alexander Lyons to his son Julius (1861), a lock of "Tykir's" hair, a calling card of Montel, a souvenir booklet of images
of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, and donor-provided family history information.
Date:
1860 (issued)Subject:
Montgomery, Montel -- PhotographsLondon, Jack -- 1876-1916 -- Photographs
Lyons family -- Portraits
Wiley family -- Portraits
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
Lyons family
Wiley family
Note:
Numerous photographers, most unidentified. Includes one portrait each by the following 19th century studios: Isaiah W. Taber
(San Francisco), William Shew (S.F.), Opposition Photographic Gallery (S.F.), Bradley & Rulofson (S.F.), F.G. Schumacher (Los
Angeles), Elite Gallery (L.A.), Dewey (L.A.) and S. Del Castilho.
Also includes a number of miscellaneous, non-photographic materials.
Gift of Stephen Yale ; 2012.
Montel Montgomery's mother, Lurline Lyons Montgomery, was a cousin of Charmian London, wife of Jack London.
Photographs pertaining to Montel Montgomery and the Lyons and Wiley families, BANC PIC 2012.049, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPortrait.
portraits.
group portraits.
Photographs
Portraits
Portraits.
Portraits.
Portraits de groupe.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 65 photographs in 6 folders : chiefly gelatin silver and albumen prints, some mounted ; sheets 14 x 20 cm or
smaller
Language:
English