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Miscellaneous photographs received from the Hearst estate at San Simeon.
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Miscellaneous photographs received from the Hearst estate at San SimeonAbstract:
Chiefly photographs of places and individuals associated with the Hearsts, but not family members. Album includes garden photos
of the Hacienda del Pozo de Verona and several views of a building and an arbor. In addition, the collection includes a number
of portraits; views of various residences from ca. 1885-1920; and an album "Sketches in the Black Hills," containing photographic
views taken in California and abroad. One noteworthy portrait is a card photograph by San Francisco photographer I.W. Taber
of Ramabai Sarasvati, taken about 1885-1895 (in PIC box 1).
Date:
approximately 1885-1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGardens -- California -- Pleasanton -- Pictorial works
Gardens
Homes
Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Pleasanton
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919 -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Pleasanton -- Pictorial works
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919 -- Portraits
Hearst family -- Pictorial works
Ramabai Sarasvati -- 1858-1922 -- Portraits
Villa, Pancho -- 1878-1923 -- Portraits
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine -- 1861-1936 -- Portraits
Farmer, Sarah J -- 1847-1916 -- Portraits
Villa, Pancho -- 1878-1923
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine -- 1861-1936
Ramabai Sarasvati -- 1858-1922
Farmer, Sarah J -- 1847-1916
Hearst family
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919
Note:
Various photographers; most unknown.
Title and date devised by cataloger.
In ms. on album's inside cover: Phoebe Hearst's Pleasanton estate.
Portraits of Hearst family members have been removed to the Portrait File, except for a few duplicate items.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Formerly in the Hearst collections at San Simeon.
Gift ; Of Hearst Corporation ; 1978.
18 portraits have been transferred to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library, filed as: Hearst, Phoebe A. (45-51), Hearst,
George (6, oversize), Hearst, William R. (43). Hearst family (79-82), Farmer, Sarah J. (1), Schuman-Heink, Ernestine (2-3),
and Villa, Francisco (8-9, oversize).
Type:
graphicPictorial works
Portraits
Physical Description:
photoprint
1 album (15 photographic prints), 1 box (approximately 100 photographic prints), 4 oversize folders (10 photographic prints),
18 photographic prints : some handcolored ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.