Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Holbrook family
- Extent:
- 7 volume(s)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Holbrook family photograph albums (MSS PHOTO 0403). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Charles C. Holbrook (1830–1926) was a wholesale hardware and mining supply store owner in San Francisco whose Elmwood estate in Atherton is now known as Holbrook-Palmer park. In 1889 the Holbrook family made a grand tour across Europe and the Middle East, and these albums document the trip with hand-captioned albumen prints of various scenes. Most photographs are published and many have printed captions; presumably one could request various images to be assembled as a souvenir. In 1957, a fire at the estate destroyed some volumes; the surviving albums were given to Stanford by Charles' granddaughter Harriet Holbrook Hamilton.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 1979.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- travel
Tourism
Photograph albums
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Holbrook family photograph albums (MSS PHOTO 0403). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022