Holbrook family photograph albums, 1889

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Holbrook family
Extent:
7 volume(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[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:

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:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.

Preferred citation:

[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:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022