Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs, 1878-1951, bulk 1890-1915

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Summary

Creators:
Peck, Orrin M. (1860-1921)
Abstract:
The collection consists of 298 photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck and his sister Janet M. Peck. Primarily portraits, the photographs depict friends and acquaintances (both identified and unidentified) of Orrin and Janet Peck, with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and William Randolph Hearst. Also included are California scenes, including numerous views of San Francisco; unidentified residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs. Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views of William Randolph Hearst's castle "Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near Mount Shasta, California.
Extent:
5 boxes (4.58 linear feet)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of 298 photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck and his sister Janet M. Peck. Primarily portraits, the photographs depict friends and acquaintances (both identified and unidentified) of Orrin and Janet, with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and William Randolph Hearst. Also included are California scenes, including numerous views of San Francisco; unidentified residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs. Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views of William Randolph Hearst's castle "Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near Mount Shasta, California.

Photographers represented in the collection include Adt Portrait Studio, Waterbury, Connecticut; Joseph Albert, Munich; James C.H. Balmain, Edinburgh; Adolphe Braun, Paris; Bushnell Photo Company, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose; Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda; Coover and Rasmussen, San Francisco; Alfred Ellis and Walery, London; Falk, New York City; Amasa P. Flaglor, San Francisco; Arnold Genthe; Theodore Gubelman, Jersey City; Franz Hanfstanegl, Munich; Frederick O. Haussler, San Francisco; C. Holzer, Munich; Thomas Houseworth, San Francisco; Imperial Photographic Gallery, San Francisco; C.W.J. Johnson, Monterey; Charles Lainer, San Francisco; Lallie Charles, London; Joseph Leeb, Munich; Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios, New York; Theodore C. Marceau, New York; Luigi Montabone, Florence; G.D. Morse, San Francisco; Gabriel Moulin, San Francisco; Fried Muller, Munich; A.J. Neale, Worcester; Nelson and Bailey, Bakersfield; Pach Brothers, New York and Cambridge; Parker, Washington, D.C.; Piggott; Prince, New York, Washington, D.C.; N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara; Ruesch and Reisch; San Francisco Gallery, Towne, Photographer, Portland, Oregon; Sarony, New York; J.B. Scholl, Philadelphia; Herbert E. Simpson, Toronto; Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco; Carl Teufel, Munich; Louis Thors, San Francisco; Hector M. Vaughan, San Francisco; Vaughan and Keith, San Francisco; R.J. Waters, San Francisco;and White, New York.

Biographical / historical:

Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921), was born in Hobart, New York. His mother Margaret befriended Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) on a steamship voyage from Panama to San Francisco. Peck became a close friend of Phoebe's son, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), and served as best man at his wedding. Peck studied art in Munich where he collaborated with Carl von Marr (1858-1936) on some of his work. Peck became an accomplished portrait and landscape painter. He was commisssioned to paint portraits of Mrs. Hearst and William Randolph Hearst, one of which hangs in Hearst's San Simeon, where Peck also designed the landscaping in 1920. Peck died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1921.

Peck's sister Janet Moore Peck was born in 1878.

Acquisition information:

Purchased from W.P. Wreden, October 4, 1961.

The Peck Collection photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives from the Ephemera Collection in 1992.

Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged by subject, with California scenes first, followed by residences, identifiable portraits, unidentified portraits, portraits of Mrs. Hearst and William Randolph Hearst, views of La Haciende del Pozo de Verona, oversize photos (primarily Mrs. Hearst), and miscellaneous images.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please visit the Huntington's website: www.huntington.org.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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