Collection of Henry E. Huntington Family, Residence and Estate
photographs: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Suzanne Oatey.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.
Overview of the Collection
Title: Collection of Henry E. Huntington
Family, Residence and Estate photographs
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s-approximately
1930
Collection Number: photCL 285
Extent:
327 photographs and 1 album in 8 boxes : albumen prints, gelatin silver
prints, photographic copy prints, autochromes ; images chiefly 20 x 25 cm or
smaller + 1 drawing
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains photographs of Henry E. Huntington
(1850-1927) and his family in New York and California, as well as early photographs
of the Huntington residence and estate in San Marino, California, and the private
railroad cars of the Huntington family.
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Henry E. Huntington Family, Residence and
Estate photographs, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources.
- Photograph album, gift of George Davis Hapgood, 1936
- Folders 1-9, majority of photographs, gift of Edwards Huntington
Metcalf, 1984-1985
- Folder 9 (1-3, 8), gift of Lucius Beebe, 1958
- Folder 9 (4-7), gift of John H. White Jr., 1983
- Folder 9 (9-10), gift of Donald Duke, 1964
- Folder 10 (1-169), gift of William Hertrich, 1960
- Folder 10 (166-169), gift of Ralph R. Rule
- Autochrome (32), purchased from Walter Miller, 2007
George Davis Hapgood (died 1938), the donor of the photograph album, was Henry E.
Huntington's private secretary in New York and came to California in the same
capacity. Edwards "Ned" Huntington Metcalf (1911-2001), Henry E. Huntington's
grandson, donated the majority of the family photographs . William Hertrich, the
Huntington's first superintendent of buildings and grounds, photographed many of
the images and donated photographs of the construction of the Huntington
mansion.
Custodial History
In September 2019, two autochromes were transferred from the Henry Edwards
Huntington papers (mssHEH), Box 27/1, to this collection and are now in Box 8.
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927) and his
family in New York and California, as well as early photographs of the Huntington
residence and estate in San Marino, California, and the private railroad cars of the
Huntington family.
The family photographs are primarily portraits of Henry E. Huntington, his parents,
uncle (Collis P. Huntington), spouses, children and grandchildren. Many views are
late-19th century cabinet cards and presentation prints in sleeves with imprints of
photographers in San Francisco and New York. Also notable are two autochrome
portraits of Henry E. Huntington by Arnold Genthe, 1916; a framed crayon drawing
after a photograph of Henry as a young boy, and a framed portrait of Collis P.
Huntington, approximately 1900. Photographers represented in the collection include
P. R. Young, Theodore C. Marceau, Pach Brothers, James M. Landy, Arnold Genthe,
Isaiah West Taber, Carleton E. Watkins, Rieman and Co., W. E. Dassom, Charles
Freiot, Robert E. Tener, and George Steckel.
This collection also includes views of Collis P. and Henry E. Huntington's private
railroad cars – the Alabama, Oneonta, and San Marino – accompanied by a file of
related correspondence, clippings and a blueprint of the floor plan of H. E.
Huntington's Pullman car, 1916.
The final portion of this collection consists of early scenes of the Huntington
estate in San Marino: the building of the Huntington residence (now The Huntington
Art Gallery), 1908-1910; a group portrait of workers; and a leather-bound photograph
album of 63 views of the Huntington residence, gardens, grounds and statues,
approximately 1925; Henry E. Huntington appears in several photographs, posed on the
grounds.
There are copy negatives on file for some images.
Alternative Form of Materials Available
Related materials in the Huntington Library
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged in 7 boxes:
- Box 1 (Folders 1-2): Henry E. Huntington; Mary Alice Prentice Huntington
[including with family]
- Box 2 (Folders 3-8): Collis P. Huntington; Arabella Huntington; Solon
Huntington and Harriet Saunders Huntington; Clara Hatzfeldt; children and
grandchildren of Henry E. Huntington
- Box 3 (Folders 9-10): Private railcars of Collis P. and Henry E.
Huntington; Huntington residence under construction, 1908-1910
- Box 4: Photograph album of Huntington residence, gardens, grounds and
statues, approximately 1925
- Box 5: Henry E. Huntington as a child, framed portrait, approximately
1900
- Box 6: Autochromes of Henry E. Huntington, 1916
- Box 7: Collis P. Huntington, framed portrait, approximately 1900
- Box 8: Autochromes of Henry E. Huntington and bookcases in his New York
library, 1916
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Huntington family --
Photographs.
Hatzfeldt, Clara
Huntington, Princess, 1861-1930 -- Photographs.
Huntington, Arabella
Duval, 1850 or 1851-1924 -- Photographs.
Huntington, Collis
Potter, 1821-1900 -- Photographs.
Huntington, Henry
Edwards, 1850-1927 -- Photographs.
Huntington, Henry
Edwards, 1850-1927 -- Family -- Photographs.
Huntington, Henry
Edwards, 1850-1927 -- Homes and haunts -- Photographs.
Huntington, Mary A.
(Mary Alice Prentice) -- Photographs.
Huntington, Solon,
1812-1890 -- Photographs.
Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery -- Photographs.
Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery -- Employees -- Photographs.
Gardens -- California -- San Marino --
Photographs.
Private railroad cars --
Photographs.
Pullman cars -- Photographs.
San Marino (Calif.) --
Photographs.
Forms/Genres
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Autochromes (photographs).
Portraits.
Contributors
Metcalf, Edwards H. (Edwards
Huntington), donor.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942,
photographer.
Hertrich, William, 1880-,
photographer.
Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922,
photographer.
Steckel, Geo. (George), 1864-,
photographer
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West),
1830-1912, photographer.
Tener, R. E.,
photographer.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916,
photographer.
Folder 1
Henry E. Huntington at various ages
Includes group portraits with his first wife and children in Oneonta,
N.Y.; in group with cable car on Mount Lowe Railway; with first library
staff, 1922; with grandchild, Mary Brockway Metcalf.
Folder 2
Mary Alice Prentice Huntington (first wife of Henry E.
Huntington)
Includes cabinet photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, San Francisco; views
with other family, including Solon, Harriet, Howard and Clara
Huntington.
Folder 3
Collis P. Huntington; his first wife Elizabeth Stoddard
Huntington; other family members
Includes Collis and Henry together in New York; a group portrait
including Collis and Arabella Huntington at Huntington Camp, Raquette
Lake, New York.
Folder 4
Arabella Huntington (second wife of Henry E.
Huntington).
Folder 5
Solon Huntington and Harriet Saunders Huntington (parents of
Henry E. Huntington).
Folder 7
Children of Henry E. Huntington
Howard Edwards Huntington, Clara Leonora Huntington, Elizabeth Vincent
Huntington, Marian Prentice Huntington. Includes some spouses (Leslie
Thayer Green Huntington, John Brockway Metcalf) and family groups; Clara
Huntington with Max Farrand, the first Director of Research, at the
unveiling of her sculpture of her father, 1930, and views of other
sculptures by her.
Folder 8
Grandchildren of Henry E. Huntington.
David Huntington (1910-1991); Lawrence Vincent Metcalf (1915-1990) and
brother; Howard Edwards Huntington's children on grounds of Huntington
estate.
Folder 9
Private railcars of Collis P. and Henry E. Huntington, the
"Alabama," "Oneonta" and "San Marino" and information file.
Folder 10
Huntington residence under construction, 1908-1910, and group
portrait of workers.
Box 4
Photograph album of Huntington residence, gardens, grounds and
statues, San Marino, California
Approximately 1925
Physical Description: 1 album
Includes some views of Henry E. Huntington on grounds and a color postcard of
a dirigible flying over the Huntington mansion.
Box 5
Henry E. Huntington as a child. Crayon drawing after a photograph
(approximately 1855), in oval wooden frame.
Approximately 1900
Physical Description: 1 framed drawing
Box 6
Autochromes (photographs) of Henry E. Huntington,
1916
Physical Description: 2 items
Box 6 (31)
Portrait of Henry E. Huntington (half-length), 1916. Photographer: Arnold Genthe
Physical Description: Autochrome, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Box 6 (32)
Portrait of Henry E. Huntington (head shot, in oval shape), 1916. Photographer: Arnold Genthe
Physical Description: Autochrome, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Box 7
Collis P. Huntington, portrait photograph in large oval wooden frame.
Approximately 1900.
Physical Description: 1 framed photograph
Box 8
Autochromes (photographs) of Henry E. Huntington and bookcases, and autochrome manufacturer's
box.
1916
Physical Description: 3 items
Box 8 (1)
Portrait of Henry E. Huntington seated behind his desk in the library
of his New York home, 1916. Photographer: Arnold Genthe.
Physical Description: Autochrome, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. The autochrome is mounted in a
diascope, a device used to illuminate the image for viewing by
reflecting light off of a mirror.
Box 8 (2)
Detail of bookcases in the library of Henry E. Huntington’s New
York home, 1916. Photographer: Arnold Genthe
Physical Description: Autochrome, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Box 8 (3)
Original autochrome box (empty) with label, in French, of
manufacturer "A. Lumiere & ses Fils." [Antoine Lumière]
