Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Photographs of Huntington Lake and the surrounding Sierra Nevada Forest, California, taken approximately 1915 to 1920. Views show a mountain resort, people enjoying recreation, scenery, and hydroelectric power houses at Big Creek.
- Extent:
- 1 Volume (100 photographs)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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Huntington Lake photograph album, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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An album of 100 commercially-made photographs, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each, of Huntington Lake, in the High Sierras of California. The album does not have a title or any text, and is undated. It appears to have been made in or shortly after 1915, as it features the Huntington Lake Lodge, which opened in 1915. Views show the exterior, lobby and dining room. Other subjects in the album are: children riding on burros, vacationers fishing and carrying rifles for hunting, cabins, and views of the lake and mountain scenery. The new powerhouses, dams, and railroad tracks are highlighted in several images. Photographs by Huddleston Photo Company, Henne Building, Los Angeles.
- Biographical / historical:
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Huntington Lake was created in 1912 as part of the Big Creek hydroelectric power project in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to provide power for a growing California. The first phase took place from 1911 to 1914, and in addition to creating Huntington Lake, it included construction of Big Creek Powerhouses No. 1 and No. 2. The lake was named for Henry Edwards Huntington, president of the Pacific Light and Power Company, who financed the earliest work at Big Creek. The Huntington Lake area grew into a recreational destination, with summer and winter camps and vacationers.
- Acquisition information:
- Received from Henry E. Huntington, June 24, 1925.
- Custodial history:
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Transferred to Photo Archive, 1983.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library staff, ca. 1983. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey created a finding aid.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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Huntington Lake photograph album, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2129