Guide to the Holbrook family photograph albums MSS.PHOTO.0403
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2022
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Holbrook family photograph albums
Creator:
Holbrook family
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0403
Identifier/Call Number: 3303
Physical Description:
7 volume(s)
Date (inclusive): 1889
Scope and Contents
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.
Related Materials
See also Mary Holbrook letter to Mrs. Stanford April 26, 1895:
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/cy572ts9856
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 1979.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Holbrook family photograph albums (MSS PHOTO 0403). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
travel
Tourism
Photograph albums
Holbrook family grand tour 1889
Box 1
II. Switzerland to Paris
Scope and Contents
Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France (including 1889 Exposition)
Box 2
IV. Italy and Egypt
Scope and Contents
France, Italy, Egypt, Turkey
Box 3
V. Palestine & Turkey
Scope and Contents
Palestine, Greece, Turkey
Box 4
VI. Turkey to Denmark
Scope and Contents
Turkey, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark
Box 4
Copy prints - Holbrook family in Athens and Jerusalem
Scope and Contents
Two copy prints with family identified - one at the Parthenon, Athens and one in Jerusalem with note by Harriet Holbrook Hamilton:
"this photo was taken out of the Olive Holbrook volumes to give to my children to show how Jerusalem accommodated its visitors
in the 1880s."
Box 4
Notes written by Harry or Charles Holbrook, annotated by Harriet Holbrook Hamilton
Scope and Contents
Several pages of notes by Henry Morgan Holbrook and/or Charles Holbrook (both possibly captions to albums lost during a 1957
fire) with accompanying commentary by daughter Harriet Holbrook Hamilton.
Art and portraits
Scope and Contents
Albums assembled by Henry and Olive Holbrook with photographs of Western classical painting and sculpture, as well as portraits
of well-known people including politicians, writers, poets, British monarchy, etc. Many bear the mark "Elliott & Fry Copyright."
Box 6
VII. Paintings. Portraits
