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Box 1

Shorb family and ancestral homes in Maryland (Items 1-47)

Includes "Clairvaux," the ancestral home of James De Barth Shorb in Emmitsburg, Maryland; "Republic of San Marino" coat of arms; copies of engravings of ancestors Johan Shorb and John Shorb; James A. Shorb (father of J.D.B. Shorb) and a copy of his memorial service program, 1867; Margaret McMeal Shorb; Daniel McMeal; Joseph Campbell Shorb and a copy of his memorial service program, 1889; Donald Shorb; street scenes of Emmitsburg, Maryland; Harriet Shorb (also known as Soeur Anne Alexis) in nun's habit; Addie Shorb; Sophie Shorb; and Shorb friend Dr. Ferdie Chatard with his wife and son.
Box 2

Shorb Ranch, California ("San Marino"); James De Barth Shorb portraits (Items 48-105)

  • Shorb Ranch: Includes interior and exterior views of the residence, grounds and reservoirs in what is now San Marino, California, as well as a 1966 news clipping. Includes a cabinet card view by photographer E. A. Bonine (item 49.1) and a view of an adobe ranch house of ranch superintendent Numa A. Strain, ca. 1895, by photographer C. C. Warner of Alhambra. Other photographs include Shorb family members on the property; views of Mission San Gabriel, approximately 1890s (Items 90-96), including a card photograph of the decorated altar of one of its chapels. There are also studio portraits of Ethelbert Dowlen, the Shorb Ranch viticulturist, 1890s; Chinese employees (including Liu Tian, item 85); Taylor Scott White, ranch superintendent, (item 87); and Ike Cooper (Items 88-89). See also Box 8 for interior view of Reception Room, San Marino.
  • James De Barth Shorb: Several portraits, ca. 1870-1890, in young and old age (Items 98-105). Two portraits are by photographer Valentin Wolfenstein, Los Angeles. Some biographical material accompanies the photographs.
    • Box 3

    Children of James De Barth Shorb and Maria Jesus Wilson Shorb (Items 108-135)

    Chiefly studio portraits taken at various ages of the children of J.D.B. Shorb and their related family members.
  • Ynez Maria Shorb (1869-1933), her husband Stephen S. White, and their daughter, Ruth White; Major T. F. Farrell (husband of Zita White); Carroll DeForest Buck (Ynez Maria Shorb White's second husband). Includes photographs of the wedding of Ynez Maria Shorb to Stephen S. White, 1894.
  • James De Barth Shorb Jr. ("Barty") (1870-1907)
  • Margaret Nina Shorb (1871-1875)
  • Edith Shorb (1872-1954), her husband, James King Steele, and their son James Shorb Steele (also known as Shorb Steele).
    • Box 4

    Children of James De Barth Shorb and Maria Jesus Wilson Shorb, continued (Items 136-152)

  • Ramona Maria Shorb (1874-1921)
  • Joseph Campbell Shorb (1878-1919)
  • Ethel Rebecca Shorb (1880-1959). Also includes snapshots from Ethel Shorb's trips, primarily to Europe, approximately 1908-1910.
  • Donald McMeal Shorb (1882-1933), his wife, Adeline Day Shorb, and their children Mary Day and Yorba.
    • Box 5

    Children of James De Barth Shorb and Maria Jesus Wilson Shorb, continued; Shorb family members and friends (Items 153-196)

  • Norbert Newlands Shorb (1887-1951), his wife, Mary Burke Shorb, and three children.
  • Bernardo Yorba Shorb (1888-1928)
  • Family friends in California: Charles Frederick Holder, Grace Mellus, Katharine Mellus, Mrs. Hugh Smith (formerly Mrs. George S. Patton), Anne (Nita) Patton, Eleanor Martin, Edward L. Watkins and his wife, Mary (Stone) Watkins, and their children; Friedrich-Ferdinand von Levetzow (including an identification badge with small framed portrait of Levetzow from the "Deutscher Offizier Verein Zu Berlin"; Jay Naylord Church; and miscellaneous cartes-de-visite and studio portraits.
  • Group portrait of students from the Convent of Holy Names, Oakland, Ca., that includes Edith Shorb and Elizabeth Workman, ca. 1880s.
  • Group portrait of students and nuns at Ramona Convent in Alhambra, Ca., that includes Ethel Shorb, ca. 1890s.
  • Shorb family members posed with tennis rackets, ca. 1880s, and group portrait of the Valley Tennis Club at Purcell Ranch and at other outings, ca. 1880s; views of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade, 1896 and 1901.
    • Box 6

    Shorb family friends; other miscellaneous (Items 197-244)

  • Miscellaneous buildings including La Casa Figueroa adobe; Mark Hopkins residence in San Francisco, 1912; Banning home on Catalina Island, 1895; Customs House, Monterey; Mission San Francisco de Solano.
  • United States military men in uniform, 1900-1918 (mostly unidentified)
  • Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree, 1908.
  • Studio portraits of mostly unidentified men and women, late 1800s-early 1900s. Also many unidentified cartes-de-visite portraits by San Francisco and East Coast photographers.
    • Box 7

    Shorb family friends; Shorb children; duplicate album photographs; other miscellaneous (Items 245-253)

  • Studio portraits and some snapshots of mostly unidentified men, women and children, late 1800s-early 1900s.
  • Various snapshots and portraits of Shorb family children including J.D.B. Shorb's grandchildren Shorb Steele, Yorba Shorb, Mary Day Shorb and others, including some at the San Francisco fairgrounds, 1915, and on a Mendocino ranch. Many unidentified.
  • Snapshots of unidentified ranch scenes, people on horses, early 1900s.
  • A few duplicate photographs from the Shorb family photograph album (Box 8).
    • Box 8

    Shorb family photograph album (1895-1896)

    A disbound photograph album (27 x 34 cm) with leather covers and 38 pages of photographs dating from 1895-1896 of the Shorb ranch, family members, Lake Vineyard, Catalina Island, camping and hunting, horses, picnics and Shorb family friends including the Rice family, Richard I. Howitt, J. H. Gilmour, E.M. Tiernan, Ike Cooper, Victor Ward, Ida Banning, and members of the Patton family. There are also some views of agricultural workers, Chinese peddlers, and Chinese workers and African American workers and children at Shorb Ranch. The images have handwritten captions.
    Also in box is a large, mounted photograph of interior, Reception Room, San Marino Ranch (Item 254).
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