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Charles F. Lummis photographs of El Alisal, family members, and other subjects photCL 72
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Box 1

Reference prints of glass plate negatives

Scope and Contents

Contact prints of the glass plate negatives, made by the Huntington Library in the 1980s for reference use. Numbers on prints correspond to glass plate negative numbers in Boxes 3-16.
Box 1, Folder 1

Charles F. Lummis (1-22) 1877-1909

Scope and Contents

Self-portraits at various ages, and a few images possibly by others.
Box 1, Folder 1

Amado and Turbese Lummis, as children (23-40)

Scope and Contents

Eve Lummis and an unidentified Native American boy in some images.
Box 1, Folder 1

Amado, Turbese, and Jordan (Quimu) Lummis, as children (41-60) 1894-1905

Scope and Contents

Henry Lummis (father of C. F.) and Eve Lummis in some images.
Box 1, Folder 2

Jordan (Quimu) Lummis, as a child (61-80) 1900-1904

Scope and Contents

Turbese Lummis and an unidentified Native American girl appear in some images.
Box 1, Folder 2

Jordan (Quimu) and Keith Lummis, as children (81-98)

Scope and Contents

An unidentified woman appears in some images.
Box 1, Folder 8

C. F. Lummis; Amado and Turbese Lummis (372-380)

Box 1, Folder 3

Lummis family group at the sycamore tree in the Arroyo Seco (99-107) 1899-1902

Scope and Contents

Includes Eve Lummis, Lummis children, and Native Americans from Isleta. Two views of a turtle and kitten.
Box 1, Folder 3

Jessie Knight Jordan (108-109) 1900 July 15

Scope and Contents

Wife of David Starr Jordan.
Box 1, Folder 3

Knight Jordan (110-113) 1901 March 12

Scope and Contents

Adolescent son of David Starr Jordan and Jessie Knight Jordan.
Box 1, Folder 3

John T. Doyle (114-115) 1901 March 14

Scope and Contents

Doyle was a founder of the California Historical Society.
Box 1, Folder 8

John T. Doyle residence, Menlo Park, California (358-359) 1901 March 14

Box 1, Folder 3

John Muir (116-119) 1901 March 24

Scope and Contents

One image with his daughter Helen Funk Muir.
Box 1, Folder 3

Elizabeth Benton Fremont (120) 1905 March 21

Scope and Contents

Daughter of General John C. Fremont.
Box 1, Folder 3

Thomas Moran seated in front of his easel (121)

Box 1, Folder 3

Photograph of a painting of historian Theodore H. Hittell (122) 1898 February 8

Box 1, Folder 3

Charles Russell (123-128) 1923 April 30

Scope and Contents

Two portraits with Ed Borein.
Box 1, Folder 3

Ed Borein and his art studio, Santa Barbara (129-130) 1923 March 7

Box 1, Folder 3

Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Tesuque, New Mexico (131-132) 1926 December 3

Box 1, Folder 3

Vicente Blasco Ibañez (133-136) 1920 February

Scope and Contents

Lummis in one image.
Box 1, Folder 3

Group at Mission San Juan Capistrano: C. F. Lummis, Vicente Blasco Ibañez, Will Rogers, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and others (137-143) 1920 February

Scope and Contents

Group includes several unidentified women.
Box 1, Folder 4

Jordan (Quimu) Lummis, as a child, and unidentified woman (sometimes shown with violin) in courtyard of El Alisal (144-151) 1909

Box 1, Folder 4

Rancho Camulos (152-160) 1887-1902

Scope and Contents

Views outside house and in garden and grape arbor. Includes scenes of dancing, guitar playing. Pictured are: C.F. Lummis; Don Antonio Coronel; Felicidad Abadie; Turbesé Lummis; group portrait of a young Lummis with Nena Del Valle, Ysabel Del Valle, Susanita Del Valle, and (Enedenia or Natalia) Del Valle.
Box 1, Folder 4

Lummis in group portrait at Rancho Camulos (161) 1923

Scope and Contents

C.F. Lummis, Ed Borein, two women and a man, on porch.
Box 1, Folder 4

Lummis and unidentified group at El Alisal (162)

Box 1, Folder 4

Lummis at train; portrait of unidentified woman (163-164)

Box 1, Folder 4

Lummis' house at 15 Forester Avenue, Los Angeles (165-172) 1894

Scope and Contents

House and lot; Eve Lummis with baby Turbese, and Native American boy on porch steps. One view of residence of neighbor Eli H? (illegible on negative).
Box 1, Folder 4

Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles, location for El Alisal (173-186) 1897-1899

Scope and Contents

Bird's-eye-view of Arroyo Seco (now Highland Park area), with Eagle Rock in distance. Includes construction images of a wooden house (not El Alisal) with a covered porch with posts. Possibly the residence of Idah Meacham Strobridge (1855-1932). One group photograph with Lummis and unidentified others on porch.
Box 1, Folder 8

Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles, landscape views (360-361) 1901

Box 1, Folder 4

El Alisal construction progress shots (187-212) 1898-1899

Box 1, Folder 5

El Alisal construction progress shots (213-239) 1900-1917

Scope and Contents

Lummis children and Native Americans (from Isleta?) in some images.
Box 1, Folder 8

El Alisal window made of glass photographic plates (365) 1899 May 9

Box 1, Folder 6

El Alisal interiors; Lummis at his desk (240-262) 1898-1906

Scope and Contents

Includes furnishings, décor, bathroom, Lummis sitting at his desk (1901 and 1903), study, kitchen, a Christmas tree near a fireplace, shelves of books, Native American artifacts, dining room.
Box 1, Folder 6

Lummis riding horse during La Fiesta de Los Angeles, with daughter Turbese and Native Americans (263) 1895 April

Box 1, Folder 6

La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, various guests and floats (264-270) approximately 1920-1927

Box 1, Folder 6

Mission San Gabriel (271-280) approximately 1890s

Scope and Contents

Exteriors, with one interior view of chapel.
Box 1, Folder 6

El Molino Viejo (The Old Mill), San Marino, California (281-282) approximately 1890s

Box 1, Folder 7

Mission San Fernando (283-292) approximately 1890s

Box 1, Folder 7

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad (293-295)

Box 1, Folder 7

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (296-298)

Box 1, Folder 7

Royal Presidio Chapel, Monterey (299-300)

Box 1, Folder 7

Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) (301-309) approximately 1906-1910

Scope and Contents

One view of cemetery and grave of Luis Antonio Argüello (1784-1830).
Box 1, Folder 7

Mission bells hung on wooden scaffold, unidentified location (310)

Box 1, Folder 7

Cliff House and Sutro baths, San Francisco (311) 1898 May 22

Box 1, Folder 7

Street views, Sacramento? (312-313) 1901 August 22

Box 1, Folder 7

Cuyamaca, Warner's Ranch, San Diego County (314-321) 1902 June 9

Scope and Contents

Adobe walls, fields, native dwellings or grass huts.
Box 1, Folder 7

Wooded path, unidentified location (322) 1912 July 23

Box 1, Folder 7

Shelter Island, New York. Young girl on dock with fish. (323) 1901 August 1

Box 1, Folder 7

Niagara Falls? (324) 1901 July 26

Box 1, Folder 7

Arequipa, Peru, street views (325-326) 1893

Box 1, Folder 7

Portrait of Native American man, unidentified (327)

Box 1, Folder 7

Bust (sculpture) of young girl, unidentified (328-329)

Box 1, Folder 7

Francisco Amate (Lummis' cook) and unidentified woman (330) 1910 September 13

Box 1, Folder 7

Gold mining (331-333) 1891 July 11

Scope and Contents

Woman and young boy demonstrating "the rocker" (a piece of equipment) and panning for gold.
Box 1, Folder 8

Lummis at Isleta pueblo, New Mexico (334-337) 1889-1891

Scope and Contents

Eve Lummis and her sister with Isleta children in front of school. One view of young C. F. Lummis sitting inside adobe house.
Box 1, Folder 8

Church of San Miguel, Santa Fe, New Mexico (338-339)

Box 1, Folder 8

Group at Enchanted Mesa, New Mexico (340-341) 1898

Scope and Contents

Group climbing path to top of Katzimo. David Starr Jordan, Turbese Lummis, and unidentified others.
Box 1, Folder 8

Acoma, New Mexico (342-343) 1898

Box 1, Folder 8

Native Americans with horses; stagecoach; horse and buggy (344-346) 1898

Scope and Contents

Unidentified Southwest location.
Box 1, Folder 8

Grand Canyon, Arizona (347-353) approximately 1898-1899

Scope and Contents

One image with Turbese Lummis. One view of group in front of large log building called Berry's Grand Canyon. Two views of Lummis sitting on edge of canyon. Views of a horned toad held in a hand.
Box 1, Folder 8

Man farm threshing in a farmyard with goats (354) 1889

Box 1, Folder 8

Pond with mule and three young boys, Guanajuato, Mexico (355) 1896

Box 1, Folder 8

Log house, with Eve Lummis and others (356)

Box 1, Folder 8

Turbese Lummis in Redwood Canyon (357) 1897 July 15

Box 1, Folder 8

Unidentified young man and woman (362) 1898

Box 1, Folder 8

Modeled clay bust (sculpture) of unidentified man (363) 1898

Box 1, Folder 8

Julia Bracken Wendt (1871-1942), sculptor, working on a bust of C. F. Lummis (364) 1915 May 5

Box 1, Folder 8

Photograph of a framed drawing titled "Students Desk" (366) 1901 March 24

Box 1, Folder 8

Miscellaneous (381-388)

Scope and Contents

Photographs of paintings by William Keith; mission bells; Sycamore tree outside El Alisal.
 

Glass plate negatives approximately 1888-1923

Conditions Governing Access

RESTRICTED: Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval.

Scope and Contents

Negative numbers correspond to numbers on reference prints. See reference prints (Box 1) for a full list of the contents.
Box 3

Glass plate negatives (1-9; 11-31)

Box 16

Glass plate negative (10)

Physical Description: Plate broken in two pieces. Secured in a special mount for viewing.
Box 4

Glass plate negatives (32-60)

Box 5

Glass plate negatives (61-88)

Box 6

Glass plate negatives (89-115)

Box 7

Glass plate negatives (116-142)

Box 8

Glass plate negatives (143-171)

Box 9

Glass plate negatives (172-199)

Box 10

Glass plate negatives (200-228)

Box 11

Glass plate negatives (229-256)

Box 12

Glass plate negatives (257-297)

Box 13

Glass plate negatives (298-338)

Box 14

Glass plate negatives (339-366)

Box 15

Glass plate negatives (367-388)

Box 2

Autochromes of Grace Nicholson (367-371) approximately 1907-1915

Scope and Contents

Five color portraits of Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), most full-length. She is seen wearing a pink dress and hat, holding flowers, and wearing a Chinese robe. Based on the specialized format and professional appearance of the images, there is some doubt as to whether Lummis took these photographs. They have no markings.

Conditions Governing Access

RESTRICTED: Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval.
Collection Contents
Reference prints of glass plate negatives
Glass plate negatives
Autochromes of Grace Nicholson
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