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  • Overview

    Call Number: A0006
    Creator: Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
    Title: Leland Stanford photograph album
    Dates: 1868-1882
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet (1 volume)
    Summary: Images in the album are largely of Leland Stanford Jr., from the age of 3 months to 14 years; others include one image of Leland Jr. with Jane Stanford, which has been hand colored, and several images of Leland Stanford Sr. In addition there is one image of Wilsie [Wilson] Taylor, a friend of Leland Jr.; the remaining images are of other friends and relatives, mostly unidentified. Loose images include one of Leland Stanford Jr. age 2; a tintype of Leland Stanford Jr., 13 years old, with possibly his tutor; two unidentified family members; and one photo [nearly completed faded away] taken by Leland Jr. in France, 1880.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Leland Stanford Photograph Album (A0006). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    This album, bound in brown leather with gilded page edges, is inscribed "Leland from Jane A Merry Christmas Dec. 25, 1875." The pages in the album have rectangular or oval inserts.
    Images in the album are largely of Leland Stanford Jr., from the age of 3 months to 14 years; others include one image of Leland Jr. with Jane Stanford, which has been hand colored, and several images of Leland Stanford Sr. In addition there is one image of Wilsie [Wilson] Taylor, a friend of Leland Jr.; the remaining images are of other friends and relatives, mostly unidentified. Loose images include one of Leland Stanford Jr. age 2; a tintype of Leland Stanford Jr., 13 years old, with possibly his tutor; two unidentified family members; and one photo [nearly completed faded away] taken by Leland Jr. in France, 1880.

    Access Terms

    Stanford family.
    Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
    Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
    Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884.
    Taylor, Wilson.
    Photoprints.