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The Huntington Mausoleum
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Huntington Mausoleum, San Marino, Ca
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A series of three ambrotypes made by photographer Barret Oliver (b. 1973) using the wet plate collodion process. The photographs were made in conjunction with the 2012 Huntington exhibition "A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War." Title from photographer.
(photDAG 169-171)
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Modern ambrotypes and daguerreotypes
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A group of five daguerreotypes and ambrotypes made by artists born in the mid-20th century. Two daguerreotypes by Robert Shlaer (b. 1943) depict a New Mexico landscape, 1992, and a group portrait of 201 Huntington Library employees posed in the institution's Japanese Garden, 2003. Barret Oliver (b. 1973) made three ambrotypes in 2012 of the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington on the grounds of the Huntington Library.
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Road leading to Huntington mausoleum, circa 1928
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A view of the unpaved road leading to the the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his second wife, Arabella Huntington. The mausoleum was completed in 1929.
photCL 107 vol4 p124 (139)
North gate to Huntington mausoleum, circa 1928
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A view of the fancy metalwork gate at the end of the road leading to the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his second wife, Arabella Huntington. The mausoleum was completed in 1929.
photCL 107 vol4 p123 (138)
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Musical band of 12 members posed outside, with instruments
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A collection of chiefly 19th-century photographs mounted in their original cases, which are mostly portraits with some outdoor views, and some related images in other formats. The collection contains 72 daguerreotypes and 46 ambrotypes (approximately 1840s-1860s), and 58 early tintypes (approximately mid-1850-1900s). In addition, there are two modern daguerreotypes, made in 1992 and 2003 by photographer Robert Shlaer, and three ambrotypes made in 2012 by Barret Oliver, of the mausoleum of Henry E. Huntington and his wife, Arabella Huntington, on the grounds of the Huntington Library. Most of the photographs are studio portraits, including pioneers of the American West, or ancestors of families who came West, and many sitters are unidentified. A few of the notable portraits are: Edgar Allan Poe; Jane Thoreau (aunt of Henry David Thoreau); John B. Colton (Jayhawker of 1849); a postmortem view of a young daughter of Benjamin D. Wilson; Theodore D. Judah; a whole plate ambrotype of a group of San Francisco businessmen; and a Civil War drummer boy and his mother. There are a few cased photographic prints and tintypes of Abraham Lincoln, including two circular images that were campaign badges. Also in the collection are several outdoor scenes: California Gold Rush miners posed with tools at work sites; the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, 1849; a street scene in the frontier town of Orleans, California; and the locomotive "Sam Cruse."
(photDAG 101)
Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington on the San Marino ranch
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View of the white marble Huntington mausoleum on the San Marino ranch. Henry E. Huntington and his second wife Arabella Huntington are buried there. Construction was completed in 1929, two years after Mr. Huntington's death.
photCL 107 vol13 pg15 (83)