Views of Thurlow Lodge, 1874
Scope and Contents
Plate 1: Thurlow Lodge.; Plate 2: Thurlow Lodge.; Plate 3: Charter Oak, Barron Avenue.; Plate 4: Gateway to the Lawn.; Plate 5: Interior View of the Gateway to the Lawn.; Plate 6: North Side of the House and Carriage Way.; Plate 7: South West Corner of the House.; Plate 8: Rockery.; Plate 9: Fountain and West View of the House.; Plate 10: Carriage Porch.; Plate 11: Norfolk and Chile Pine.; Plate 12: South Side of the House and Grounds.; Plate 13: Drive to the Carriage Porch.; Plate 14: Lawn and the rear of the House.; Plate 15: Fountain in the rear of the House. Milly's Summer House.; Plate 16: Front Lawn and Palms.; Plate 17: Century Plant and Fountain. Rear of the House.; Plate 18: Sectional View of the House looking South. Aviary and William at Work.; Plate 19: Lawn and House, from Barron Cluster.; Plate 20: Barron Cluster, from the West Steps.; Plate 21: View of Mollie's Private Garden.; Plate 22: Entrance to the Grapery.; Plate 23: Mollie's Private Garden.; Plate 24: View of the Hot House.; Plate 25: Trout Pond [1].; Plate 26: Trout Pond [2].; Plate 27: Tent and Family Group.; Plate 28: Lawn View from West Step.; Plate 29: Lawn View [1].; Plate 30: Lawn View [2].; Plate 31: Acacia Arbor.; Plate 32: Neptune.; Plate 33: Rockery.; Plate 34: Bacchus and Centaur.; Plate 35: Lawn.; Plate 36: Stables.; Plate 37: Coach House.; Plate 38: Stalls in the Stable.; Plate 39: Castor and Pollux.; Plate 40: Deer Park.; Plate 41: View from the Tower.; Plate 42: Scala Grandiosa.; Plate 43: Hallway. Second floor [1].; Plate 44: Hallway. Second floor [2].; Plate 45: Hallway. Second floor [3].; Plate 46: Music Room [1].; Plate 47: Music Room [2].; Plate 48: Music Room [3].; Plate 49: Hannibal and the Eagle. Hall.; Plate 50: Hall Consol.; Plate 51: Billiards Room.; Plate 52: Dining Room [1].; Plate 53: Dining Room [2].; Plate 54: Dining Room [3].; Plate 55: Chloe and Daphnis.; Plate 56: Amor and Psyche.; Plate 57: Precious Time.; Plate 58: Aracaria Imprecata. (Chile Pine).; Plate 59: Entrance to the Hot House.
Dates
- 1874
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access to glass stereographs and "Pacific Coast Views" photograph album is restricted due to rarity and fragility of materials.
Extent
From the Collection: 65.25 Linear Feet (28 flat boxes, 4 legal document boxes, 3 half-legal document boxes, 2 photo boxes, and 4 half-size photo boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Includes 59 pages of mounted black and white albumen prints. Cover dimensions: 47 cm x 58 cm. Cover is stamped and embossed: "Views of Thurlow Lodge. Menlo Park, California. Photographs by Watkins." Title page reads: "Views of Thurlow Lodge. Mollie Latham. Photographed by Watkins, 26 Montgomery St., San Francisco." Spine of album is damaged and has been held together with tape. Please use care when turning the pages.
General
Misspellings in original titles have been corrected by archivist.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository