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Guide to the Orange County Californio Families Portrait Photograph Album
MS-R076
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Title: Orange County Californio families portrait photograph album,
Date (inclusive): circa 1865-circa
1905
Collection number: MS-R076
Extent:
0.6 linear feet
2 boxes
66 digitized images
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.Special Collections and
Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises an album of 66 studio photographs, carte
de visites, and tintypes of early and prominent Californio family members. The families are
predominantly from the Orange County area and include the prolific and prominent Yorbas,
Peraltas, and Sepulvedas, the first three land grant families that received titles for areas
which include the present day UC Irvine campus from King Ferdinand VII of Spain in the early
19th century. Also included are portraits of members from the Avilas, Burruel, Dryden,
Gless, Landell, Lugos, Pryor, and Ríos families. Individual and group portraits of
adults predominate, although there are a number of child and infant portraits. Also of
interest are photographs of wedding party; Soledad Pryor Landell and Peregrina Yorba bridal
portraits, and an unidentified priest. Several of the 17 tinypes are hand-colored.
Language:
English.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. These materials are in the
public domain. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of
Special Collections and University Archives.
Orange County Californio families portrait photograph album. MS-R76. Special Collections
and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquired, 1999.
The collection arrived in two batches which were apparently part of the same album. No
information exists as to the creator of the album.
Preliminary processing by Adrian Turner, 2001. Finding aid completed by Andre Ambrus
2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises an album of 66 studio photographs, carte de visites, and tintypes
of early and prominent Californio family members. The families are predominantly from the
Orange County area and include the prolific and prominent Yorbas, Peraltas, and Sepulvedas,
the first three land grant families that received titles for areas which include the present
day UC Irvine campus from King Ferdinand VII of Spain in the early 19th century. Also
included are portraits of members from the Avilas, Burruel, Dryden, Gless, Landell, Lugos,
Pryor, and Ríos families. Individual and group portraits of adults predominate,
although there are a number of child and infant portraits. Also of interest are photographs
of wedding party; Soledad Pryor Landell and Peregrina Yorba bridal portraits, and an
unidentified priest. Several of the 17 tinypes are hand-colored.
36 of the individuals are identified, including 12 of which are identified in contemporary
hands on the verso of the prints; other identification is derived from research done by
Gregory H. Bock. Most of these photo mounts are printed with the name of the predominantly
Santa Ana and Los Angeles-based photographers. The photographs have been removed from the
contemporary album and are stored separately for preservation purposes.
The original order of the photographs in the album was maintained.