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Repository:
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Collector:
Peck, Orrin M.
(1860-1921)
Title: Orrin Peck Collection of
Photographs
Dates: 1878-1951
Dates: (bulk 1890-1915)
Quantity: 4.58 linear feet,
5 boxes
Abstract: The collection consists of 298
photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by Orrin Peck, portraitist and
landscape painter, and his sister Janet. Primarily portraits, the photographs depict
friends and acquaintances (both identified and unidentified) of Orrin and Janet Peck,
with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and William Randolph Hearst. Also
included are California scenes, including numerous views of San Francisco; unidentified
residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs. Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo
de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views of William Randolph Hearst's castle
"Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near Mount Shasta, California.
Identification: photCL 359
Language of Material: English
Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921), was born in Hobart, New York. His mother Margaret befriended
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) on a steamship voyage from Panama to San Francisco.
Peck became a close friend of Phoebe's son, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), and
served as best man at his wedding. Peck studied art in Munich where he collaborated with
Carl von Marr (1858-1936) on some of his work. Peck became an accomplished portrait and
landscape painter. He was commisssioned to paint portraits of Mrs. Hearst and William
Randolph Hearst, one of which hangs in Hearst's San Simeon, where Peck also designed the
landscaping in 1920. Peck died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1921.
The collection consists of 298 photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), collected by
Orrin Peck, portraitist and landscape painter, and his sister Janet. Primarily
portraits, the photographs depict friends and acquaintances (both identified and
unidentified) of Orrin and Janet, with particular emphasis on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and
William Randolph Hearst. Also included are California scenes, including numerous views
of San Francisco; unidentified residential exteriors and interiors; views of Mrs.
Hearst's home, La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Alameda County, California; and views
of William Randolph Hearst's castle "Wyntoon" (designed by architect Julia Morgan) near
Mount Shasta, California.
Photographers represented in the collection include Adt Portrait Studio, Waterbury,
Connecticut; Joseph Albert, Munich; James C.H. Balmain, Edinburgh; Adolphe Braun, Paris;
Bushnell Photo Company, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose; Edgar A. Cohen, Alameda; Coover
and Rasmussen, San Francisco; Alfred Ellis and Walery, London; Falk, New York City;
Amasa P. Flaglor, San Francisco; Arnold Genthe; Theodore Gubelman, Jersey City; Franz
Hanfstanegl, Munich; Frederick O. Haussler, San Francisco; C. Holzer, Munich; Thomas
Houseworth, San Francisco; Imperial Photographic Gallery, San Francisco; C.W.J. Johnson,
Monterey; Charles Lainer, San Francisco; Lallie Charles, London; Joseph Leeb, Munich;
Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios, New York; Theodore C. Marceau, New York;
Luigi Montabone, Florence; G.D. Morse, San Francisco; Gabriel Moulin, San Francisco;
Fried Muller, Munich; A.J. Neale, Worcester; Nelson and Bailey, Bakersfield; Pach
Brothers, New York and Cambridge; Parker, Washington, D.C.; Piggott; Prince, New York,
Washington, D.C.; N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara; Ruesch and Reisch; San Francisco Gallery,
Towne, Photographer, Portland, Oregon; Sarony, New York; J.B. Scholl, Philadelphia;
Herbert E. Simpson, Toronto; Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco; Carl Teufel, Munich;
Louis Thors, San Francisco; Hector M. Vaughan, San Francisco; Vaughan and Keith, San
Francisco; R.J. Waters, San Francisco;and White, New York.
The photographs are arranged by subject, with California scenes first, followed by
residences, identifiable portraits, unidentified portraits, portraits of Mrs. Hearst and
William Randolph Hearst, views of La Haciende del Pozo de Verona, oversize photos
(primarily Mrs. Hearst), and miscellaneous images.
See also:
Title:
Papers of Orrin M. Peck, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915), Manuscripts
Department, Huntington Library.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Adt, Alfred A.
Albert, Joseph.
Balmain, James C.H.
Braun, Adolphe, 1811-1877.
Cohen, E.A. (Edgar A.).
Coover, D. R.
Falk.
Flaglor, Amasa P.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.
Gubelman, T.
Hanfstaengl, Franz, 1804-1877.
Haussler, Frederick O.
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson,
1842-1919--Photographs.
Hearst, William Randolph,
1863-1951--Photographs.
Holzer, C.
Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915.
Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob.
Lainer, Charles (active
1880s-1890s).
Leeb, Joseph.
Ludovici, J.
Marceau, Theodore C.
Montabone, Luigi.
Morse, George Daniels.
Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945.
Neale, A.J.
Parker.
Peck, Janet, collector.
Piggott.
Prince.
Rasmussen, J. Charles.
Reed, N.H.
Sarony.
Scholl, J.B.
Simpson, Herbert E.
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West),
1830-1912.
Teufel, Carl, 1845-1912.
Thors, Louis.
Vaughan, Hector M.
Waters, Raper James.
White.
Bushnell Photo Company.
Ellis and Walery.
Imperial Photographic Gallery.
La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (Alameda
County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Lallie Charles.
Nelson and Bailey.
Pach Brothers.
Ruesch and Reisch.
San Antonio de Pala (San Diego County,
Calif.)--Photographs.
San Francisco Gallery (Portland,
Or).
Santa Barbara Mission--Photographs.
Vaughan and Keith.
Wyntoon (Mount Shasta,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Monterey Peninsula
(Calif.)--Photographs.
San Francisco
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Children--Photographs.
Costume--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Photographs.
Interiors--California--Photographs.
Cartes-de-visite.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Tintypes.
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the
Curator of Photographs. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of
the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
photCL 359, Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915).
Purchased from W.P. Wreden, October 4, 1961.
The Peck Collection photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives from the Ephemera
Collection in 1992.
The collection was arranged, numbered and rehoused, and a Container List created, by
Jane Apostol in 2005. In November 2006, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid based,
in part, on the original Container List.