huntingtonfamily.org

the byu library has a digital collection of photographs by a man named george edward anderson. he was a prominent photographer in utah from 1878 to 1928. much of his collection has been sold to the church, and is now part of the "l. tom perry special collection" at the byu library.

some of the photographs may be studio portraits of oliver boardman huntington. i'm not sure how to verify this. for now i guess this is another mystery for us to investigate.

here are links to some of the photos that might be of oliver b., and i think his sister zina, and maybe his wife (you can zoom in to these images by clicking on them - the quality is quite good):

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 5341&REC=7

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 1812&REC=1

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 1813&REC=2

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 1070&REC=6

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 4862&REC=2

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 3433&REC=7

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 8312&REC=1

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 3326&REC=8

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/item_ ... 1069&REC=5


and here is a link to information about the collection:

http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/anderson/about.html

I haven't looked at the other Oliver Boardman Huntington photos yet, but I believe the woman in the first-listed photograph is his sister Zina. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q ... ages&gbv=2

BTW, I can't believe that the picture in what I'm seeing as the 2nd row of those google images is of Zina (the one referenced to www.signaturebooks.com), since 1) it doesn't look like her; 2) she was only 19 in 1840 (the woman in this photo looks older to me); and 3) even Daguerrotypes were rare that early.

Oh I can just get lost in projects like this.

Well, looking harder and taking more thought, I wouldn't say for sure that woman in the Anderson photos is Zina. But she surely resembles her enough to consider the possibility.

And then maybe the younger man in the later links with the extremely long mustache is Oliver, son of Oliver? (Since Oliver B. would have been an old man at that time...

I've just finished reading all the volumes of Oliver Boardman Huntington's journal, and have been moved, inspired and educated. I feel now quite certain as to the identity of the people in the George Anderson photos. One of the images (nos. 2 and 3) was spoken of at some length by Oliver himself.

Images no. 2 and 3 are copies made by Anderson at Oliver's request of a photograph taken in Watertown, NY in 1899 when Oliver and his sister, Zina, made a cross-country Railroad trip to the Chicago exhibition and then further to visit their youngest brother, John Dickinson Huntington, who had left the church several decades previous, and whom they had not seen for 43 years. He had returned to Watertown and become a very prosperous and influential citizen. Oliver describes being somewhat surprised by how impressed he was by John's dignity, integrity and stature in the community, but expressed sorrow at his rejection of the gospel. It was a very fond and touching reunion. The photograph was taken at John's insistance, and is of Oliver Boardman on the left, John Dickinson on the right, and Zina standing between them. Later, back at home in Springville, Oliver took great pains to have George Anderson make 12 copies of the image. He gave 7 of them to Zina, and dispersed the remainder among his children.

Photo #1 is of Oliver and Zina

Photo #4 is of Oliver Baker Huntington, his wife and eldest son.

Photo #5 is of the Oliver Baker Huntington family a few years later

Photo #6 is of the Oliver Baker Huntington family at the turn of the century.

Photo # 7 is of Oliver Baker Huntington and his two younger brothers, Dimick (the most common of the few spellings used by Oliver Boardman) and Will. These were sons born to Oliver Boardman by his wife, Hannah Mendenhall Sanders. There is a wonderful page in Oliver Boardman's journal where he plays on the significance of the name "Will". It is of course derived from his own father's name, but this son was not "William", but "Will".

Photo # 8 is of Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young on the left and on the right, is Hannah Mendenhall Sanders Huntington, wife of Oliver Boardman Huntington. This photo was taken in the 1890's as evidenced by the very voluminous leg-o'-mutton sleeves so distinctly in vogue starting in 1896.

Photo # 9 is a single portrait of Hannah Mendenhall Sanders Huntington. I would venture a guess that this shot was taken sometime in the 1880's.