Portrait of Henry E. Huntington, [s.d.]

Photographic portrait of Henry E. Huntington, [s.d.]. A balding elderly man with white hair, and a thick white moustache looks into the camera lens. He has small ears, and drooping soulful eyes set above a large nose. The man is clad in a dark suit, tie, and light-colored undershirt.; "Henry Edwards Huntington was born February 27, 1850 in Oneonta, New York to Solon and Harriet Huntington. Despite the fact that his uncle was wealthy railroad executive Collis P. Huntington, builder of the Southern Pacific Railway, Henry did not have a particularly privileged childhood. He attended both public and private schools as a child and never attended college. After a brief career in the hardware business, Huntington went to work for his uncle running a sawmill in St. Albans, West Virginia in 1871. This job put Henry's foot in the railway business door, since the sawmill provided lumber for Collis' railway ventures. Making the most of the opportunity, Henry eventually became owner of the mill. In 1884, Collis invited Henry to come work with him in the railroad business. Railroads would consume the next six years of Henry's life until the death of his uncle in 1900. He received a large chunk of Collis' fortune and the chairmanship of the Southern Pacific Railway. But Henry had other ideas about his future. He soon sold the railroad to pursue other career opportunities, at one point becoming the single largest landowner in Southern California. In his personal life, as well as in business, Huntington looked no further than his own family. In 1873 he married Mary Alice Prentice, the sister of Collis Huntington's adopted daughter. They divorced in 1906 and seven years later, Huntington married Arabella Duval Huntington, uncle Collis' widow. It was Arabella who developed the extensive botanical gardens on the grounds of the Huntington Library. Huntington devoted the last years of his life to his priceless library of rare books and art. He died on May 23, 1927 in Philadelphia. Upon his death, his massive library was opened to the public." -- unknown author. (not found on the back of photoprint)

亨利·E·亨廷顿（Henry E. Huntington）肖像照，拍摄日期不详。照片中的老年男性头发花白、头顶渐秃，留着浓密的白色八字胡，正直视镜头。他耳朵偏小，鼻梁宽大，上方是一双微微下垂、饱含深情的眼眸，身着深色西装、领带与浅色贴身内搭；"亨利·爱德华兹·亨廷顿（Henry Edwards Huntington）于1850年2月27日出生于纽约州奥尼昂塔市，父母为索伦·亨廷顿与哈丽特·亨廷顿。尽管其叔父是南太平洋铁路（Southern Pacific Railway）的缔造者、知名铁路高管科利斯·P·亨廷顿（Collis P. Huntington），但亨利的童年并未享有过多特权。幼年时他先后就读于公立与私立学校，终生未入大学深造。在短暂从事五金行业后，亨廷顿于1871年前往西弗吉尼亚州圣奥尔本斯，为叔父打理一家锯木厂。这份工作为亨廷顿踏入铁路行业埋下伏笔——锯木厂为科利斯的铁路工程提供木材。他充分把握此次机遇，最终成为了这家锯木厂的所有者。1884年，科利斯邀请亨廷顿一同投身铁路事业。此后六年，铁路事业占据了亨利的全部精力，直至1900年叔父离世。他继承了科利斯的巨额遗产，并出任南太平洋铁路公司董事长。但亨廷顿对自己的人生另有规划：他很快出售了铁路业务，转而投身其他领域，曾一度成为南加州规模最大的私人土地所有者。无论在事业还是私人生活中，亨廷顿都极为重视家庭。1873年，他与玛丽·爱丽丝·普伦蒂斯成婚——她是科利斯·亨廷顿养女的姐姐。二人于1906年离婚，七年后，亨廷顿迎娶了叔父科利斯的遗孀阿拉贝拉·迪瓦尔·亨廷顿。正是阿拉贝拉，在亨廷顿图书馆园区内打造了规模宏大的植物园。亨廷顿将晚年悉数奉献给了自己珍藏的善本与艺术馆藏。1927年5月23日，他于费城与世长辞。逝世后，其庞大的图书馆馆藏对公众开放。"——作者佚名（照片背面未标注作者信息）