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Description
Bust-length portrait. "Sincerely yours Harley Hamilton" -- handwritten beneath image. 2012-1300. Also have negative: no. 23,562. Harley Hamilton was born in the state of New York in 1861 to Erastus H. and Susan C. (Williams) Hamilton. Studied music at the New York College of Music, graduating in 1882. Married Nellie E. Ferris in 1887. Eventually setlled in Los Angeles (in 1887), California where he worked as violin instructor and musician (violinist). Established the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra (1898) and Women's Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles (1892), serving as musical director/conductor. Died in 1933.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Portraits. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on boudoir card ; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001478084CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Hamilton, Harley,, 1861-1933--Photographs Musicians--California--Los Angeles Conductors Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits Photographic prints Portrait photographs Boudoir card photographs
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