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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.231 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Men drinking from a silver loving-cup at Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birtday party
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.231 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Men drinking from a silver loving-cup at Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birtday party

Photographer (American, 1868 - 1936)
Date1908
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
Object number1988.133.231
DescriptionA standing man helping a seated man drink from a large slver loving cup. The men are outside in the shade on a grassy lawn beneath a large tree.
NotesSubject Note: Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birthday party at his home in Manchester, Connecticut was attended by members of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry who were with him in Andersonville Prison. They presented him with a silver loving-cup to commemorate the occassion. While the inscription on the envelope claims that the party was a celebration of Cheney's seventy-fifth birthday in 1907, an article in the Hartford Courant confirms that the party was in 1908 on his seventy-sixth birthday.
Status
Not on view
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