Forty to fifty year service employees of Cheney Brothers, Cheney Hall, Manchester, May 13, 1924
PhotographerPhotographed by
Elite Studio
(American)
Date1924
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4in. (21 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
Object number1979.25.13
DescriptionFormal group portrait of men and women seated in chairs and standing on and in front of a stage. Most are elderly. Some wear eyeglasses. Some men have mustaches. Some women wear jewelry, including necklaces. A painted backdrop represents trees. Light fixtures are attached to fluted columns at either side.
NotesSubject Note: In the 1910s, Cheney Brothers advertised that they were "the oldest and largest successful silk manufacturing company in America and the largest silk manufacturing company in the world." They produced dress silks of all kinds, silks for upholstery and drapery, velvets, cravats, millinery silks, silks for electrical purposes and silk yarns. List of employees on this photograph includes Irish and German surnames.Status
Not on view
