Display of ribbons and flags, Cheney Brothers, Manchester
PhotographerPhotographed by
Bond Brothers
Datebefore 1907
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/2 x 9 13/16in. (19 x 25cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
Object number1979.25.152
DescriptionExhibition of silk fabrics, American flags, and ribbons in a booth, apparently in a factory interior. A large birds-eye view of the Cheney Brothers mills and photographs of a fabric display are mounted on a partition that is draped with fabric. A sign reads: "Cheney Brothers /Silk Manufacturers / South Manchester, Conn." A bentwood chair is in a corner. A turned wooden railing is in the foreground. Pipes and wires run along the ceiling. A second booth is immediately to the right. Signs on it read: "Aut[omobiles?]" "Â… Co. / Â…wers / 49."
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.Date Note: Flags in the photograph have forty-five stars, so the photograph must predate the admission to the union of Oklahoma in 1907.
Status
Not on view
Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
