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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.98, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Mary Bushnell Cheney (1918 - )
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.98, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Mary Bushnell Cheney (1918 - )

Subject (American, born 1918)
Date1935 - 1936
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 1/2 × 4 1/2in. (16.5 × 11.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 12 × 9in. (30.5 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionBust length studio portrait of Mary Bushnell Cheney (b. 1918). She is angled to the left but looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a light colored top. Her hair is about chin length and is styled with the ends curling upwards.

The photograph is attached to a piece of cardstock. There is a rectangular impression in the cardstock, containing a thin double line and a dark rectangle. These form a border around the image area.
Object number1988.85.98
NotesDate note: Inscription on verso gives date as circa 1935 or 1936. Mary Bushnell Cheney Hart was the daughter of Howell Cheney and Anne Kimberly Bunce and the grandaughter of Frank W. Cheney and Mary Bushnell. She married John Paul Hart in 1954.
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