William Hamersley with John Rowley and a Child, Flying a Kite
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1918
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (10.5 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/8 x 2 1/2in. (11.1 x 6.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/8 x 2 1/2in. (11.1 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionTwo men, one of them wearing a military uniform, are kneeling in a grassy lawn. A young child wearing overalls and a hat stands in the foreground, holding a kite string. A hedge, a frame house and a ultility pole are in the background.
Object number2011.63.166
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: William J. "Bill" Hamersley was born in 1887 and died of influenza in 1918 at Camp Devens in Ayers, Massachusettes. He was an alumnus of Trinity College and Harvard Law school. He was married to Emily Brace Collins for two years before he died and the couple had one child, Jane Hamersley Wright. (Ruocco, 03/24/12)Another photograph in the series showing Bill Hamersey and John Rowley flying a kite has an inscription giving the location as "Black Point" which is in East Lyme. (Finlay 3/24/2012)
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1900
