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Image Not Available for Polly Ensign and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Playing on the Beach, Haversham, Rhode Island
Polly Ensign and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Playing on the Beach, Haversham, Rhode Island
Image Not Available for Polly Ensign and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Playing on the Beach, Haversham, Rhode Island

Polly Ensign and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Playing on the Beach, Haversham, Rhode Island

Date1902-1903
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 x 5in. (10.2 x 12.7cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA small girl wearing a long-sleeved dress and cap is seated on a sandy beach looking at a bucket. A second small girl is standing in front of her holding a pail. She wears what appears to be a long-sleeved tunic over a skirt and a broad-brimmed hat. A third person is partially visible at the left. What appears to be the photographer's shadow is visible in the foreground. The ocean is in the background.
Object number1988.133.150
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-150 / View of Polly Ensign and Antoinette Phelps Cheney / (b. 1901) playing in the sand at the beach / in Haversham, RI. Tony is holding a pail / filled with sand. c. 1903" "1988-175-7.151"
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
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Image Not Available for Antoinette Phelps Cheney Swimming, Haversham, Rhode Island
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1910
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
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1902
Image Not Available for Antoinette Phelps Cheney
Antoinette Phelps Cheney
Unknown
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1901
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1903
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Unknown
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