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Image Not Available for Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. with his great aunt, Antoinette Phelps
Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. with his great aunt, Antoinette Phelps
Image Not Available for Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. with his great aunt, Antoinette Phelps

Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. with his great aunt, Antoinette Phelps

Date1899
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 x 5in. (10.2 x 12.7cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionAn elderly woman is seated leaning back in a chair with her eyes closed, apparently asleep. A baby in a white gown is sitting on her lap.
Object number1988.133.162
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-162 / view of Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. / (1899-1930) sitting on the lap of his great- / aunt Antoinette Phelps, called Grandma Phelps / because she raised his mother. December, 1899" "negative of / 1988-175-4.144"NotesSubject Note: The photograph was probably taken either at the Horace Bushnell Cheney house in Manchester, Connecticut, or at Antoinette Phelps's house in Hartford. (Finlay 2/20/2014)
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