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Image Not Available for Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Swimming at Haversham, Rhode Island
Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Swimming at Haversham, Rhode Island
Image Not Available for Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Swimming at Haversham, Rhode Island

Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. and Antoinette Phelps Cheney Swimming at Haversham, Rhode Island

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1904
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 x 5in. (10.2 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionTwo children, a boy and a girl, are swimming towards shore. Both wear bathing suits. The girl has water wings attached to her arms.
Object number1988.133.207
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-207 / Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. (1899-1930) and Antoinette Phelps Cheney (b. 1901) swimming / in the ocean at Haversham, R.I. Tony / has 'water wings' on her arms. c. 1904" "negative of / 1988-175-9.29"
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