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Image Not Available for Cheney Children on the Porch, Fishers Island, New York
Cheney Children on the Porch, Fishers Island, New York
Image Not Available for Cheney Children on the Porch, Fishers Island, New York

Cheney Children on the Porch, Fishers Island, New York

Date1906
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA small boy wearing a sailor suit and a broad-brimmed straw hat is sitting on a porch railing. A smaller boy stands beside him holding a teddy bear. A girl in a white dress and hat is at the right. Part of a frame cottage is in the left background.
Object number1988.133.216
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-216 / L to R on the porch at Fisher's Island / Horace Bushnell Cheny, Jr. (1899-1930), / Stephen Pierson Cheney (1903-68) and Antoinette / Phelps Cheney (b. 1901) / Bush is wearing a checked sailor suit and straw hat, Steve is holding a teddy bear, and Tony is wearing a white dress and hat." "negative of / 1988-175-9.135"
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