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Image Not Available for Back View of the Cheney Cottage in Marlborough, Connecticut
Back View of the Cheney Cottage in Marlborough, Connecticut
Image Not Available for Back View of the Cheney Cottage in Marlborough, Connecticut

Back View of the Cheney Cottage in Marlborough, Connecticut

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1905
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
DescriptionAn elderly man, a woman, and several children are grouped around the porch of a frame cottage. The open door behind them resembles a barn door. A grassy slope is in the foreground. Leafy trees are in the background.
Object number1988.133.221
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-221 / View of the back of the family vacation / home in Marlborough, CT c. 1905 / People included: Stephen Pierson, Antoinette / Phelps Cheney (b. 1901), Ward Cheney (1899-1963), / Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. (1899-1930), Marion / Cheney (1897-1975), Stephen Pierson Cheney (1903-/ 68) and Mary Pierson (Cheney)" "negative of / 1988-175-9.156"
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