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Antoinette Phelps Cheney and Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. playing in the surf on Fisher's Island, New York
Image Not Available for Antoinette Phelps Cheney and Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. playing in the surf on Fisher's Island, New York

Antoinette Phelps Cheney and Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. playing in the surf on Fisher's Island, New York

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1906
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
DescriptionA small girl wearing a bathing suit is sitting in the sand at the edge of breaking surf. Two small boys, also wearing bathing suits, stand on either side of her. A long stretch of sandy beach is in the background.
Object number1988.133.222
InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-222 / Antoinette Phelps Cheney (b. 1901) sitting and / Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. (1899-1930) standing / in the surf at Fisher's Island, NY c. 1906" "1988-175-9.158"
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