Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.230 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Man drinking from silver loving-cup at Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birthday party

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936

Date1908

MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams

DescriptionAn elderly man stands on a grassy drinking from a silver loving-cup. Additional men are in the background.

Object number1988.133.230

InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-230 / 75th Birthday Party for frank / Woodbridge Cheney.(1832-1909) / Veterans from Andersonville Prison / came to celebrate with him, / bringing a silver cup. c. 1907"
"negative of 1988-175-9.203"NotesSubject Note: Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birthday party at his home in Manchester, Connecticut was attended by members of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry who were with him in Andersonville Prison. They presented him with a silver loving-cup to commemorate the occassion. While the inscription on the envelope claims that the party was a celebration of Cheney's seventy-fifth birthday in 1907, an article in the Hartford Courant confirms that the party was in 1908 on his seventy-sixth birthday.

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