Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.231 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Men drinking from a silver loving-cup at Frank Woodbridge Cheney's seventy-sixth birtday 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

DescriptionA standing man helping a seated man drink from a large slver loving cup. The men are outside in the shade on a grassy lawn beneath a large tree.

Object number1988.133.231

InscribedOn paper envelope, in pencil, "1988-133-231 / 75th birthday of frank Woodbridge / Cheney (1832-1909). Men drinking from / a large silver cup. Men from Andersonville / Prison came to celebrate fWC's birthday. / c. 1907"
"negative of / 1988-175-9.204NotesSubject 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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