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Image Not Available for View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Image Not Available for View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut

View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936
Date1898
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA potted plant is on a small Queen Anne style desk in the foreground. A second block front desk sits against a wall in the background. Wide doorways on either side afford views of other rooms, including the dining room and what appears to be an entrance hall. Framed pictures are on the walls. Oriental rugs are on the floors.
Object number1988.133.316
InscribedOn paper envelope, upper left, in pencil, "negative of / 1988-85-138.73"; upper center, in pencil, "View from the library of the Horace Bushnell / Cheney house, 78 [sic] South Manchester, Ct / visible is the reception room, hall and dining room. c. 1898"
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.543, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Library at Horace Bushnell Cheney's House
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1900
Image Not Available for Library in the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Library in the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.143 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, Manchester
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
early 20th century
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1317 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
A Girl's Bedroom
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Image Not Available for Master bedroom in the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Master bedroom in the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
Image Not Available for A corner of the master bedroom of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
A corner of the master bedroom of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
Image Not Available for View of the dining room table and breakfast table in the dining room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
View of the dining room table and breakfast table in the dining room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.346, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney's Room at Sheffield Scientific
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1890
Gift of Clifford T. Alderman, 2014.103.11 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
Music Room, Battell-Stoeckel Mansion, Norfolk, Connecticut
Marie Kendall
about 1900
Image Not Available for View of the Dining Room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
View of the Dining Room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
1977.7.24 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Josephine Seymour Toy and Elsa Welling dressed for a recitation at Unity Hall, Hartford
William B. Lloyd
about 1900
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.201.36 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Main room, Goodwin Club, Asylum Street, Hartford
Unknown
1920
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