the Runway / '94

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

Dateabout 1894

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 11/16 × 4 5/8in. (9.4 × 11.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 13/16 × 4 11/16in. (9.7 × 11.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams

DescriptionA large, two-story house with a wraparound porch sits in the middle of a large grassy field. Someone appears to be sitting on the porch, to the left. Mountains rise in the background. The house was probably known as the Runway. The image was taken in Keene Valley, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains.

Object number1988.133.329

InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "'the Runway / '94' View of house with / porch on two sides. Keene Valley, New York / Adirondack Mountains c. 1894"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.72 (photograph in album)

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