Top of Hurricane
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Helen Cheney
American, 1868 - 1937
SubjectPortrait of
Harriet Bowen Cheney
American, 1867 - 1938
Dateabout 1894
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 × 4 11/16in. (9.7 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 × 4 11/16in. (9.8 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 × 4 11/16in. (9.8 × 11.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionTen young adults sit on top of a cluster of large boulders. One young woman drinks out of a canteen. A short-haired dog walks across in front of the group. They are sitting at the top of Hurricane Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains of Keene Valley, New York. Helen Cheney (Bayne) and Harriet Bowen Cheney (Cowles) are both in the image.
Object number1988.133.331
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "'Top of Hurricane' c. 1894 / group of 9 people seated on rocks. / There is a dog running across one / rock and there is a woman drinking / from a canteen. / Helen Cheney (Bayne), Harriet Bowen Cheney / (Cowles) in photograph"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.74 & .75 (photographs in album)On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1920
