Frank Cheney, Jr. Playing Baseball in a Skirt
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Frank Cheney, Jr.
American, 1860 - 1957
Date1890-1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionFrank Cheney, Jr. stands, wearing a skirt, at home base. He is wearing a hat and holds a baseball bat up over his left shoulder, poised to hit the ball. A few people sit on a bench behind him. Behind them there is a row of large evergreens and a group of people sitting in a wagon with large wheels.
Object number1988.133.351
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of Frank Cheney, Jr. wearing a / skirt and playing baseball on the / big lawn in front of the Knight / Dexter Cheney"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.116 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
