People Husking Corn
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Ednah Parker Cheney Underhill
American, 1873 - 1947
SubjectPortrait of
Charles Cheney
American, 1866 - 1942
SubjectPortrait of
Helen Cheney
American, 1868 - 1937
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA group of men and women sit inside of a narrow, rustic, wooden room, husking corn. The beams overhead are exposed. It is possible that they are inside of a stall in a barn. Included in the group are Ednah Parker Cheney (Underhill), Charles Cheney, Helen Cheney (Bayne), and Walter Bowden Cheney.
Object number1988.133.368
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Group of men and women husking / corn. Ednah Parker Cheney (Underhill), / Charles Cheney, Helen Cheney (Bayne), / Walter Bowden Cheney"NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.164 (photograph in album)Cataloging worksheet in object file states that the origin of the image is Marlborough, Connecticut.
Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewprobably about 1895