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Image Not Available for People Husking Corn
People Husking Corn
Image Not Available for People Husking Corn

People Husking Corn

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)
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.
On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
probably about 1895