Boys Setting Off Firecrackers
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1909
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/8 × 4 1/8in. (7.9 × 10.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 7/16in. (8.6 × 11.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 7/16in. (8.6 × 11.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionFour boys and two men stand on a large, sloping rock that appears to be surrounded by trees and shrubs. One of the boys is sitting and has a dog next to him. All of the boys are wearing bathing suits. A cloud of smoke in the middle of the image suggests that firecrackers have recently gone off.
Object number1988.133.374
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Group of boys standing on a rock in / Marlborough, Ct wearing bathing suits / and setting off firecrackers. Two men in / street clothes off to the side. c. 1909"NotesNegative of 1988.175.6.75 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1909
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1906