Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.389, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…

View Across a Field

PhotographerPhotographed by Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr. American, 1868 - 1936

Dateabout 1909

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 5/16 × 3 1/4in. (11 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 9/16 × 3 7/16in. (11.6 × 8.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams

DescriptionView across a tilled field. There is a row of trees on the far side of the field, and mountains can be seen in the distance. There are fence posts on the near side. There is a dirt path in the foreground. The photo was probably taken somewhere in the Adirondack Mountains.

Object number1988.133.389

InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View across a field, mountains in the / background and fence posts in the / foreground. Adirondack mountains? / c. 1909"NotesNegative of 1988.175.8.86 (photograph in album)

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