Men Carrying Canoes Through the Woods
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1900-1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 11/16 × 4 11/16in. (9.4 × 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 × 4 7/8in. (9.8 × 12.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 7/8 × 4 7/8in. (9.8 × 12.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of men carrying canoes through the woods. In the foreground is a steep, rocky, dirt path that is lined by brush and small bare trees. Near the top of the incline is a man who is carrying a canoe on his shoulders. There are three more men in front of him, walking up the hill. At the very top is a second man with a canoe on his shoulders.
Object number1988.133.411
InscribedHandwritten in red ink on negative, along left edge (emulsion side up): "28483."Handwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of man walking on a dirt path / in the woods carrying a canoe over- / head. Taken during the fishing trip in / Canada of Horace Bushnell Cheney and / George F. Dominick."
NotesNegative of 1988.175.9.81 (photograph in album)
Subject Terms
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