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Image Not Available for Stephen Pierson Cheney on Porch of Log Cabin
Stephen Pierson Cheney on Porch of Log Cabin
Image Not Available for Stephen Pierson Cheney on Porch of Log Cabin

Stephen Pierson Cheney on Porch of Log Cabin

Dateabout 1914
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 3/8in. (8.6 × 11.1cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionStephen Pierson Cheney stands on the porch of a small log cabin in the woods, leaning on one of the roof's support beams. The cabin has four support beams, evenly spaced across the front of the porch. The door of the cabin sits wide open. There is a canoe resting on the ground in the foreground, turned over.
Object number1988.133.441
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Stephen Pierson Cheney standing on the / porch or a log cabin in Canada during / his hunting trip with Horace Bushnell / Cheney, HBC, Jr and Mary Pierson (Cheney) / There is an upside down canoe in the / front yard. / c. 1914"NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.70 (photograph in album)
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