Open Top Car on a Dirt Road
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
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)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 3/8in. (8.6 × 11.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a dirt road in front of a large brick building that is at least three stories tall. The building has lots of windows. There is an open-top car parked, facing the camera, in front of an awning by the entrance. One man walks down the steps that are under the awning, toward the car. One man stands next to the car and three more are sitting or standing in the car. The man standing and two of the men in the car wear coon-skin caps.
Object number1988.133.448
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of an open top car on a dirt / road under an awning. / Switzerland or Canada / c. 1914"NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.82 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
