National Guard Tents in a Field
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1917
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 15/16 × 4in. (7.5 × 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/16 × 4 7/16in. (8.1 × 11.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/16 × 4 7/16in. (8.1 × 11.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionDistant view of many tents in a grassy field. Men, women and children mill about. Photo taken in Niantic, Connecticut.
Object number1988.133.449
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of tents and men / 'training of the National Guard at / Niantic.' / c. 1917"NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.95 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view