Cheneys and Derrs Sitting Outside a Cabin
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
SubjectPortrait of
Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson
American, 1874 - 1949
Dateabout 1918
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 4 1/16in. (7.9 × 10.3cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 9/16in. (8.6 × 11.6cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 9/16in. (8.6 × 11.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA group of eleven men and women sit in a row outside on the porch of a cabin. The people belong to the Derr and Horace Bushnell Cheney families. On the far right, one young man with glasses and a sweater with letters on it sits directly on the porch, with his feet on the ground. Everyone else appears to be sitting on chairs or benches. Horace Bushnell Cheney is third from the right and Mary Pierson Cheney is sixth from the right.
Object number1988.133.486
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Group of people sitting outside of a cabin, / Horace Bushnell Cheney and (Derr/Derrs) families / includes: Horace Bushnell Cheney, Mary Pierson / (Cheney), Antoinette Phelps Cheney (Crocker), & HBC, Jr. / c. 1918"NotesNegative of 1991.63.45.3 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, the cabin is in the Adirondacks at the Ausable Lakes in New York.
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