Derrs Sitting Under a Tree
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1918
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/8 × 4 1/16in. (7.9 × 10.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 7/16in. (8.6 × 11.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 4 7/16in. (8.6 × 11.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of two members of the Derr/Derrs family sitting under a tree. The young man sits on the left, and the young woman sits to his right. There is a small leafy clearing behind the tree, and then woods. There are a few large logs in the foreground. The corner of a cabin is visible on the left. Someone is sitting on the porch of the cabin.
Object number1988.133.487
InscribedHandwriiten on envelope by project cataloger: "View of male and female sitting in the / woods at the base of a tree. Members of / the (Derr/Derrs) family. / c. 1918"NotesNegative of 1991.63.45.4 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, this photo was taken during a vacation in the Upper Ausable Lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
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