People by a Table Under a Tarp
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1920
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 × 5 1/16in. (8.6 × 12.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 × 5 1/16in. (8.6 × 12.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA group of eleven or twelve people mill around in the woods, under or near a tarp that is suspended from a tree. Under the tarp there is a small table covered with various dishware and a loaf of bread. Antoinette Phelps Cheney leans over the table, on the left, holding something in her hands. There is a clothes line extending from a small sappling to the right. The line has one blanket or garment on it. The place depicted is in Keene Valley, New York.
Object number1988.133.506
InscribedHandwritten in left margin of negative (emulsion side up): "90"Handwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Table under a tarp, probably set up / for a meal. People around table and / area. Antoinette Phelps Cheney (Crocker) / in view. Keene Valley, NY"NotesNegative of 1991.63.45.83 (photograph in album)
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Khoutavong Yongchaiyuth
2010 April 18
