Alice Elizabeth Cheney in Costume
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1922
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/8 × 3 1/8in. (10.5 × 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.7 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of Alice Elizabeth Cheney standing on the brick front porch of a large house. She is wearing a dress that has a large, circular pattern on it. It comes to just below her knees. She is wearing a hat and has a watch on her left wrist. There are two chairs on the porch behind her, one on either side of the front entrance, under a portico. The double doors to the house are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1988.133.534
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Alice Elizabeth Cheney"NotesNegative of 1992.115.21 (photograph in album)According to cataloging worksheet in object file, image depicts "Alice Elizabeth Cheney dressed in a costume made of Cheney silk for an international silk show".
A sign in film 1985.113.2 indicates that the costume is a "MORNING FROCK".
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