House of Antoinette Phelps at 72 Washington Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1913
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 × 3in. (10.2 × 7.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/16 × 3 3/16in. (10.6 × 8.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/16 × 3 3/16in. (10.6 × 8.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionExterior view of Antoinette Phelps' house at 72 Washington Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The house is at least three stories tall and has many windows. The exterior walls are covered with ivy. There is a small portico and porch at the front entrance, and a low wooden fence running in front of the house. There is a sidewalk in front of the fence and a path leading up to the front door. An automobile is parked in the street, in front of the path. There is one tree in the front yard, to the left of the entrance. There is another tree to the left of that one, in the grass between the sidewalk and the road that runs in front of the house.
Object number1988.133.542
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "exterior view of 72 Washington Street, Hartford"NotesThis is where Mary Pierson Cheney was raised, after her mother died, by her maternal aunt Antoinette Phelps. The house was torn down to build Connecticut Children's Medical Center.The title given on the cataloging worksheet in the object file indicates that this photo was taken while Antionette Phelps owned the house.
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Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1914
