Crew Boat and Rowers in Water
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1916-1919
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (5.7 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 7/16 × 3 1/2in. (6.2 × 8.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 7/16 × 3 1/2in. (6.2 × 8.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a crew boat, or scull, in the water. There are eight young men in the boat, facing away from the camera and rowing. The one furthest away is wearing a shirt or sweater that says "SPS" on the back, for St. Paul's School. A ninth man, the coxswain, sits in front of him at the far end of the boat and faces towards the camera. Part of a dock is visible in the upper left corner of the image.
Object number1988.133.595
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Crew - one rower with / St. Paul's School shirt"NotesCataloging worksheet in object file seems to indicate that either Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. (1899-1930) or Stephen Pierson Cheney (1903-1968) is in the image. St. Paul's School is a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire.On View
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