Flash-light at Midnight, 183 Sigourney Street, Hartford, December 31, 1888
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1888
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 7/8in. (12 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionGroup of men and women in an interior. One man has a beard. Several have mustaches. They wear suits or evening clothes. The women wear elaborate dresses or skirts and blouses. Inscribed beneath image: "Flash-light / December 31st 1888 / 1889 1st January / Midnight."
Object number1974.6.20
NotesSubject Note: Louis R. Cheney was a superintendant at Cheney Brothers silk mill, 34 Morgan Street, Hartford, and resided at 230 Main Street, Hartford. John Dwight Parker was employed by Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, 291 Main Street, Hartford. According to Mary Cheney, the subject of the photograph is a New Year's Eve party at the Parker home, 183 Sigourney Street, Hartford. Caroline Goodwin Parker is at far right. John Dwight Parker is in the first row, second from left. Louis R. Cheney is the man with the black beard and mustache.On View
Not on view
