Cheney family group on porch
Dateprobably 1898
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on cardboard on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (15 x 20cm)
DescriptionGroup of men, women, boys and girls seated and standing on the porch of a frame house or hotel. Two boys wear sailor suits and knickers. Some men have mustaches. Some women are elderly. A boy in the front row holds a jacket and a pail or bucket. A woman in the back row holds a net, possibly a butterfly net.
Object number1991.54.171
InscribedOn verso: "George Wells Cheney /on right post / Harriet K. Cheney, grand- / mother left and below / scratched out face."NotesSubject Note: Probably taken in Manchester. Harriet Kingsbury Cheney was George Wells Cheney's grandmother.
Date Note: George Wells Cheney was born in 1888. He appears to be about ten years old in the photograph.
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