Fifty year service employees of Cheney Brothers, Cheney Hall, Manchester, May 13, 1924
PhotographerPhotographed by
Elite Studio
American
Date1924
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4in. (21 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
DescriptionFormal group portrait of seven men, four standing, three seated in chairs on a stage with a painted backdrop. All wear suits and vests. Some have mustaches.
Object number1979.25.14
MarkingsOn verso, on paper label, typed in black ink: "50 Year Service Group / who attended / First Assembly and Banquet / 40-50 Year Service / Employees of Cheney Brothers / 6.30 o'clock / Tuesday Evening May 13, 1924. / Cheney Hall / South Manchester, Connecticut. / Left to Right / Standing - Benjamin Cadman - William Dunn - Frank Saunders - George Ferris / Sitting - John Trotter - Walter Saunders - Charles Day."NotesSubject Note: In the 1910s, Cheney Brothers advertised that they were "the oldest and largest successful silk manufacturing company in America and the largest silk manufacturing company in the world." They produced dress silks of all kinds, silks for upholstery and drapery, velvets, cravats, millinery silks, silks for electrical purposes and silk yarns.On View
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