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Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.169, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Grandfather Cheney
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.169, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Grandfather Cheney

PhotographerPhotographed by Notman Photographic Co.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4in. (16.5 × 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Martha Dewing
DescriptionBlack and white bust-length, profile-view portrait photograph of an elderly man identified on the reverse as possibly Grandfather Cheney. The portrait was taken by the Notman Photographic Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The man is wearing a corduroy three-piece suit and tie.
Object number2015.173.169
InscribedPrinted in black on front: "NOTMAN/ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY/ BOSTON:/ 3 PARK STREET, AND 184 BOYLSTON STREET."

Handwritten in pencil on back: "Grandfather Cheney - perhaps"
On View
Not on view
Gift of Clifford T. Alderman 2012.233.1 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John H. Burnham
Notman Photographic Co.
late 19th century
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.13, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Marjory and Dorothy Cheney
Dorothy Cheney
1880-1882
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1991.63.27 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Frank Woodbridge Cheney of Manchester in Boston, Massachusetts
Notman Studios
about 1900
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.195, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Unidentified Portraits
Davis & Sanford
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.145 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Atwood Collins, Yale '73
William Notman
1873
Gift of Charles Cheney Humpstone, 2002.14.9, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyrig…
Frank Woodbridge Cheney
Col. Frank W. Cheney
1897 - 1902
Gift of Charles Cheney Humpstone, 2002.14.10, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyri…
Frank Woodbridge Cheney
Col. Frank W. Cheney
1897 - 1902
2024.1.5.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Public Domain
Grandmother and Grandfather Howland
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.69, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Members of Goodwin family
Unknown
Gift of Grant Brown and Sylvia Brown, 2015.133.12 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society
Mrs. H.S. Hyde
F.L. Lay's Photographic Atelier
about 1865
Gift of Grant Brown and Sylvia Brown, 2015.133.13 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society
The Honorable William Hyde
F.L. Lay's Photographic Atelier
about 1865
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.171a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Charles Goodwin
Rev. Charles Goodwin
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