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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"
Subject Terms
    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 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 Martha Dewing, 2015.173.13, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Marjory and Dorothy Cheney
    Dorothy Cheney
    1880-1882
    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
    Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.69, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Members of Goodwin family
    Unknown
    2024.1.5.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Public Domain
    Grandmother and Grandfather Howland
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2000.172.2 © 2002 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Stereoscopic Views of Norwich and Vicinity
    Webster's Photographic Studio
    1871-1888
    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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