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Image Not Available for Ruth Cheney (Goodwin)
Ruth Cheney (Goodwin)
Image Not Available for Ruth Cheney (Goodwin)

Ruth Cheney (Goodwin)

Date1896 - 1902
MediumPhotography; black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 1/4 × 3 13/16in. (13.3 × 9.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionHead and shoulders length portrait of Ruth Cheney as a girl. Her head is tilted down to the right, and she is looking in that direction. Ruth is wearing a dress or blouse that has a decorative, gauzy top layer, voluminous sleeves of the same material, and a high neck. Her hair is pulled back into an updo.
Object number1988.85.113
MarkingsDebossed on mount below photograph: "The Warner Photo Co."InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Ruth Cheney (Goodwin)"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1896.

Context note: Cataloging worksheet in object file states that the place of origin is Hartford, CT.

Ruth was the youngest child of Frank Woodbridge Cheney and Mary Bushnell Cheney. She had eleven older siblings. She married Charles Archibald Goodwin in 1912.
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