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Alice Elizabeth Cheney in Costume
Date1921
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/16 × 3 1/16in. (10.3 × 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/16 × 3 5/16in. (11 × 8.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/16 × 3 5/16in. (11 × 8.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Hannah C. Williams
DescriptionView of Alice Elizabeth Cheney standing on the brick front porch of a large house. She is wearing a dress that has a large, circular pattern on it. It comes to just below her knees. She is wearing a hat and has a watch on her left wrist. There are two chairs on the porch behind her, one on either side of the front entrance, under a portico. The double doors to the house are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1992.115.21
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso, circled: "16"Handwritten in pencil on verso by accessioner: "ALICE ELIZABETH ("CASSA") (CHENEY), / WIFE OF CLIFFORD D. CHENEY"NotesDate note: This image corresponds to a scene in the "Silk Pageant" home movie, dated April 4, 1921, in the Connecticut Museum collection (1985.113.2).
Context note: This photograph was probably taken in South Manchester, Connecticut.
A sign in film 1985.113.2 indicates that the costume is a "MORNING FROCK". It was made out of Cheney silk for an international silk show.
The photograph is filed under “F” for “Fashion Show”.
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