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Bridal Party at Wedding of Halstead Dorey and Theodora Cheney

Date1905

MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper and cardstock

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 9/16 × 8 7/16in. (16.7 × 21.4cm)

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Knapp Packard

DescriptionGroup picture of several men, women and children standing outdoors in three rows. All of the men are wearing military uniforms and the others are in light colored dress clothes. In the back row, standing left to right, are: Philip Cheney (1878-1948), unidentified man, unidentified man, Sherwood Alfred Cheney (1873-1949), unidentified woman. In the middle row, left to right: unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Ednah Parker Cheney (born 1873), Emily Cheney Learned (1864-1952) and Dorothy Cheney (1880-1971). In the front row, left to right: probably Elizabeth "Tris" Bayne (1898-1994), probably Helen Bayne (1896-1984), probably Harriet Cowles (1898-1975), Theodora Cheney (1874-1951), probably William Hutchinson Cowles, Jr. (1902-1971), Halstead Dorey (1874-1946), probably Thomas Hooker Cowles (1895-1927), probably Alfred "Bob" Cowles, III (1891-1984), probably John "Jack" Cheney Cowles (1894-1972), and probably Knight Cheney Cowles (1892-1970).

Object number2008.39.18

InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on verso: "Bridal party for wedding of / Theodora Cheney Dorey + / Capt. Halstead Dorey / about 1905 / Bridesmaids -- Ednah P. Cheney / Emily Cheney, Dorothy Cheney / Abby White (Howells) / Ushers -- Philip Cheney / Sherwood Cheney / Nieces + nephews of bride: / Bob, Knight, Jack + Tommy Cowles / Harriet + Bill Cowles Helen Bayne / Elizabeth C Bayne"

Handwritten in pencil on verso after "Sherwood Cheney": "+ ?"NotesDate note: Theodora Cheney and Halstead Dorey were married in 1905.