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Gift of Anne Cheney Zinsser, 2008.37.70, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Unidentified Boy With a Bicycle
Gift of Anne Cheney Zinsser, 2008.37.70, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Unidentified Boy With a Bicycle

Date1900 - 1940
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8in. (8.3 × 6cm)
Mount (height x width ): 5 × 4in. (12.7 × 10.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Anne Cheney Zinsser
DescriptionView of a boy standing outside in front of a large evergreen tree, holding the handlebars and seat of a bicycle. They boy is smiling at the camera. He is wearing a white shirt and tie, a jacket, knickers, and a "flat" or "newsboy" cap.

The photograph is mounted on a piece of cardstock that has a decorative border embossed around the outer edge and a second one around the image area.
Object number2008.37.70
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "8[Htfd?][?]"NotesDate note: Estimate based on style of photograph, bicycle, and clothing worn by subject.
On View
Not on view
Woman's Bicycle
Pope Manufacturing Co.
1890s
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Ruth Cheney Goodwin
1902
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George Wells Cheney Jr.
1927
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Colonel Louis Richmond Cheney
about 1885
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Captain John Davenport Cheney
1876 - 1877
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Elizabeth Cheney
1880 - 1890
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James Wallace Black
about 1860
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Rintoul & Rockwood
about 1863