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Frank W. Cheney and Sons

Dateabout 1898

MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 7/16 × 8 1/4in. (16.4 × 21cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 × 9 1/16in. (17.8 × 23cm)
Mount (height x width): 10 13/16 × 13 5/16in. (27.5 × 33.8cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams

DescriptionView of Frank W. Cheney and his eight sons standing in two rows in the middle of a room. They are all wearing three piece suits. In the back row are, from left to right: John Davenport Cheney (1870-1919), Ward Cheney (1875-1900), Austin Cheney (1876-1948) and Frank Dexter Cheney (1878-1955). In the front row are, from left to right: Seth Leslie Cheney (1874-1942), Charles Cheney (1866-1942), Frank W. Cheney (1832-1909), Horace Bushnell Cheney (1868-1936) and Howell Cheney (1870-1957). There is a chandellier hanging in the foreground and a bookshelf in the background on the right.

The photograph is mounted on a light colored piece of paper which is in turn mounted on a darker piece of thick cardstock. The edges of the cardstock are beveled.

Object number1988.85.130

InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "Frank W Cheney + 8 sons / Ward Austen Frank / Leslie Dave Charles FW HBC + Howell"NotesDate note: Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1898.

Photorapher note: This photograph has the same backdrop as 1988.85.59 and was probably taken at the same time, by the same photographer. That picture was taken by The Warner Photo. Co.

Context note: Cataloging worksheet in pbject file gives place of origin as South Manchester, CT. This suggests that the photograph was taken at the Frank W. Cheney house.

Frank W. Cheney and Mary Bushnell had twelve children, eight sons and four daughters.

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