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Children of Frank W. Cheney and Mary Bushnell Cheney

Dateabout 1881

MediumPhotography; emulsion on plastic

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 7/8 × 9 7/8in. (20 × 25.1cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams

DescriptionNegative showing a group portrait of the eleven oldest children of Frank Woodbridge and Mary Bushnell Cheney, probably taken in a studio. The first set of twins, Howell and John Davenport, are standing in the back row with at least one arm each resting on a chair in front of them. Ward is seated on the far left. Charles is sitting in a chair to Ward's right, in front of Howell. Marjory, one of the younger set of twins, is on his lap. Emily (Milly) is in a chair to their right. The other twin girl, Dorothy, is on her lap. Horace is seated on the far right, in front of John Davenport. He has an arm around Frank, who is standing but leaning back against Horace. Austin and Seth Leslie are sitting on the floor, leaning back against their siblings' chairs.

Object number1988.85.131

MarkingsEngraved on the right edge of the negative, emulsion side up: "1 / ANSCO SAFETY FILM"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and age of infants in photograph. Marjory and Dorothy were born in July of 1880 and are probably not more than a year old in the photograph. Frank Woodbridge and Mary Bushnell Cheney had twelve children. The youngest, Ruth, was born in 1884. She is not pictured.

See 1988.133.3 for a photographic print of this image.