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Candid Scenes From the Wedding of Laura Cheney and Wilkie Bushby
SubjectPortrait of
Laura Cheney
American, 1901 - 1990
SubjectPortrait of
Howell Cheney
American, 1870 - 1957
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1924
MediumPhotography: black and white photographs on paper
Dimensions. 86) Sheet (height x width): 2 11/16 × 4 7/16in. (6.8 × 11.3cm)
.87-.91) Sheet (approx. height x width): 4 15/16 × 8 3/8in. (12.5 × 21.3cm)
.87-.91) Sheet (approx. height x width): 4 15/16 × 8 3/8in. (12.5 × 21.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionSix candid photographs taken at the wedding of Laura Cheney and Wilkie Bushby. Laura and Wilkie were married on 5 July 1924, in the garden at Laura's parents’ home (the Howell Cheney house) in Manchester, Connecticut. The photographs depict groups of people milling around in a cultivated garden, as well as scenes of the wedding party processing through the garden along a path that has been demarcated by long ribbons.
Object number1988.85.86-.91
Markings.86) Printed in purple-blue ink on verso: "[three illegible letters inside an oval] 57"Inscribed.86) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Laura Cheney m / Wilkie Bushby".87) Handwritten in pencil on overso: "43"
.88) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "1924 wedding Laura Cheney - Wilkie Bushby". Handwritten in pencil on verso in a different hand: "43"
.89) Handwritten in pencil on overso: "43"
.90) Handwritten in pencil on overso: "43"
.91) Handwritten in pencil on overso: "43"NotesDate note: Laura Cheney and Wilkie Bushby were married on 5 July 1924.
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