Cheney Garden on Ruth Cheney's Wedding Day
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1912
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper and cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 7/16 × 8 7/8in. (16.4 × 22.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/8 × 11 13/16in. (20.6 × 30cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/8 × 11 13/16in. (20.6 × 30cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a garden at the Frank Woodbridge Cheney house in South Manchester, Connecticut. There is a low platform, with two small pillows resting in the middle of it, set in front of a wooden fence. There are two large urns filled with flowers sitting on the platform, and there are beds of flowers on either side. There is foliage along the top of the fence.
The photograph is attached to a piece of cardstock that is gray on the recto and beige on the verso.
The photograph is attached to a piece of cardstock that is gray on the recto and beige on the verso.
Object number1988.85.118
InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on verso: "Aunt Ruth Cheney's wedding"NotesDate note: Ruth Cheney and Charles Archibald Goodwin were married on 29 June 1912.Context note: Ruth and Charles were married on the lawn at Ruth's mother's house, the Frank W. Cheney house, in South Manchester, Connecticut. The Hartford Courant described the setting as an artificial Japanese garden, decorated with roses and laurel. Charles's father, the Rev. Dr. Francis Goodwin, was the officiant.
Ruth was the youngest child of Frank W. Cheney and Mary Bushnell. Charles was the son of Rev. Francis Goodwin and Mary Alsop Jackson.
"GOODWIN-CHENEY: FORMER NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR MARRIED IN SOUTH MANCHESTER." The Hartford Courant (1887-1922), Jul 01, 1912, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/goodwin-cheney/docview/555918479/se-2 (accessed September 14, 2024).
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