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Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.39, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
Unidentified Man
Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.39, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Unidentified Man

Date1910 - 1930
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/2 × 2 3/4in. (11.4 × 7cm)
Classifications(not assigned)
Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor
DescriptionView of a man standing on a tiled patio in front of a house. He is leaning back against the wall. There is a door on the left and windows on the right. There is a pipe in his mouth. He is wearing casual clothing with tall, laced boots.
Object number2008.38.39
MarkingsPrinted in gray ink on verso, in a repeating pattern: "VELOX"

Printed in purple ink on verso, perpendicular to image orientation: "36"
InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on verso, perpendicular to image orientation: "me - in my walking clothes."NotesDate note: Estimate.

Subject note: The man is probably an acquaintance of Russell Cheney.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.82, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
    Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
    1920s
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.86, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, C…
    Colonel Louis Richmond Cheney
    1904 - 1910
    Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.75, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
    Russell Cheney
    1910 - 1950
    Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1991.63.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Un…
    Roger Williams Cheney
    1909
    Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.41, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
    Unknown
    1910 - 1930
    Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.55, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und…
    Clifford Dudley Cheney
    about 1900
    Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.276.16-.21, Connecticut Historical Society, N…
    Edward J. Rogalski
    1952-1953
    Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.83, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, C…
    George Wells Cheney Sr.
    about 1893