Ruth Sears Cheney in Costume
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1921
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/16 × 3 1/16in. (10.3 × 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Hannah C. Williams
DescriptionView of Ruth Sears Cheney standing on the brick porch of a large house. She is wearing a kimono. Her body is turned to the left but she looks staight forward, left arm streched out in front of her. The other arm is streched out behind her, and she holds an open fan in that hand. There are two chairs sitting on the porch behind her, under a portico, on either side of the front entrance.The house has double doors, which are closed. There is a lantern hanging from the roof of the portico.
Object number1992.115.11
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso, circled: "6"Handwritten in pencil on verso: "6"
Handwritten in pencil on verso: "RUTH SEARS CHENEY (1907 - )"
Handwritten in pencil in a different hand on verso: "see / 1991.28.20.402"NotesDate note: This image corresponds to a scene in the "Silk Pageant" home movie, dated April 4, 1921, in the Connecticut Museum collection (1985.113.2).
Context note: This photograph was probably taken in South Manchester, Connecticut.
A sign in film 1985.113.2 describes the costume as a "JAPANESE COSTUME". It was made out of Cheney silk for an international silk show.
Cataloging worksheet in object file refers to worksheet for 1992.115.17 (depicting the donor's brother, Roger W. Cheney) regarding possible mistaken identification of the subject in this photograph. The comment there expresses that the accessioner trusts the donor's identification of Roger, since he was her brother, but that "Roger and Ruth were both born in 1907, and subject (Roger) in 1992.115.17 appears to be at least three or four years younger than subject (Ruth) in 1992.115.11 and 1992.115.14."
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