Cheney Children and the Victory Garden at the Horace Bushnell School
SubjectPortrait of
Alice Gay Cheney
American, 1908 - 1969
SubjectPortrait of
Maribel Cheney
American, 1905 - 1997
SubjectPortrait of
Frank Dexter Cheney Jr.
American, 1905 - 1991
SubjectPortrait of
Rosalie Amory Cheney
American, 1906 - 1999
SubjectPortrait of
Barbara Cheney
American, 1904 - 1985
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1916
MediumPhotography: black and white photographs on paper
Dimensions(.142-.144) Primary Dimensions (height x width): 2 13/16 × 3 13/16in. (7.1 × 9.7cm)
(.142-.144) Sheet (height x width): 3 × 4in. (7.6 × 10.2cm)
(.145) Primary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 × 2 13/16in. (9.7 × 7.1cm)
(.145) Sheet (height x width): 4 × 3in. (10.2 × 7.6cm)
(.142-.144) Sheet (height x width): 3 × 4in. (7.6 × 10.2cm)
(.145) Primary Dimensions (height x width): 3 13/16 × 2 13/16in. (9.7 × 7.1cm)
(.145) Sheet (height x width): 4 × 3in. (10.2 × 7.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionFour photographs depicting Cheney children at the Horace Bushnell School in South Manchester, Connecticut. In several images they are working in a victory garden.
(.142) Nine children arranged in three rows on the front steps of the Horace Bushnell School. Barbara Cheney (1904-1985) is kneeling in the back row. Sitting in the middle row are, left to right: an unidentified girl, Maribel Cheney (1905-1997), possibly Frank Dexter Cheney, Jr. (1905-1991), and Rosalie Amory Cheney (1906-1999). Sitting in the front row are, left to right: Jane Davenport Cheney (1906-1989), an unidentified girl, Alice Gay Cheney (1908-1969) and Ruth Sears Cheney (1907-1998). A few of the children are holding saws and Ruth is holding a hammer. Most of them are wearing overalls and hats.
(.143) View of ten children sitting or standing in a victory garden behind the Horace Bushnell School while Miss Blanchard (probably their teacher) supervises.
(.144) View of nine children working in the victory garden behind the Horace Bushnell School. The garden is surrounded by a wooden fence.
(.145) View of seven children clustered around the wooden fence that surrounds the victory garden at the Horace Bushnell School. They are holding hammers and saws and are either building or repairing the fence.
(.142) Nine children arranged in three rows on the front steps of the Horace Bushnell School. Barbara Cheney (1904-1985) is kneeling in the back row. Sitting in the middle row are, left to right: an unidentified girl, Maribel Cheney (1905-1997), possibly Frank Dexter Cheney, Jr. (1905-1991), and Rosalie Amory Cheney (1906-1999). Sitting in the front row are, left to right: Jane Davenport Cheney (1906-1989), an unidentified girl, Alice Gay Cheney (1908-1969) and Ruth Sears Cheney (1907-1998). A few of the children are holding saws and Ruth is holding a hammer. Most of them are wearing overalls and hats.
(.143) View of ten children sitting or standing in a victory garden behind the Horace Bushnell School while Miss Blanchard (probably their teacher) supervises.
(.144) View of nine children working in the victory garden behind the Horace Bushnell School. The garden is surrounded by a wooden fence.
(.145) View of seven children clustered around the wooden fence that surrounds the victory garden at the Horace Bushnell School. They are holding hammers and saws and are either building or repairing the fence.
Object number1988.85.142-.145
Inscribed(.142) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "97". Handwritten in pencil in a different hand on verso: "H Bushnell School / + war gardens"(.143) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "96"
(.144) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "96"
(.145) Handwritten in pencil on verso: "97"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subjects in photographs.
Subject Terms
- Cheney family
- Children
- Portraits, group
- Gardens
- Schools
- School buildings
- School children
- World War, 1914-1918
- Girls
- Boys
- Teachers
- Fences
- Tools
- Saws
- Cheney, Ruth Sears, 1907-1998
- Cheney, Rosalie Amory, 1906-1999
- Cheney, Jane Davenport, 1906-1989
- Cheney, Alice Gay, 1908-1969
- Cheney, Maribel, 1905-1997
- Cheney, Frank Dexter, Jr., 1905-1991
- Cheney, Barbara, 1904-1985
- Photographic Prints
- South Manchester
- Manchester
On View
Not on view
