Original Cheney homestead
Item Information
- Title:
- Original Cheney homestead
- Description:
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This is a black and white photograph taken sometime between 1876-1878 in front of the original homestead of the Cheney family in America, on School St. in Bear Hill, Hopkinton, MA. Given the limitations of photography technology at the time, the photo is very small, and the edges of tree branches appear blurry from swaying in the wind during the long exposure time. Next to this one tree can be seen the house of the Cheney family, a small, one-story structure of wood with two chimneys. Smoke is seen billowing out of the right chimney. It is known that the roof shingles of the house were handmade by Harry Cheney himself. Behind the tree is the Cheney's barn with a wide open entrance. The Cheney family are lined up on their front lawn to pose for the photo through its necessarily long exposure. Joining them are Clarinda Gould, identified as a mother of a family member, and another person possibly named Melvin Fiba. The figures and faces are barely discernable due to the photo's miniscule size. Two sets of two poles with a rope strung across them have been planted into the lawn, presumably to be used for a clothesline.
- Date:
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1876–1878
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Photographic prints
- Location:
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Hopkinton Historical Society
Museum/History Center
Collection 45, Box 1, Folder 2 (shelf locator) - Collection (local):
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Hopkinton Historical Society Photographic Archives
- Subjects:
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Houses
Roofing tiles
Clotheslines
Agricultural facilities
Country life
Families
Cheney, Edith
Gould, Clarinda
Cheney, Izella
Fiba, Melvin
- Places:
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MassachusettsMiddlesex (county)Hopkinton
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print ; sheet 2.25 x 3.5 in.
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1z40pf36w
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions
This work is in the public domain under a Creative Commons No Rights Reserved License (CC0).
