A Dance in the Woods

Positive image from a glass plate negative by Walter J. Hussey, Picnic with music instruments

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Object Details

maker

Hussey, Walter J.

Description

Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. A group photo with musical instruments on a wood platform in a forest, one person blurred because of movement.

Group of people including a quartet consisting of three string players (two violin and one string bass) and a clarinet player posing on a wooden ‘dance floor’ that had been assembled in a woods. Family indicates these are friends of the photographer.

The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift from Richard S. Hussey

date made

1885-1910

ID Number

2010.0080.35

accession number

2010.0080

catalog number

2010.0080.35

Object Name

glass negative

photograph

glass plate negative

Physical Description

glass (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm

place made

United States: Ohio, Mount Pleasant

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Walter J. Hussey Collection

Photography

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-42fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1390124