William Russel and Helen Ferguson at the Alvarado

Photographer William Steele Dean (1902 Ohio - 1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Sitter William Russell (1884 New York, New York – 1929 Los Angeles, California)

Sitter Helen Ferguson (1901 Decatur, Illinois – 1977 Clearwater, Florida)

Dateca. 1925

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.7 × 6.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library

Object numberPA1982.128.010

DescriptionWilliam Russel and then wife Helen Ferguson, silent era actors, stand shoulder to shoulder, gazing at the camera, on a brick walk way outside of the Albuquerque, New Mexico train station. The man wears a suit and tie with a flat cap/newsboy cap. The women has her hair pinned back, a skirt and sweater set with a collar and bow at the top. She has a book and purse under her left arm and holds a pair of glasses in her hands. A neckless dangles from her neck and a bracelet from her right wrist.

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