Beatrice Lillie at the Alvarado

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

Sitter Beatrice Lillie (1894 Toronto, Canada – 1989 Henley-on-Thames, England)

Dateca. 1925

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions4 1/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10.3 × 6.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library

Object numberPA1982.128.137

DescriptionBeatrice Lillie, or Lady Peel, silent film comedian, stands outside at the Albuquerque, New Mexico train station. Pueblo pottery and baskets are arranged on the ground behind her in front of adobe archways. She wears a scarf wrapped around her head in the turban style, holds a clutch and piece of Pueblo artwork in her right hand. A person wrapped in a plaid blanket sits on a ledge behind her.

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