Cecil B. De Mille in Downtown Albuquerque
Photographer
William Steele Dean
(1902 Ohio - 1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Sitter
Cecil B. De Mille
(1881 Ashfield, Massachusetts – 1959 Los Angeles, California)
Dateca. 1925
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (10.5 × 6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library
Object numberPA1982.128.163
DescriptionCecil de Mille, silent film director, stands on a brick walkway near the Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico train station. He holds a folded newspaper in his hands. He wears a pinstriped three-piece suit with a tie. He wears his light-colored knickerbockers and tall socks. Shadows of figures are cast upon the ground at the man's feet. He faces the photographer and smiles while holding a folded newspaper.On View
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