Frances Howard at the Alvarado

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

Sitter Frances Howard (1903 Omaha, Nebraska – 1976 Beverly Hills, California)

Dateca. 1925

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions4 3/16 × 2 5/16 in. (10.7 × 5.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library

Object numberPA1982.128.184

DescriptionFrances Howard Goldwyn, an American actress who was the second wife of producer Samuel Goldwyn, stands outside the Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Behind her is an adobe building with arches and a bell tower. She stands on a brick walkway. She wears a shin length coat with fur trim around the collar, wrist cuffs, and in pleats at the bottom. She wears a pleated skirt and blouse beneath with dark heeled shoes with three buckled straps. She holds a dark wallet in her left hand, stands to the side, revealing her left profile.

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