Bessie Love at the Alvarado
Photographer
William Steele Dean
(1902 Ohio - 1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Sitter
Bessie Love
(1898 Midland, Texas – 1986 London, England)
Dateca. 1925
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.8 × 6.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library
Object numberPA1982.128.196
DescriptionTwo women and a child, including Bessie Love (center) an early Hollywood actress, stand outside at the Alvarado train station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A train car on tracks is behind them. Bessie Love wears a shin length coat with fur trim at the collar, wrist cuffs, and bottom. She wears dark heals with a bowtie, holds a dark clutch purse, and has her hair parted to the side and pinned back. Her chin is down, eyes lifted, and smiles at the camera. A tall woman is at the viewers left. She wears a cloche hat, striped dress, and long coat with a dark embroidered trim. She holds a clutch purse in her left hand. A child stands half way out of the right-side frame. He wears a large brimmed hat, an adult-sized large single-breasted jacket with large metal buttons, oversized knickerbockers, and high-top Converse tennis shoes. On View
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