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 7/16 in. (10.8 × 6.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Library
Object numberPA1982.128.197
DescriptionBessie Love, an early Hollywood actress, stands outside at the Alvarado train station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A train car on tracks is behind them. She 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 in her right hand, and has her hair parted to the side and pinned back. Her chin is down, eyes lifted, and smiles at the camera.On View
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