Marian Nixon at the Alvarado
Photographer
William Steele Dean
(1902 Ohio - 1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Sitter
Marian Nixon
(1904 Superior, Wisconsin – 1983 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 numberPA1982.128.201
DescriptionMarian Nixon, an early cinema actress, stands outside at the Alvarado train station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A train car on tracks is behind her and an adolescent boy stands beside her. She wears a dark dress with a floral design down the center and at the bottom. The dress has a light colored, rounded collar and ballooning wrists. Her hair is finger curled and pinned back. She looks down at the boy beside her and talks to him. He wears a striped tie, button down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, and jeans. His hair is parted at the center and slicked back. He holds a newspaper in his right hand and something else in his left.On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Locale
ca. 1910
