Alma Rubens at the Alvarado
Photographer
William Steele Dean
(1902 Ohio - 1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Sitter
Alma Rubens
(1897 San Francisco, California – 1931 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 numberPA1982.128.203
DescriptionAlma Rubens, an early cinema and stage actress, stands outside at the Alvarado train station in Albuquerque, New Mexico on a brick walkway. A man and woman, train tracks, and train cars are behind her. She wears a dark outfit composed of a headwrap in a turban style, shin length fur coat with a large fur lapel and oversized wrist cuffs, and lace-up heeled shoes. She looks to the side revealing her left profile to the camera.On View
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