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Governor John Simms
Governor John Simms
Governor John Simms

Governor John Simms

Photographer (1898 Irvington, Kentucky - 1970 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1955
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 7/16 × 9 3/8 in. (18.9 × 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.677
DescriptionThis image depicts Governor John Simms laughing and talking with two unidentified people inside the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three people are standing in a row shoulder to shoulder. Simms is on the left side of the frame, an unidentified woman is to his right, and an unidentified man is to her right. Both unidentified people are looking at Simms. Simms is wearing a light-colored suit, a light-colored shirt, and a dark colored tie. The woman is wearing a light-colored floral-patterned dress and a multi-strand pearl necklace. The unidentified man to her right is wearing a dark colored suit, a dark colored tie, a light-colored shirt, and dark rimmed glasses. A portion of the window blinds, the curtain, and a portion of a potted plant can be seen behind the three.
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