Betty Lawford

Photographer New Mexico State Tourist Bureau (active 20th century)

Sitter Betty Lawford (1912 London, United Kingdom - 1960 New York, New York)

Dateca. 1940

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.8 × 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.181.1041

DescriptionBetty Lawford, an actress from England, casts her line while standing in the Pecos River in New Mexico. She is wearing waders and standing in ankle-deep water. There are rocks in the river and trees along the bank in the background.
A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Betty Lawford, English actress, tries her luck at angling for trout in the upper Pecos River in northern New Mexico. This photo was taken during the filming of a Grantland Rice Sportlight on the Pecos, one of the favorite fishing waters in New Mexico."

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