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Bessie Simmons

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Call NumberZ-8258CreatorStorm, Francis D.Date1888SummaryStudio bust portrait of Bessie Ottilia Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' hair is swept back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front enclosure flanked on either side by a black, loop patterned passementerie.Physical Description1 photographic print on cabinet card : black and white, albumen ; visible image 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.) mounted in album page 26 x 31 cm (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectStudents--Colorado--Denver--19th centurySimmons, Bessie OttiliaDenver High School (Denver, Colo.)--StudentsDenver Public Schools--StudentsGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711008258Type of MaterialAlbumen printsBlack & white photographsCabinet photographsPhotographic printsPortrait photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 390. Denver High School, District Number One, Denver, Colorado. Album, class of 1887-1888Denver High School albumsNotesClass of '88 D.H.S. inked on verso. Probably her name was inked on verso and masked. Cabinet card found on page 47 in C Photo Album 390. Cabinet cards are mounted in album page and identification is penciled on the album page beneath cabinet cards. Photographer's stamp printed on cabinet card, emulsion cracked and partly obscured. R7110082584

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes