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Gelatin silver print - Portrait of Bess Houdini, Los Angeles, CA, about 1940 | McCord Museum
Portrait of Bess Houdini, Los Angeles, CA, about 1940
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Portrait of Bess Houdini, Los Angeles, CA, about 1940
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Gelatin silver print

Portrait of Bess Houdini, Los Angeles, CA, about 1940
Photographer (1888-1955)
SignatureStamped on back, c. : PAUL GRENBEAUX / Los Angeles, Calif.
InscriptionsStamped on back, u.l. : EDW. SAINT / COLLECTION; handwritten on back, u.l. : FOR / HOUDINI / CLUB
Date About 1940
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions24,7 × 20 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Object NumberM2014.128.705.15
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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