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Alvah C. Bessie

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Billy Rose Theatre Division photograph file

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Title
Alvah C. Bessie
Names
White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Division photograph file

Personalities

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Alvah C. Bessie

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1850 - 2020
Date Created: 1930 (Approximate)
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T PHO A
Topics
Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad042a00-ff58-012f-e052-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 1930: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvah C. Bessie" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-fb16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Alvah C. Bessie" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-fb16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1930). Alvah C. Bessie Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-fb16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-fb16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Alvah C. Bessie, (1930)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 29, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Alvah C. Bessie