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Dancer Sylvia Tell, Seattle, ca. 1925
Dancer Sylvia Tell, Seattle, ca. 1925
TitleDancer Sylvia Tell, Seattle, ca. 1925
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dateca. 1925
CaptionBallet dancer Sylvia Tell taught at Cornish School of the Arts in the 1920s. She and other Cornish faculty were involved in initiating a summer school program in 1925. Tell was serving as the head of the Ballet Department when she resigned in 1927 to return to the stage.

In this photo of her dancing beside a pond, she is wearing dance garments quite typical of the mid-1920s.
NotesHandwritten on image: Sylvia Tell.

Caption information source: Miss Aunt Nellie; the autobiography of Nellie C. Cornish.
SubjectsDancers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal NamesTell, Sylvia
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1986.5G.3045
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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