Photograph of Lee Simmons seated at a typewriter

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Lee Simmons. Simmons is depicted seated at a small wooden desk with a typewriter. She is looking over her proper left shoulder towards the viewer, with her proper left elbow resting on the back of the chair, and her proper right arm resting on the desk in front of her, next to the typewriter. She is wearing a white, short sleeve, collared dress with a matching belt at the waist. On the desk, next to the typewriter, is an ashtray and a small stack of books. There are additional books and paper stacks on the two (2) shelves below. In the foreground is the edge of a bed. Behind the desk is a large window with drawn drapes and lowered blinds. On the far right is a four (4) drawer bureau with three (3) perfume bottles resting on top.

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