First Methodist Episcopal Church
Photographer
William H. Cobb
(1860 New York – 1909 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1885
Locale
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (15.9 × 21 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Terms
Object numberPA1990.013.129.A
DescriptionCongregants stand outside the First Methodist Episcopal Church on the 400 block of West Lead Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reverend Thomas Harwood stands in the front row, fourth from left. The women are dressed in princess line outfits with long, gigot puffed sleeves, decorative and small high-crown hats, and have their hair pulled back. The men wear slack suits, peacoats, starched white separable collars, and have their hair cut short, slicked back, and have large mustaches or beards. There is a cane standing straight up in front of the group, with the base presumably berried in the dirt earth. Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss. The top left corner of the plate is broken.
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