Alvarado Hotel

Dateca. 1905

Mediumcardstock; ink

Dimensions3 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (8.6 × 13.9 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2014.007.575

DescriptionThe Alvarado Hotel and train depot in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The stucco hotel has a tile roof and arched windows and doorways leading from the train platform. The train tracks of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe are in the foreground. Smoke is coming from a chimney near the center of the hotel. Handwriting on the back reads, "Your two cards received, many thanks. Will gladly exchange with you. If you send two cards at a time, put one cent stamps on them please. But if we exchange by envelope - please let us each send four at a time. What cards do you prefer? Any good card suits me. Sincerely, Mrs. Cobb"

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