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Camera Shop of New Mexico
Camera Shop of New Mexico
Camera Shop of New Mexico

Camera Shop of New Mexico

Dateca. 1943
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (8.8 × 12 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Lisa Myers
Object numberPA2020.036.001
DescriptionA line of people wait outside the Camera Shop of New Mexico at 412 East Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The line winds from the shop entrance down the block to the left of the store. Two cars are parked at the curb on either side of the street and a tree is growing near the curb in the foreground. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "People waiting to get in the Camera Shop during World War Two".
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Not on view
Storefronts on Central Avenue
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