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Moving a House
Moving a House
Moving a House

Moving a House

DateApril 10, 1920
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (10.3 × 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of David A. Schifani
Object numberPA2021.041.015
DescriptionEmployees of Springer Transfer Company move a small wooden house on a flatbed wagon through the intersection of Fifth Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One man drives the work truck that is hauling the flatbed wagon and another man sits on the low pitched roof of the house. Two more men walk alongside and and a third rides a horse. In the background is a man on a bicycle. Handwriting on the photograph reads, "4/10/20 5 & Copper House from E. Grand to Eleventh St. by Sawmill."
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