Nob Hill Business Center
Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print on cardstock
Dimensions3 × 5 7/16 in. (7.5 × 13.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2021.065.026
DescriptionNob Hill Business Center at 3500 East Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The single-story building has large windows that open to the sidewalk and a central parking lot. There are four cupolas on the roof, and a large neon sign reading Nob Hill Business Center in the center part of the U-shaped building. Cars are parked around the perimeter of the parking lot. From the left, the businesses visible are Nob Hill Drugs (“Prescriptions, Cosmetics, Complete Fountain Service, Lunches, Sodas, Malts, Candies), Ben Franklin, Howden Stationery Company, Paramount Photography Studio, Dave’s Paint, Emily Ramage Bookseller, Rhode’s Supermarket, Juvenile Department Store [toys], Stromberg’s Men and Boys Wear, Benjamin’s Specialty Shop [clothing], and the Sun Dial Gifts and Decorating shop. Handwriting on the back reads, "There is another further north, just about as large. The University is in the 2100 Block so you can see this is 14 blocks further east, think I sent one before though not just like this one. One of the fire stations is almost across….”
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1955
