Highway U.S. 66

Dateca. 1950

Mediumgelatin silver print on cardstock

Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.8 × 13.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2021.065.040

Description“Highway U.S. 66 entering Albuquerque from the West – Sandia Mts. In background”. View toward downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Nine Mile Hill. Route 66 is two lanes with a stripe down the middle. A sign on the right/south side of the road indicates that gas at an upcoming station is 14 cents a gallon. Beyond the gas sign are some isolated buildings/complexes on both sides of the road, some of which have trees. On the left/north is a cross-shaped bare area, which may be an airport, with buildings or trees at the south end. The location of the city is marked by a dark band along the river. Other dark bands nearer the mountains are the shadows of clouds. The landscape is composed of dirt and low brush.

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