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La Placita Gift Shop
La Placita Gift Shop
La Placita Gift Shop

La Placita Gift Shop

Dateca. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print on carstock
Dimensions5 3/16 × 3 1/4 in. (13.1 × 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2021.065.144
DescriptionThis image depicts the outside of the La Placita Gift Shop. The entrance to the shop is Shaded by a wooden awning. The awning is supported by wooden beams. The door to the shop is being propped open by a wicker cowboy statue. The building itself is made of adobe. Immediately to the right and left of the door frame are the logo of the shop painted on the adobe. The logo on either side of the door both say "La Placita. Gift Shop. Mexican & Indian Curios. Antiques". Directly under the logo on the right is a single wooden bench. Hanging from the wood awning on the left side of the door is a pot suspended in the air by some rope. A piece of wood nailed to the top of the door frame is painted with the word "antiques" on it.
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