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Post Office and Federal Building
Post Office and Federal Building
Post Office and Federal Building

Post Office and Federal Building

DateMarch 25, 1911
Mediumgelatin silver print; cardstock
Dimensions3 1/4 × 5 5/16 in. (8.3 × 13.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2022.027.004
DescriptionA horse and cart is parked at the side of an unpaved Gold Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The three-story post office has a tiled, pitched roof and casement windows. There are trees growing around the building and in the foreground. The corner of Gold Avenue and Fourth Street is in the foreground. Print on the front of the postcard reads, "Post Office, Albuquerque, N.M.". Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "Dear Sister: This is our new Federal Bldg. It will be open Monday for business. I have a few more new ones to send you. I had a postal from Sarah Today. Lovingly, GP".
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