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Electric Light
Electric Light
Electric Light

Electric Light

Photographer Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase
Object numberPA1990.013.064.B
DescriptionAlbuquerque Electric Light Company located at 100 East Gold Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is brick, single-story and rectangular with a flat roof. It has two chimney stacks and a tall metal smokestack. The yard around the building is mostly dirt with piles of bricks and scrap lumber surrounding. In the background are electric wires. There is a parked train car behind the building reading, "Furniture Car. 9026..."

Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
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Terms
    Locale
    Electric Light Works
    Cobb Studio
    ca. 1900
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    Cobb Studio
    ca. 1900
    Water Works
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    ca. 1895
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    ca. 1895
    Central Bank Building
    Cobb Studio
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    Cobb Studio
    ca. 1895
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    ca. 1892
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    Mausard's Mills
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