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First National Bank
First National Bank
First National Bank

First National Bank

Photographer
Dateca. 1900
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions4 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.090.B
DescriptionThe exterior of the Central Bank Building, later First National Bank, located at 100 West Gold Avenue and South Second Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The two-story stone building is located on the two dirt street corners with a paved sidewalk surrounding it. Above the corner-oriented font entrance, above the second-floor window, it reads, "CENTRAL BANK," and above the main entrance it reads, "FIRST NATIONAL BANK." There is a dome above the building's corner atop the roof with circular windows within. The top of the building has ornate rod iron detailing and the tops of the second-floor windows are bordered with decor. On the side of the building it reads, "A.D. 1882." On the first floor, beside the storefront windows, are two large arched windows. Next door to the bank is Lowenthal & Meyers Wholesale Liquor Dealers, then the Vienna Bakery. On the other side of the bank is the United States Depository.

Men in slack suit jackets or vests and bowler hats are outside the bank. There is a domed mailbox drop across the bank's front doors. A figure in a wide brimmed hat, suspenders, and trousers is bicycling on the dirt road with their back to the camera. There are electric posts and wires at the street corner. A covered horse-drawn carriage is parked on the other side of the street. A large clockface hangs from a post in the upper left side of the frame with roman numerals reading the time at approximately two-seventeen.
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