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Construction of Commercial Club
Construction of Commercial Club
Construction of Commercial Club

Construction of Commercial Club

Photographer
DateJuly 1891
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.103.B
DescriptionLooking East from the rooftop of the Commercial Club, located at 201-211 South Fourth Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Commercial Club is under construction with building equipment filling the rooftop. A construction worker stands with his hands on his hips and looks up at the camera. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, button-down shirt, suspenders, and trousers. He has a long beard and mustache groomed to a point.

In the distance are small homes, dirt roads, and multi-story business buildings fading into the background with the Sandia Maintains emerging from the horizon.

Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss.
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