Perkins Hall
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1890
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/8 × 8 in. (16.2 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.180.B
DescriptionStaff members of the Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, stand outside Perkins Hall. Five women and one man stand in Perkins Hall brick exterior archway with a large dark door behind them. The women wear princess-line style outfits composed of long sleeved and high neckline tops and floor-length skirts. The tailored bodices create an hour-glass silhouette. Their outfits have gigot puffed sleeves and the necklines contain frills, bows, and laces. Their hair is pulled back. The man wears a lounge or slack suit jacket with a wide and long tie tucked into his vest. Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating distortion and emulsion loss.
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