Illustration of Ox Train
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1890
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase
Object numberPA1990.013.431.A
DescriptionA photograph of a drawing under glass. The illustration depicts a covered wagon, livestock, men, women, and children traveling through a desert landscape. Oxen and horses are hitched to the wagon with a woman at the front pulling the reins of the front horse. A man on horseback swings a lasso overhead behind the train. A driver and two children sit at the front of the wagon and another man and child walk behind. The drawing is signed by Larry Edwards and dated 1888. Beneath the drawing is handwritten, "Early Days".Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
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