Heights Beauty College

Date1993

Medium35 mm color slide

Dimensions7/8 × 1 3/8 in. (2.2 × 3.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Historic Albuquerque, Inc.

Object numberPA2022.001.1006

DescriptionHeights Beauty College at 3804 Central Avenue Southeast and Premiere Motel 3820 Central Avenue Southeast in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The intersection of Solano Drive and Central Avenue is at the lower right of the frame. Heights Beauty College is a single-story brown and tan stucco building. A white square sign near the corner of Solano and Central reads, "Heights Beauty College / No offer Ammonia free [obscured by utility pole] / haircuts / student [obscured by utility pole] / manicures". The beauty college has a brown stucco wall that surrounds the property and large trees with leafy branches are growing in the enclosed area. The Premiere Motel is behind the beauty college on Central Avenue Southeast. The motel has a vertical sign attached to a tall metal pole with a yellow sunburst art piece on top. Vertically spelled on the pole is, "Motel" in red and blue circles with white letters. Traffic is driving along Central Avenue in the foreground. Power lines are attached to utility poles and streetlights installed along the paved sidewalk.

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