Burros in the Desert
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1890
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.444
DescriptionA group pf burros and packs resting in a valley with a mesa emerging on the horizon in New Mexico. Some donkeys are laden with saddles, blankets, and bundles and others are bareback with traveling bundles piled on the desert earth around them. Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss. The top right corner of the plate is cracked.
On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
June 1925
ca. 1890
January 9, 1963
ca. 1930