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Kirtland Air Force Base Railyard
Kirtland Air Force Base Railyard
Kirtland Air Force Base Railyard

Kirtland Air Force Base Railyard

Photographer (1910s - 1984)
Collection Name
DateFebruary 26, 1941
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions1 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (3.7 × 10.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque National Bank
Object numberPA1980.061.327
DescriptionThe railyard at Kirtland Air Force Base is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Railroad tracks are in the foreground of the frame. One track goes stright off the left of the frame and another curves to the right. The curved track leads to several wooden buildings in the background that include warehouses with loading docks. Piles of dirt are in the right of the frame, on the right side of the tracks. There are freight cars sitting on the tracks in the bakcground near the wooden buildings. Behind the buildings there is the curved roof of the airplane hangar with a a wind sock on top.
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