El Rey Theatre

Photographer Hanna & Hanna (1910s - 1984)

Collection Name Albuquerque Progress

DateJune 27, 1941

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions1 15/16 × 3 13/16 in. (5 × 9.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque National Bank

Object numberPA1980.061.357

DescriptionThe new El Rey movie theatre is located at 622 West Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is modern Spanish architecture with a tiled roof. The center section of the roof is pitched and the rest is flat. A man is standing on a ladder working on the marquee that is at the center of the building. The theatre entrace is below. The marquee sign has letters that spell EL REY mounted on the top two edges. There are several windows along the top story front the the building with decorative iron work around the outside. On the front right of the building a sign is being installed that says, "The Hangar". In the middleground of the image there are work trucks parked along the front of the building. Two trucks have Zeon neon sign company information painted on the side and there is a John Bohn Painting Contractor truck. In the foreground, there is the edge of a a parked car on the far left and a fire hydrant in the far right.

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