A. E. Walker Lumber
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1891
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.438.A
DescriptionA wooden single story business front with A. E. Walker Lumber painted in large font above the windows and doors in all caps stands in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The business is along a dirt road with a boardwalk sidewalk between. A women, two children, and six men are gathered outside the building. Two men sit together on an open wagon hitched with two horses on one side of the building, with another uncovered horse-drawn wagon and rider on the opposite side. The others stand on the boardwalk looking towards the camera. The men wear suits, vests, and bowler hats, and the women wears a shawl over her long dress. Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss. The glass plate is broken into two pieces.
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