Territorial Fair Parade

Dateca. 1892

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions4 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (12.1 × 18.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.162.A

DescriptionThe New Mexico Territorial Fair Parade going past R.P. Fox Planing Mill located at 305 West Gold Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A line of horse-drawn floats decorated with American flags and bunting travel down the road. Children and an adult dressed as a clown walk in the street with the floats. The street is dirt with adobe buildings and a wooden boardwalk lining it with pedestrians gathered throughout. There are electric wires above. The photograph is captured from a high vantage point and mesas can be seen in the distant horizon beyond the city limits.

The closest float to the camera is for S.W. Brewing Co. [Southwest Brewing Company] It is decorated with a canopy and draping banners. On top of the canopy sits a man dressed like a king or prince. He wears a paper crown, a toga-like wrap, and sits on a keg with a beer glass in his hand. The float below him is lined with kegs.

Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss.

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