Exhibits Building

Dateca. 1892

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.166.A

DescriptionThe interior of the Exhibit Building at the New Mexico Territorial Fairgrounds on West Railroad Avenue at Rio Grande Boulevard in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A group of adults in slack suits and princess-line gowns, and children in dresses and knickerbockers are inside the building. The floor is dirt and wood planked. The high-pitched roof has grasses hanging from the rafters and a beam in the foreground is decorated with a variety of dried foliage. A no smoking sign hangs on the beam. Displays line the walls.

Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.

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