Perkins Hall
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1890
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (15.9 × 21 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.181.A
DescriptionStaff members of the Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, stand outside the Perkins Hall. Thirteen women and one man stand in Perkin's Hall brick exterior archway with a large dark door behind them. Some women wear princess line style outfits composed of long sleeved and high neckline tops with long floor length pleated skirts. The tailored bodices create an hour-glass silhouette. Their outfits have gigot puffed sleeves and the necklines contain frills and lace. Others are dressed in the shirtwaist style, with tailored blouses and unpleated long skirts with bows or frilled collars. All the women's hair is pulled back into chignon buns and none wear hats. One man stands behind the group of women. He wears a lounge or sack suit jacket with a dark bowtie. He has a thick mustache and his hair is parted to the side and combed. The Albuquerque Academy later became the Albuquerque Public Library now located on 423 East Central Avenue, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating emulsion loss. The top right corner is dark because the plate is broken and missing.
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