Carriages

Photographer Cobb Studio

Dateca. 1890

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

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Object numberPA1990.013.232.A

DescriptionTwo horse-drawn carriages or gigs are parked in front of a brick house with a peaked roof in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The house is surrounded by a wooden picket fence. There are three people standing near the two carriages. One is seated in the driver's seat of a carriage on the right of the frame wearing a fedora, gloves, three-piece suit and tie. A second person stands beside the carriage near the left of the frame and wears a princess line style outfit composed of a long unpleated skirt, a tailored jacket with gigot puffed long sleeves, and a round collared blouse beneath. Her hair is pulled back in top a chignon bun and wears a high-crowned wide brimmed hat. A third person stands on the sidewalk in front of the house leaning on a wagon wheel. He wears a double-breasted peacoat, round crowned hat with an up turned brim, gloves, and plaid trouser. The horses are facing each other in the dirt street.

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

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