Horse-drawn Streetcar

Date1905

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions6 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (17.3 × 21.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.238.A

DescriptionChildren and teenagers peer out of the windows of a horse-drawn streetcar (horsecar) decorated with American flags and streamers in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two children stand at either end of the streetcar as it is parked in front of a single-story wooden-sided building. The street car has, "1905 A.T.&S.F." painted onto its side in two places and "SANTA FE" spanning the top of the car.

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

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