Child in a Car
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1910
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.244.A
DescriptionA small child is seated alone in an automobile parked in front of a shop at 308 West Railroad Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The car's roof is collapsible and is not engaged. The child is bundled in a coat and hat and sits behind the steering wheel. There are large showroom display windows along the concrete sidewalk in front of the store. An advertisement for a car is in the window for the store front called Albert Faber Furniture and Carpets.Railroad Avenue is now called Central Avenue. This section of the road also overlaps with historic Route 66.
Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss. The bottom right corner of the glass plate is also broken and missing.
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