Construction of Commercial Club
Photographer
Cobb Studio
DateJuly 1891
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions4 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.103.A
DescriptionView of Albuquerque facing east from the rooftop of the Commercial Club, located at 201-211 South Fourth Street, New Mexico. The building is under construction with building equipment filling the rooftop. A construction worker stands with his hands on his hips and looks up at the camera. He wears a wide brimmed hat, button-down shirt, suspenders, and trousers. He has a long bears and mustache groomed to a point. In the distance, behind the man are small homes, dirt roads, and multi-story business buildings fading into the background with the Sandia Maintains emerging from the horizon.
Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss.
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