Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Locomotive
Photographer
William H. Cobb
(1860 New York – 1909 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1880
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 numberPA1990.013.138.A
DescriptionThe Gen. J.A. Williamson steam locomotive of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad is stopped in front of the armory building at South First Street in New Town Albuquerque, New Mexico. A young man sits behind the controls of the locomotive and props his elbow on the windowsill and leans his torso out. He wears a plaid button-down, a wide-brimmed hat, and is clean shaven. There are tassels dangling out of the locomotive window under his elbow. Three more men stand on the ground outside the train car and lean against it. Two of them wear white button-downs, suspenders, and dark trousers with hats. The last man in the standing row wears a three-piece suit with a bow tie and bowler hat and has a mustache. There are antlers mounted to the front of the engine. This was typical of engineers to do at the time and was a type of "signatures.” This photo is thought to document one of the first trains to ever enter Albuquerque.
The bottom left corner of the plate is broken.
On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1910
