Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Office
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1891
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (15.6 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.142.A
DescriptionAtlantic and Pacific Railroad Office, located at the 800 Block of South Second Street on the southeast corner of Atlantic Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The group is arranged on the front porch, some sitting while others stand behind. All the employees are male presenting in three-piece slack suits, bowler hats and fedoras, ties, and some have separable starched white collars and pocket watch chains. Their hair is cut short and many have mustaches. Two children, about ten to twelve years old, sit on the far-right end of the group. All face towards the camera besides one in the middle of the seated line of employees. He leans an elbow on a knee and turns to the side. He holds a coat and newspaper in one hand. Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss.
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