Albuquerque Guard, Captain J.E. Westlake
Photographer
W. Calvin Brown
Dateca. 1883
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.154.A
DescriptionThe Albuquerque Guard with Captain J.E. Westlake and Company F, Second Regiment. The group is organized in a horizonal line outside a two-story building with a balcony and porch on First Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The soldiers are mounted on horses, wear matching uniforms and rest a rifle against their right shoulders. They wear stiff tall hats with a badge and large feather plume. Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
On View
Not on viewTerms
