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Grant Opera House fire
Grant Opera House fire
Grant Opera House fire

Grant Opera House fire

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DateJune 1898
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (12.1 × 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.026
DescriptionMen spray water from hoses onto the upper story of the Grant Building on the corner of West Railroad Avenue and Third Street in New Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A crowd gathers to watch the fire. The opera house was housed on the second story of the building, and Ilfeld Brothers department store was on the ground floor. Canopies over the upper story windows are burned and tattered and the roof of the building has collapsed.

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