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Railroad Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Railroad Avenue

Railroad Avenue

Photographer
Dateca. 1895
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 numberPA1990.013.042.A
DescriptionA street view of Albuquerque, New Mexico from Rail Road Avenue in New Town. On the left stands Mrs. E.J. Sayre Fine Millinery & Fancy Goods at 206 West Railroad Avenue. On the right is City Restaurant on the corner of Railroad Avenue and Third Street.

New Town was one of the first Anglo settlements on Tiwa land in what is now Albuquerque, established about two miles east of Albuquerque's first Hispanic city center (contemporary Old Town). New Town spanned the railyards district and a few blocks west in Albuquerque's downtown.

Railroad Avenue is now called Central Avenue and runs east to west through downtown. Albuquerque. "Railroad Avenue" came from being located along the city's railway and depot. The name was changed between 1907 and 1908. Central Avenue also overlaps with sections of the historic Route 66 Highway.

Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.


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