Joseph T. Johnson Furniture Company
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1897
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 numberPA1990.013.076.A
DescriptionThe Joseph T. Johnson Furniture Company located between 317 and 319 South Second Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The top of the building has a large sign that reads, "A.O.U.W. AND I.O.O.F. HALL." A horse-drawn cart with four wooden wheels is parked in front of the furniture company with "FURNITURE." painted on the side. The business is housed in a two-story building with an ornately decorated face. The ground floor has storefront windows obscured in shadow from a large canopy above. A sign above the window reads, "Furniture," while the canopy reads, "JOS. T. JOHNSTON TENTS & AWNINGS." Two men stand with a large mattress propped up under the awning, are partly covered in shadow. To the right, under the shade of tall trees is another parked horse-drawn cart with wooden wheels. The wagon reads, "BUILD," on the side. In the wagon sits a large dark dog, a stack of large wooden frames, and a man in a slack suit and bowler hat stands behind it. Also, under the trees standing outside the next shop are two men in suspenders, button-downs, straw boaters, and have mustaches. The BUILD wagon was owned by Ed Edler, a local builder and contractor.Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
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