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Creation Date
2006
Description
Albuquerque: Then and Now. Tingley Beach, constructed in 1933-1934 on sparsely settled West side of Old Town, funded by the Civil Works Adm., New Deal, from cover of Pictorial Albuquerque, 1930s, by Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, in Albuquerque and NM Pamphlet Collection, CSWR. Tingley Beach 2006. Electric street car, ca. 1924-1928, view to West, at corner of Central and First, from Cobb Memorial Collection, CSWR. Rapid Ride Bus, 2005, courtesy of John Cordova, Alvarado Transportation Center, City of Albuquerque Locomotive, ca. 1890-1899, stopped in front of railroad station, the switch tower and the European Hotel, at the corner of Railroad Avenue (Central) and First, from Cobb Memorial Collection, CSWR. NM Rail Runner, courtesy of Tony Sylvester, Mid-Region Council of Governors and the NM Department of Transportation, 2005. Alvarado Hotel, 1903, from calendar in Bainbridge Bunting Collection, CSWR. Hotel was center of life in downtown Albuquerque for many decades. People cried when it was torn down in 1970. Alvarado Transportation Center, 2005, courtesy of John Cordova, Alvarado Transportation Center, City of Albuquerque