Albuquerque Municipal Airport terminal nears completion
Rating
Acquisition Number
PA1968.1.220
Title
Albuquerque Municipal Airport terminal nears completion
Creator
Frank Speakman , Gift of Clark Speakman
Subject
Airport terminals , Airports , Air travel
Description
Albuquerque in the 1930s had two competing private airports , Oxnard Field on the east of town and the West Mesa Airport . A proposal was made to secure Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds to consolidate Albuquerque's commercial air service in one location . Governor Clyde Tingley broke ground in 1937 for the new airport . Albuquerque Municipal Airport opened in 1939 with two runways and a Pueblo style terminal designed by Ernest Blumenthal . Trans World Airlines (TWA) , Pioneer Airlines , and Frontier Airlines served the airport through the forties and fifties
Date Original
1938
Date Digital
2009
Publisher
The Albuquerque Museum is a Division of the Cultural Services Department of the City of Albuquerque, 2000 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104. 505-243-7255. www.cabq.gov/museum
Type
Still image
Medium / Format
Black and white print
Digitization Specifications
Epson Perfection V750 PRO / 200ppi
Rights Management
All rights reserved, copyright, The Albuquerque Museum
Order Information
Phone the Albuquerque Museum Photoarchives: 505-764-6520
Project
New Mexico Centennial Project
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