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Mock-funeral for McGrath's Bar and Grill sign
Mock-funeral for McGrath's Bar and Grill sign
Mock-funeral for McGrath's Bar and Grill sign

Mock-funeral for McGrath's Bar and Grill sign

DateMay 10, 2011
MediumBorn-digital photograph
Dimensions3 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (10 × 13.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Alondra Toca-Diaz
Object numberPA2019.048.008
DescriptionA bagpiper and a priest lead a mock-funeral procession for the restaurant sign of McGrath's Bar and Grill at 330 Tijeras Avenue Northwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The white sign is in a wooden casket being carried on the shoulders of men in dark suits. A group of women dressed in Prohibition-era costumes follows the casket as they walk across a street toward Civic Plaza.
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