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Whirly-Q Lunchette
Whirly-Q Lunchette
Whirly-Q Lunchette

Whirly-Q Lunchette

Photographer
Date1971
Mediumsilver negative
Dimensions1 3/8 × 7/8 in. (3.5 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Jim Kubié
Object numberPA2020.030.032
DescriptionA older man in a suit and hat reaches into the inside pocket of his jacket at the counter of the Whirly-Q Lunchette inside a Kress department store in El Paso, Texas. Hot dogs are cooking in a spinning glass display case to the right. A half-eaten hot dog is on the counter in front of the man. Other customers are in the background. Paper cone cups are stacked on the counter and the man has one paper cone cup in a metal cup holder near his half-eaten hot dog.
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