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The Capitol Bar
The Capitol Bar
The Capitol Bar

The Capitol Bar

Dateca. 1915
Mediumgelatin silver print; cardstock
Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (8.7 × 13.6 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2022.027.039
DescriptionThe interior of The Capitol Bar at 2019 West Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The bar has a sloped tile floor leading to a metal footrest below the wooden bar counter. A glass washer is on the counter. Pendant lights hang from the tin-tile ceiling. A large cash register is behind the bar in an alcove of a large wooden bar back. The back of the bar includes a wooden, rounded wall with a metal gazebo top. Printed to the right of the image on the front of the postcard are the words, "Capitol Harry Leonard Prop. Albuquerque N.M."
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