Hilton Hotel La Copita Lounge
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Dateca. 1949
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.651.C
DescriptionThis image depicts an unidentified man instructing five unidentified male bartenders in the La Copita Lounge at the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The instructor is standing near the left side of the frame while the four bartenders are sitting around a small round table. The table is covered in champagne bottles, glasses, and bar shakers. All men in this photograph are wearing either light or dark colored suits. The instructor is showing one of the men how to hold and use a metal bar shaker. The bartender across the table from the instructor is holding the shaker up with both hands shaking it.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1939