Hilton Hotel La Copita Lounge
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Dateca. 1949
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (18.4 × 24.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.652.D
DescriptionThis image depicts an unidentified man instructing five unidentified female bar employees 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. Another table can be seen near the left side of the frame behind the instructor. The tables are covered in champagne bottles, glasses, and bar shakers. Everyone in this photograph is either wearing light or dark colored clothing apart from one woman who is wearing a floral pattered dress. The instructor is crouching near the table pointing at a small martini glass.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1939