Hilton Hotel La Copita Lounge
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Dateca. 1949
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.5 × 24.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.652.F
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 standing around two small round tables. 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 picking up a glass from one table while the women are all getting their own glasses from the other table.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1939
