Hilton Hotel Cockfight Dance

Dateca. 1940

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.9 × 24.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.180.664

DescriptionThis image depicts three Hispanic dancers on a dance floor surrounded by guests of the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The crowd behind the dancers consists of both men and women standing in a semi-circle around the dance floor. The dancers consist of two men and one woman. The woman is wearing a large flowing dress and is on the left side of the dance floor. The two men are wearing dark colored suits and dark colored sombreros. They are both holding two roosters up to one another in the center of the frame.

The inscription on the back of the photograph reads "Guests enjoy famous Cock Fight Dance, favorite in Mexico, performed by Trio Huichol of Mexico City". Another inscription reads "Ferenz Fedor. 218 E. Central Ave. Albuquerque, N.M".

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