Hilton Hotel Smoke Shop

Dateca. 1949

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.3 × 24.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.180.577

DescriptionThis image depicts the interior of the smoke shop inside the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cigarettes, small liquor bottles, comic cards, newspapers, magazines, and lighters can all be seen either in the glass front counter or on shelves behind the counter. A female employee can be seen collecting money from a man near the left side of the frame. The two individuals are on either side of a large open window. The employee is wearing a dark colored dress while the man is wearing a light-colored suit with a dark colored bow tie.

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