Hilton Hotel Employee
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Date1947
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.7 × 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.611
DescriptionThis image depicts two unidentified male employees working at the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The man on the left is working at an accounting machine while the man on the right is working at a ditto machine, which was a primitive printer. The man at the accounting machine is wearing a light-colored button up shirt and a dark tie. The man at the ditto machine is wearing a dark colored button up shirt and pants. A light-colored brick wall makes a up a majority of the background. Attached to the wall are four outlets with wires plugged into them. Hanging from the wall, near the right side of the frame, is a calendar with a photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad yards.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1955
ca. 1960
