Hilton Hotel Mural

Photographer Harvey Caplin (1915 Rochester, New York - 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Dateca. 1950

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions5 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.2 × 24 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.180.616

DescriptionThis image depicts a closeup shot of one of the murals inside the Hilton Hotel dining room at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The mural depicts two cowboys on horseback in a cattle drive. The man on horseback closest to the camera is attempting to rope a cow that has strayed from the herd. Numerous other cows can be seen in the background behind the men on horseback. This whole scene takes place on a large flat plane. In the far background, a covered wagon can be seen being pulled by two oxen.

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