Hilton Hotel Luggage Loader

Dateca. 1949

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (14 × 10.5 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.180.530.A

DescriptionThis image depicts a Hilton Hotel bellhop loading luggage into the trunk of a car at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This photograph is heavily edited. The man loading luggage takes up a majority of the foreground. Two suitcases and two spare tires can be seen in the trunk. The road leading to the hotel can be seen taking up a majority of the top of the frame. A single car is on the road driving away from the point of view of the camera. A large sign can be seen in the top left corner of the photograph. The sign reads "Hilton Hotel. Albuquerque New Mexico's Finest. Rotary - Thur. Lions - Tues. Optimist - Fri".

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