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Diners smile at the photographer

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LaBudde Special Collections
An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the men sit on either side of a woman on the left side of the photograph. The woman and the man to her left hold cigarettes in their right hands. At the end of the "U"-shaped counter another woman sits with a man leaning over her left shoulder to smile at the photographer. He wears an envelope-style hat. There are drinking glasses, dishes, and condiment holders on the counter. The photograph is taken through two large elephant ear leaves that match the wall painting behind the patrons of a bird cage in among elephant ear plants and palms.
Date Note
No date; likely circa 1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1939
1941
Time Period
1931-1940
1941-1950
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-004.tif
Notes

No date; likely circa 1940
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 11 cm
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English

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