Photograph of people sitting in Hunt’s Cafe in Earle, Arkansas
date: label: Date
content: early - mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a group of people sitting at a large table in Hunt’s Cafe, an African American owned business in Earle, Arkansas. At the center of the photograph is a long, rectangular table with a white tablecloth. Around the table are seated eight (8) men and women, with another man crouching at the top left corner of the table. All the men wear dark colored suits and the women are wearing dresses. Behind them is a white-jacketed waiter.The table is set for a meal. Behind the table, the printed "Hunt's Cafe" sign is visible backwards printed on the outside of the dark window. To the left of the table is a counter with a cash register and metal fan. Shelves along the wall hold an assortment of bottles and packaged goods. Hunt's Cafe was located across the street from Heilig Undertaker, and the Heiligs Place bus station and store. The photograph is matted in a carboard frame, on the back is the handwritten inscription [Uncle Buddy's Pictures Don't Know Anyone].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Heilig Family Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Heilig Family Descendants
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.27.11
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (mat): 7 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (18.4 × 23.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 4 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (11.1 × 16.2 cm)