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WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: FILLING UP COFFEE CUPS AT THE COFFEE URNS AT THE END OF CHOW LINE

1940s-1950s

Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of men around coffee urns. There is a group of unidentified men crowded around a table with two (2) coffee urns. Some of the men are holding cups and the rest are reaching toward the table. Most of the men are wearing hats and overalls. One of the urns has printed text which reads [F. C. CO. 10] and handwritten [S…]. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2018.17.10.5

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