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WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: FILLING CUPS AT COFFEE URN AT 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 unidentified men during a meal. The center of the image has a table with two (2) coffee urns. The men are standing in overalls and hats. The man in the foreground on the left is facing the camera and helping a man in the center, with his back to the camera, fill his coffee cup. Some of the other men are drinking coffee and holding mess kits filled with food. The metal siding of a building is visible in the background. The title is printed on the back.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2018.17.10.8

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