- Subject of
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (15.9 x 23.8 cm)
- Description
- Black-and-white photograph of young men and women sitting at a long banquet table inside a restaurant. They are all looking towards the camera and are dressed formally with the men wearing suits with boutonnieres and the women wearing dresses and hats. At the back of the room, seated at a table perpendicular to the other, are several older men, also in suits. There is a sign on the wall behind them for Burts Ice Creams. A printed label below the image says “N. A. A. C. P. Youth Council 1940.” A photographer’s mark is in lower right corner of the photograph. It reads “Randle / Tulsa.” There are no inscriptions on the back.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- W.D. Williams Family Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Cooking and dining
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Object number
- 2013.79.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




