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Not making any sort of statement, just curious: is this racially accurate for 1939 rural North Carolina?

Posted on August 29, 2026 at 11:00:29 AM by Craig

Reading body language, it looks like the white guy in the doorway is the proprietor. Would five black guys have been welcome on the porch?

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Sunday afternoon, July 1939. Country store on a dirt road in Gordonton, North Carolina - By tem August 29, 2026 at 09:39:31 AM
- Original photo taken year before it was converted to a Cracker Barrel restaurant. * - By jhamm August 29, 2026 at 12:06:12 PM
  - which was doing great, until they tried to change the logo* - By tem August 29, 2026 at 12:10:03 PM
- Not making any sort of statement, just curious: is this racially accurate for 1939 rural North Carolina? - By Craig August 29, 2026 at 11:00:29 AM
  - maybe the owner was trying to start a basketball team* - By tem August 29, 2026 at 12:09:14 PM
  - It’s a fairly well known picture. Not to be that guy, but it’s been colorized. The original was black and white. * - By Mark II August 29, 2026 at 11:56:27 AM
- That gas pump and the signage would give Antiques Roadshow a nice chubby.* - By AuntLilly August 29, 2026 at 10:26:01 AM
- I've seen the original pic, but never the "now" pic. Very cool. * - By Spirit August 29, 2026 at 09:51:44 AM
  - article you will like - By tem August 29, 2026 at 10:59:33 AM
    - Excellent, thanks * - By Spirit August 29, 2026 at 11:47:21 AM
- Today - By tem August 29, 2026 at 09:44:12 AM

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