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Mammy's Cupboard is a roadside restaurant located on US Highway 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi. The restaurant was built in the shape of a mammy archetype at a time when Gone with the Wind had made it popular; the archetype's skin was repainted a lighter shade during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Diners sit in the restaurant's brick skirt, which also holds a gift shop.
This photograph is from the Carol M. Highsmith archive at the Library of Congress, a collection of photographs of Americana donated to the library by the photographer and released into the public domain.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith