Newspaper clipping about a bar-b-que thrown by Mr. and Mrs. Carter: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A clipping from the Farmville Herald with details of a "Bar-B-Que luncheon" held by Buck and Amanda Carter. The two short columns of text highlight the menu of pit-cooked beef, lists the guests, and states "Mr. and Mrs. Carter have been hosts to family and friends all week for the homecoming and revival services at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Buckingham County." At top is printed [Throck] and at bottom is [June Highway Travel], partially clipped off.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 4, 1982
• Published by: Farmville Herald, American, founded 1890
• Subject of: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
• Subject of: Fannie Mae Carter Silver, American, 1934 - 2018
• Owned by: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on newsprint
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.5 x 8.9 cm)
• Place used: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Foodways
• Topic: Medicine
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2011.75.36
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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