Digital Image, Lunch Counter at Chattanooga Bank Building 1954

Photograph

Picnooga

D 2022.087.001 Recto

Black and white image of a girl operating the lunch counter at the Chattanooga Bank Building in 1945

Name/Title

Digital Image, Lunch Counter at Chattanooga Bank Building 1954

Entry/Object ID

D 2022.087.001

Description

A born digital image of Bettye Parker at the lunch counter inside the lobby of Chattanooga Bank Building in 1954. The black and white image shows Bettye Parker as a young woman, approximately age 23, serving a Coca-Cola to a patron. A soda machine can be seen on the opposite side of the counter from her and a magazine stand in the background.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital Scan Donation

Subject Person or Organization

Bettye Parker

Subject Place

Location

Chattanooga Bank Building, 11 West 8th Street

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Collection

Chattanooga Business Collection

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only