Tara with Neon Mammy Sign
Postcard
Picture postcard of the Tara 80212-B. Unmailed. The card depicts the neon Tara sign with a lawn leading to the restaurant surrounded by cars. The top half of the images is a cloudy sky.
2023.56.01
Tara Restaurant/Spencer House @ 200 Center
Casual use of what is now considered a racial stereotype, the "Mammy" image was part of a romantic notions about life in the antebellum South. The happy plantation narrative was popularized by Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind" and 1939 film that included the O'Hara family estate Tara.
Business: RestaurantsBuildings: Lost
Winthers, Sally
Dexter Press
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12/05/2023
12/05/2023