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[โ€“] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Youngsters lap up a surplus-commodity supper of pan-fried biscuits, gravy and potatoes at the Odell Smiths of Friday Branch Creek. The newspapers were pasted by Mrs. Smith in an effort to keep the place neat." John Dominis โ€” Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Add the photographer. They were the one actually doing something.