Empty diner in West Virginia in 1930 pic.twitter.com/VYdgBVUFq3

— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) January 23, 2020

Nope! That is definitely not 1930 or anywhere close to it. I’d guess 1955. (And I’d be damn close to right, as I am very good at at this.) So much about this screams mid-1950s — everything from the cold cases, the fluorescent lighting (did not become common until after WWII), the Coca-Cola logo style, the salt and pepper shakers, the machine-made typography that can be seen above the glasses case, the chairs — all of it is emblematic of the mid-1950s.

This photo was not taken in 1930. Just no way.