A 3"x5" acetate negative, photograph of the interior of the Perkins Hotel Coffee Shop, downtown David City, Nebraska. A room with white pressed-tin ceiling, fluorescent light fixtures hanging from ceiling, walls painted white above knotty pine bead board, stairs with handrail leading down from the hotel lobby, linoleum tile floor, glass display case with three women leaning over the top, young man standing beside a small cart with cash register, wood tables and chairs on one side of the room with wood counters and bar stool seating on the opposite wall, bar stools filled with men wearing suits, white shirts and knotted ties, all but one wearing a hat, drinking from coffee cups.