The travelers guide : hotels, apartments, rooms, meals, garage accommodations, etc. for colored travelers in 300 cities, 48 states, 2 provinces in the United States and Canada

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The travelers guide : hotels, apartments, rooms, meals, garage accommodations, etc. for colored travelers in 300 cities, 48 states, 2 provinces in the United States and Canada
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1931
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Hackley & Harrison
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare Per-T (Travelers guide)
Topics
Hotels -- United States
Hotels -- Canada
African Americans -- Recreation
African Americans -- Segregation
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- United States
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Canada
African Americans -- Travel
Genres
Directories
Guidebooks
Notes
Reproduction: Photocopy. Emerson, N.J. : Ocker & Trapp, Inc. for The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2004.
Physical Description
Extent: V. ; 24 cm.
Description
This travel guide is related to NYPL's collection of The Green Book, an annual guidebook published from the 1930s through the 1960s that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, and other establishments that were safe and welcoming for African-American travelers. The Green Books have also been digitized and are available online at NYPL's Digital Collections site.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 40462961
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13931586
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e088efa0-c014-0136-98ef-7b90cc6cd4ed
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1931: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The travelers guide " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1931. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca4cf490-9602-0137-1fb7-1d1145bb687d

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The travelers guide " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca4cf490-9602-0137-1fb7-1d1145bb687d

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1931). The travelers guide Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ca4cf490-9602-0137-1fb7-1d1145bb687d

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The travelers guide