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Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist

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58051250


Item data

Title

Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1940
Edition: 2nd ed.
Place: Media, Pa.
Publisher: Smith's Touring Club

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 388-S (Smith's tourist guide)

Subjects

African Americans -- Travel
Hotels -- United States
United States -- Guidebooks
Canada -- Guidebooks
Mexico -- Guidebooks
African Americans -- Recreation

Genres

Guidebooks
Directories

Notes

Content: Description based on: 1940.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Published by Smith's Touring Club yearly, the first of April."

Physical Description

Extent: v. : ill., maps. ; 20 cm.

Abstract

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.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-S2719
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12089300
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e20bf5b0-c01a-0136-7fe0-000bde94fce8

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Text
Still Image
Cartographic

Date Issued

1940

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e20bf5b0-c01a-0136-7fe0-000bde94fce8

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e20bf5b0-c01a-0136-7fe0-000bde94fce8

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Smith's tourist guide of necessary information for businessman, tourist, traveler and vacationist" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 3, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e20bf5b0-c01a-0136-7fe0-000bde94fce8

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