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The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1937

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5207703


Item data

Title

The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1937

Collection

The Green Book
The Negro motorist Green-book: prepared in cooperation with the United States travel bureau

Names

Victor H. Green & Co. (Publisher : New York, N.Y.) (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Place: New York
Date Issued: 1937
Publisher: Victor H. Green & Co.

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare Per-N (Negro motorist green book)

Subjects

African Americans -- Travel -- Periodicals
Automobile travel -- Guidebooks
African Americans -- Recreation -- Periodicals
Restaurants -- United States -- Directories
United States -- Description and travel -- Periodicals
United States -- Guidebooks -- Periodicals
Hotels -- United States -- Directories
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- United States -- Directories
Taverns (Inns) -- United States -- Directories
Discrimination in public accommodations
New York (State)

Genres

Guidebooks
Directories

Physical Description

Extent: 16 pages, 16.75 x 25 cm

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12859451
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.FORT01a
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc1bcc10-1a76-0132-8925-58d385a7bbd0

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

Date Issued

1937

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1937" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1bcc10-1a76-0132-8925-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1937). The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1937 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1bcc10-1a76-0132-8925-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1937" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc1bcc10-1a76-0132-8925-58d385a7bbd0

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