<I>The Negro Travelers' Green Book</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1953
name: label: Published by
content: Victor Hugo Green, American, 1892 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A white, small 8vo, staple-bound booklet titled “The Negro Travelers’ Green Book” by Victor H. Green, with 84 pages of text, illustrations, and photographs. The front cover is an original pictorial wrapper showing Union Station in Washington, D.C., printed in a green tint. On the cover, the title, printed in two lines with two different fonts, appears at the top: [The Negro Travelers’ / Green Book]. At the bottom left corner within a green lined textbox is [Carry Your / Green Book / With You / You May / Need it.]. To the bottom left is black text reading [PRESENTED WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF / JAMES A. JACKSON and WENDELL P. ALSTON / THE ESSO MEN / THE ESSO BUILDING / 15 WEST 51STST. NEW YORK 19 N. Y.]
label: Description
content: The back cover is bordered at the top and bottom of the page. At the top is green text reading: [Prestige and Influence / Are the Green Book Assets / in which our Advertisers Share] followed by an illustration of a skyline with an airplane. The text continues, in black, reading: [COVERAGE / Meaning The Percentage Of The Countrys Homes and Business / Places In Which The GREEN BOOK Is Used, Is The Most / Valuable Ingredient We Offer / The Negro Travelers (green text) / GREEN BOOK (green text) / Covering The United States Like a Blanket (green text)]. This is followed by a short black line, where black text continues [This copy of The Green Book is prepared exclusively for the / Esso Standard Oil Co. Extra copies for your friends can be had / by sending for our Regular Edition at $1.25 per copy. Order / direct from publishers. / Victor H. Green & Co., (bold text) Publishers / LEONIA, N. J.].
label: Description
content: The content of the book is organized by U.S. states, then countries, subscriptions, and advertisements. Photographs printed include Esso service stations and views of places listed to visit.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Leonia, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Barbershops
label: Topic
content: Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.37
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 3/4 × 5 × 1/8 in. (17.1 × 12.7 × 0.3 cm)