Travel guide published by the Afro-American
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Published by
content: The Afro-American, American, founded 1892
label: Distributed by
content: Allen Hotel, American
notes: label: Description
content: A travel guide published by the Afro-American Newspaper, Baltimore. This is a very rare guide to hotels and guest houses for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era, stamped for “The Allen Hotel, Kentucky’s finest hotel for colored guests,” in Louisville, KY. The guide unfolds to 17x21.5" map of the eastern half of the U.S. indicating places to stay and including listings in Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
place: label: Place made
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Capparell, author of The Real Pepsi Challenge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.35.2.50
objectType: label: Type
content: travel guidebooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 x 4 1/4 in. (22.9 x 10.8 cm)