Establishments
In the mid-twentieth century, African American travelers required the same types of services as their white counterparts. The Green Book’s listings were varied enough to enable young people coming to a strange city to arrive at the local YMCAs and YWCAs after finding a friendly taxi cab driver at the train station while also helping families find their way to a tourist home or musicians to a suitable hotel.
For African Americans traveling between the relative freedom of a hometown to less familiar places, the listings for gas stations, motels, and pharmacies ensured safe passage in distant towns. For guests traveling to large cities for social events, the publication helped travelers find dance halls and restaurants in a timely manner. As time passed, The Green Book grew to include a very wide range of establishment types that answered every possible traveling need.
Title | Addresses |
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McLain tailors | 205 Culpeper St. (now 51 Culpeper St) Warrenton, VA |
M. Conte Tourist Home | 111 N. Indiana Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 128 N. Indiana Ave. Atlantic City, NJ |
McPherson's Hotel | 52 Glen Street Glenn Falls, NY |
McVay Courts Tourist Home | Hwys. 80 - 90 & 54, 120 Mi. E. of El Paso Van Horn, TX |
Meadowbrook Motor Lodge | 4400 Jericho Tpke., Jericho Nassau , NY |
Mebbs Hotel | 9 North Willow Street Fayetteville, AR |
Medley | 2272 N. Interstate Ave. Portland, OR |
Meisel Tire | 2079 7th Ave. Harlem, NY |
Melisey's | 236 William St. Buffalo, NY |
Melisey's | 196 Hickory St. Buffalo, NY |
Melle A. Haney | 133 Highway 10 Motley, MN |
Melody Lanes Bowling Alley | 41st & Indiana Kansas City, MO |
Mel's Plaza | 115 W. 118th St. Harlem, NY |
Merchant Tailor | 741 Kaign Ave. Camden, NJ 743 Kaighn Ave. Camden, NJ |
Merit | 109 Merrick Blvd. Jamaica, NY |
Merrill's Road House | Kingston, NJ |
Merritt's Service Station | 1701 Bond Place St. Louis, MO |
Merriweathers | 73 Ridge Rd. Lackawanna, NY 77 Ridge Rd. Lackawanna, NY |
Messina's Liquor Store | 438 W. 7th St. Port Arthur, TX |
Metropolitan | 2056 Lenox Ave. Harlem, NY |