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.

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Baugh Beauty Parlor

76 S. Center St. Orange, NJ

Bayberry Great neck Hotel

75 N. Station Plaza, Great Neck Nassau , NY

Bay Shore Hotel

Buckroe Beach, VA

Bayshore Inn

400 Bayshore Rd Bayshore, NY
300 Bay Shore Rd Bay Shore, NY 11706

Bay State Hotel

334 N. Tennessee Ave. Atlantic City, NJ

Bazar Francais (Imported kitchen articles)

666 Sixth Ave Manhattan, NY

B. Boyd’s Beauty Parlor

43 Camp St. Providence, RI

B. Carey

2521 8th Ave. Harlem, NY

Beach Haven Hotel

243 Beach 19th St., Far Rockaway 91 Queens, NY

Beach Service Station

2901 Ave. R. Galveston, TX

Beacon Motel

Smithtown Bypass & Jericho Tpke., Nesconset Suffolk, NY

Bea Jay

1722 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY

Beakford

300 West 116th St. Harlem, NY

Beard's

322 St. Nicholas Ave. Harlem, NY

Beard's Market

4401 Evans Ave. St. Louis, MO

Bea's Beauty Parlor

83 Spring St. Trenton, NJ
114 Spring St. Trenton, NJ

Bea's Driftwood Restaurant

Route 30 Chesilhurst, NJ

Beattys Hotel

461 Washington St. Newark, NJ

Beau Brummel Barber Shop

4036 Lyons Houston, TX

Beaumont Barbeque

1815 N. Field Dallas, TX
1815 Orange St. Dallas, TX

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