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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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 |