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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Blue Heaven | 378 Lenox Ave. Harlem, NY |
Blue Heaven | 378 Lenox Ave Harlem, NY |
Blue Jay Motel | 2485 Crain Highway (US 301) Waldorf, MD |
Blue Jay Taxi | 2811 Easton Ave St. Louis, MO |
Blue Lantern | 484 Clarissa St. Rochester, NY |
Blue Moon Billiard Hall | 107 Harrison St. Amarillo, TX |
Blue Morocco | 1185 Boston Rd. Bronx, NY |
Blue Room Club | 4606 Market St. Houston, TX |
Blue Room restaurant | 358 Holbrook Danville, VA |
Blue Spruce Motel | Rt. 9, 16 mi. So. of Albany Valatie, NY (3093 US 9 Valatie, NY 12184) |
Blue Spruce Motel | 1914 Yellowstone, East Casper, WY |
Blue Star | 9770 Crain Highway Faulkner (Newburg), MD |
Blue Tiger Restaurant | Chestnut & E. Atchenson St. Jefferson City, MO |
Blue Triangle YWCA | 436 5th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 1708 Pearl St. Nashville, TN |
Blue Willow Restaurant | 806 Winnebago Corpus Christi, TX |
B. Miller | 8 Brook Ave. New Rochelle, NY 54 Dewitt Pl. New Rochelle, NY |
B. Nicholas | Park St. Abingdon, VA |
Boarding House | 160 Reid Ave. Brooklyn, NY |
Bob & Ann's Restaurant | So. Carter St. Marshall, TX |
Bobbie's Place | Happy Hollow Pittsburg, TX |