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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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

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