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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Bar 688

688 Halsey St. Brooklyn, NY

Barbeque Inn

622 W. 20th St. Cheyenne, WY

Barbera

501 West 142 St. Harlem, NY

Barber shop

118 S. Mallory Phoebus, VA

Barbizon-Plaza

106 Central Pk. Manhattan, NY

Barbour's Tourist Home

814 Rightor Street Helena, AR

Bar-B-Q

413 Michigan Ave. Buffalo, NY

Barfield

2379 7th Ave Harlem, NY

Bar Harbour Motel

5050 Sunrise Hwy. Massapequa Park Nassau , NY

Barney's

2125 Eighth Ave. Manhattan, NY

Barno's

85 N. E. Broadway Portland, OR
84 N. E. Broadway St. Portland, OR

Bartley's

514 Classon Ave. Brooklyn, NY
1125 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY

Basin Street

137 E. 48th Street Manhattan, NY

Bass Motel

US 1 Elkridge, Maryland

Battery Park

Lower Broadway at the Battery Manhattan, NY

Bayberry Great neck Hotel

75 N. Station Plaza, Great Neck Nassau , NY

Bay Shore Hotel

Buckroe Beach, VA
Buckroe Beach, VA

Bay Shore Hotel

Hampton, VA

Bayshore Inn

400 Bayshore Rd Suffolk, NY
(300 Bay Shore Rd Bay Shore, NY 11706)

Bazar Francais (Imported kitchen articles)

666 Sixth Ave Manhattan, NY

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