Museum object · signs
Sign for the Booker T. Motel
ca. 1950
Humboldt, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A red and white painted metal motel sign inside a plain wooden frame. The sign reads: [Booker T. Motel COLORED Humboldt, Tenn.]. The Booker T. Motel was a segregated motel.
- Catalog date
- ca. 1950
- Recorded places
- Humboldt, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Recreation; Segregation; Travel
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2012.46.31
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection